The plan is not quite working out so far…

So here we are, two days past my self-imposed deadline to finish the first chapter of the book, and it’s still not quite done.  I knew once I graduated that not having real, hard, consequential deadlines might trip me up a little bit, but I thought I had a good plan. Giving myself a deadline…

Top 100 Writing Blogs for Authors and Bloggers

Full original post by Anuj Agarwal, find it here:  http://blog.feedspot.com/2016/01/08/top-100-writing-blogs/ I came across this list today through the #14 blog on this list, Writers Write, which I follow on Facebook.  I’m reposting it — reblogging it, I guess, a new thing for me — here for anyone interested, and keeping it as a resource for myself…

Dragon Elixer, art by Todd Schweitzer

Been a lazy Saturday, so here – enjoy a picture I saved back in 2009 called Dragon Elixer, submitted by Todd1000 for a contest on Worth1000.com, a neat site to browse when you’re bored. Todd’s description: A very tricky potion. Get it right and the drinker temporarily gains super human strength, courage and near invulnerability….get it wrong and…

Experimenting leads to an idea…

Today’s Blogging 101 Day 5 email challenge was all about experimenting with new themes and layouts for your blog, “even if you’re happy with the one your first chose.”  Well, the theme I use, called the Expound Theme, is certainly not the first one I chose — I spent hours trying out dozens of layouts, colors,…

The road ahead…

I’m determined to post every day, but it’s New Year’s Eve and I’ve got a busy day planned, so I’ll just leave you with one of my new favorite quotes. It’s just another reminder to myself to finally finish a story I’ve started, and I feel like I have a good plan for 2016 to…

My little Toothless reminder…

I’m still thinking about the direction of the site, don’t worry. But I’m going to bring this back to dragons today, since that is what this blog is all about, after all.  I want to show off my favorite Christmas present from this year: this little Toothless statue, a design by Lindy Briggs from her Etsy…

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…