Another day, another post in the A to Z Challenge! Today we have: X is for Xanth Dragons Work commitments over lunch meant this post is a little later than my 1:05pm CST posting time today, but that’s okay! This awesome painting is called Xanth: Luck of the Draw by American professional artist Julie Dillon. From her deviantart site: This…
In a very real way, one writes a story to find out what happens in it. Before it is written it sits in the mind like a piece of overheard gossip or a bit of intriguing tattle. The story process is like taking up such a piece of gossip, hunting down the people actually involved,…
Hmmm. Today’s Discover Challenge may not seem on the face of it to be geared to continuing the Neeka story from last week’s cliffhanger… but I guess we’ll see! It’s all about obstacles to creativity today. As the post says: For this week’s challenge, tell us about a time when you had to deal with an obstacle…
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…
We’ve reached the halfway point in the A to Z Challenge! Today we have: N is for Norbert, the Norwegian Ridgeback Yay for more Harry Potter geekiness! Today I thought I’d share a bunch of takes on one dragon: the adorable Norbert, the Norwegian Ridgeback that the lovable half-giant gameskeeper Hagrid hatches from an egg he received in trade in…
I’m a little pressed for time tonight as I try to keep up with the AtoZ posts that are steadily creeping up on me, so I’ll leave you with this adorable baby dragon and in the capable hands of the great Ira Glass, public radio broadcaster and producer, the host of the popular PRI program…
Identity is the theme for today’s Discover Challenge, and I think it’s a great prompt, falling neatly into line with the rest of the challenges that have been pushing this cyberstory about Neeka forward. The prompt says, in part: Consider this bit from an older post from author Alexander Chee on being “Asian American”: I…
Thus begins the second full week of the A to Z Challenge! Today we have: I is for Icelandic White Dragon Meet the Icelandic White Dragon as illustrated by William O’Connor, author of the Dracopedia: A Guide to Drawing the Dragons of the World, as well as two companion books, Dracopedia The Great Dragons: An Artist’s Field Guide…
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…
Neeka’s morning alarm went off, the buzzing echoing off the walls of the small room as she threw her arm across the nightstand to hit the offending item that dared go off at 6:30 AM. Half asleep, she knocked the broken pocketwatch, hanging on its cheap plastic tree, onto the floor again. She knocked it…
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