Sleeping Baby Dragon by Becca Golins

Just look at this adorable sleeping dragon design by Becca Golins of Dragons and Beasties, available for purchase on things like baby blankets and night lights through Zazzle.com. She has lots of other great designs too, so check them out! Goodnight, stay creative! Image credit

Wednesday Writing Craft… Help for the stuck?

It’s nearly the end of Wednesday, the day I’m supposed to post some Writing Craft and Wisdom, but my own writing has just been so stuck lately that I had no idea what to even say. That’s a great quote from David Sedaris, a favorite of mine, but really, I feel like if I could…

Voting Dragon coloring page by bigblued

It’s Super Tuesday here in America — do you know where your delegates are? I couldn’t believe it when I actually found a picture of a dragon casting a ballot!  Deviantartist bigblued captions her Voting Dragon coloring page “A quick drawing of a dragon voting for the 2008 Worldcon at a Chicago style voting booth.” Here in…

Golf Dragon by Malathar

Found this cute Golf Dragon by deviantartist Malathar for my post because we played some mini golf in the skyway in Minneapolis today. It was fun, even though we were all mostly terrible! Ah well, it was more about the camaraderie than the competition. Stay creative! Image credit  

Metallic Blue and Gold Dragon by How Many Dragons?

Check out this adorable guy from my favorite Etsy artist Lindy Briggs at How Many Dragons?. Here are the full details from the purchase page: Handmade dragon figurine is crafted from high quality polymer clay, sealed with a gloss glaze Black body with iridescent blue shimmer, antique gold accents Matching twenty sided die is included…

Book Club Dragon by Amy Brown

Here’s another dragon with a book, a beautiful piece of art called Book Club by the very talented Amy Brown.  I’ll share a few more of her pieces below, but you should certainly check out her website, Amy Brown Fantasy Art, where you can buy prints and all sorts of gear adorned with her lovely designs.…

Wednesday Writing Craft: Why we love fantasy…

Today I want to share a great piece I read about why we read and write fantasy that really struck a chord with me.  I admit, I’ve often felt my own story isn’t “fantastical” enough on this first pass through, because I’m also trying to portray real cultures (the hunter-gatherers, the river culture, the City-State, etc.), but…