AtoZ: T is for Temple Guard by CAHess

The third week is finished of the A to Z Challenge! Today we have: T is for Temple Guard Dragon Here we have the very serpentine and seahorse-like Temple Guard dragon by German deviantartist CHAess.  Beautiful, despite the rows of pointy teeth this dragon seems to have! The letter T has been a bit of a pain…

Wednesday Writing Craft: Anne Rice on writing and risk…

To write something you have to risk making a fool of yourself. ~ Anne Rice Staying with the “risk” theme of the week, I thought this quote was especially fitting and good advice for everyone to remember. Just look at the stack of manuscript pages beside this Dragon Writer‘s typewriter.  Wouldn’t that be a nice thing…

AtoZ: Q is for Quiet Dragon by Nico Niemi

Continuing on in the A to Z Challenge! Today we have: Q is for Quiet Dragon Here we have another of my favorite artists, Nico Niemi, with her painting Quiet Dragon.  I really like this little guy’s face, and the play of red and blue overall.  He does look like he’s just sitting there maybe dozing, like…

Tuesday Discover Challenge: Risk

Ah, Tuesday, here we are again… Today’s Discover Challenge is all about Risk, and publishing something that you’re maybe “not 110% comfortable with.”  The prompt is inspired by a recent interview with Professor Tressie McMillan Cottom, a successful contributing writer for the Atlantic that had this to say when asked “why she continues blogging despite having many other avenues for…

P is for Puff, the Magic Dragon by Emma K.

A childhood memory for today’s A to Z Challenge! Today we have: P is for Puff, the Magic Dragon The image above is only one small part of today’s amazing artwork (see below), an illustration of the lyrics to the song Puff, the Magic Dragon by an artist who signed the work as “Emma K.”  I found…

AtoZ: O is for Oceans of Life by ShadowedLight

Week three of the A to Z Challenge! Today we have: O is for Oceans of Life Dragon Here is Oceans of Life, a piece I found on American deviantartist Jessica Headley’s old site under the name ShadowedLight.  You can now find her at her new page under the name Aria-Siaosi.  She has lots of great artwork (dragon…

IRS Dragon, artist unknown

I’m always surprised what I can find with a Google image search, and today is no exception.  Here we have the fearsome I.R.S. Dragon, a fearsome beast that we Americans must face every spring.  (I.R.S. stands for Internal Revenue Service, for my non-U.S. readers.) Tax day is usually April 15th (which was Friday), but that…