Crimson Dragon Feather Pen by ChaeyAhne SilverFox

I have been hard at work writing the latest chapters of the Neeka Story, although they’re not quite finished and ready to post yet, so in the spirit of writing, here we have a beautiful quill pen with a dragon decoration instead.  This is Crimson Dragon Feather Pen by American creator ChaeyAhne SilverFox. Her fabulous…

Thursday Writing Thoughts: Adventure is exotic and strange…

Adventure is love in strange places. It is whatever is exotic and strange. Adventure is doing things we’ll probably never do, going to the brink of danger and returning safely. – Ronald B. Tobias, 20 Master Plots and How to Build Them As you might imagine, while I’ve been wrestling with the current Neeka chapter and…

Neeka’s Story: Discover Challenge – Learning

Welcome back to Neeka’s Story (which is eventually going to need a better name) as I let the WordPress Discover Challenge writing prompt inspire me to move this story forward chapter by chapter each week. Today’s prompt is Learning: For this week’s challenge, share a story … about learning something new. What were you trying to accomplish? Was…

Thursday Writing Thoughts: A simple word…

A simple word or phrase on a blank sheet of paper gathers momentum as I wonder at what it could mean, where it could take place, why, and what if? . . . And then, I write. ~ Tyrean Martinson, A Jumble of 500+ Writing Prompts I found this quote very appropriate for today as I contemplate…

Very Tired Dragon by AskyPanda (and a fic rec!)

Here’s a cute little guy called Very Tired Dragon by Russian deviantartist AskyPanda.  I wonder what the papers in his hand say?  Maybe he’s looking at my latest posting schedule and lamenting how off-track I’ve gotten lately… I’m behind on posting Neeka chapters, but last night I made some good progress on last week’s prompt,…

Azure-Winged Dragon by Jennifer Miller

Ah, you know I couldn’t resist posting this pretty dragon with a name like that, right!  This is Azure-Winged Dragon by American professional artist Jennifer Miller, posting on deviantart as Nambroth.  Jennifer is on Facebook and Twitter, you can support her at Patreon, and she also has a StorEnvy site where you can purchase prints of…

Neeka’s Story: Discover Challenge – Apologies (and a story recap!)

I switched up my days for posting this because yesterday the Writing Thoughts post just had to be written and wouldn’t leave me alone, so I hope you forgive me.  This week’s Discover Challenge theme is, appropriately, Apology: Apologies — giving them, receiving them, accepting them, withholding them — are powerful …. They’re moments of vulnerability, of profound…

Teacup Dragon by Tamara Rouwendal

Look at this adorableness!  A dragon, a cat, and tea — all of my favorite things!  This is Teacup Dragon painted by Dutch deviantartist Tamara Rouwendal, posting as TamaraR. Tamara created this artwork in collaboration with a friend of hers, American deviantartist and writer Darin LaGarry, posting as C1nderellaMan.  Darin created a story and combined it with Tamera’s art to…