AtoZ: G is for Glass Dragon by Todd Lockwood

Moving on in the A to Z Challenge! Today we have: G is for Glass Dragon Todd Lockwood is one of my favorite artists.  He’s created many beautiful images of dragons, is the author of some short stories, and has a new novel debuting in May 2016 that I’m excited for and I’ll be posting about the…

The Moon Dragons by Dyan Sheldon (Author), Gary Blythe (Illustrator)

Today’s short post is about a fabulous picture book I recently found called The Moon Dragons, by Dyan Sheldon, illustrated by Gary Blythe. I love encouraging my nieces and nephews to discover fantasy and science fiction, especially dragons, and when I saw the beautiful illustrations in this book, I couldn’t resist getting it for them for Christmas.  It’s…

Spellfire and dragon inspiration…

I’ve been a fan of role-playing games for more than half my life, starting with World of Darkness and Shadowrun, and soon finding Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and now Pathfinder.  It’s a fun, interactive, and cooperative way of storytelling that certainly nurtured my love of alternate worlds, where anything can happen.  I especially loved the…

I went looking for questions to answer…

Last night, as promised, I went searching for a book of writing prompts, something to spur my novel writing along and help me to flesh out the details of my world and story, in a neat little format I could publish here as daily blog posts, in order to keep myself on track and accountable. I…

Day two, and another idea…

It is the second day of this blog’s existence, and the fifth — and probably not yet final — layout/theme choice, and I’m still noodling ideas for what to make of it overall. I plan to look for a daily writing prompt book at the Barnes & Nobel near my office tonight, something to give…