Smaugust 2016 Art by Katie Croonenberghs

To overcompensate for missing three days of dragons this week, I found a wonderful professional artist to share with you today named Katie Croonenberghs, posting on deviantart as Kamakru.  Katie is actually drawing a dragon each day for an event called Smaugust.  This first one is her Day 4 picture.  I think it’s really amazing, especially…

Dragon by StressedJenny

I found an amazing artist to feature today, folks.  This first one is just called Dragon, by a U.K. professional artist posting as StressedJenny.  She calls this a “quick mythical post-it note,” and she’s got an entire series of cute pieces, including the third image today. But sticking with dragons for a minute (since that…

Here There Be Dragons by Ben Wootten

I thought I’d go back and revisit an artist I shared back in February that I really loved, so this is Here there be Dragons by professional artist Ben Wootten.  This is a great picture, and I hope you click to see it full-sized, because each time I look at it I find another dragon…

Toothless by Ali Wagner of 3 Fairies Workshop

Hello from GeekyCon!  Tonight I wanted to feature an artist I met earlier today in the Merch room here in Orlando, so here is a Toothless “Dude” by Ali Wagner of 3 Fairies Workshop.  As her site says: All “Dudes” are handmade art pieces, and are not toys. Each canvas is 3inx3in, and can be…

Emerald and Opal Birthstone Lovebird Dragons by How Many Dragons

My husband is the greatest, as evidenced by this lovely anniversary gift I received today — another dragon sculpture from one of my favorite artists, Lindy Briggs of How Many Dragons!  This is an Emerald and an Opal birthstone lovebird pair, each holding the other’s stone (and heart… awww). The lighting wasn’t great when I…

Egg Timer by Katherine Ellis, author of the Crankrats webcomic

Today I am beyond excited to share with you the artwork of Katherine Ellis, posting as Sio64 on deviantart, and starting out with this wonderful dragon image called Egg Timer. Katherine sets the scene: The concept is a mechanical dragon who needs to steal clocks. She welds them onto her eggs, and the timer starts until the…

Writing Thoughts: Planning to write is not writing…

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. — E. L. Doctorow So I’ve had planning on my mind a lot lately, since my husband and I are taking a vacation with our best friends to Florida for two weeks,…