This month’s Random Writing piece is a short 900-word story I wrote called The Harp, as an assignment in my Children’s Literature class back in October 2013. I’ve taken the time to do quite a bit of rewriting and polishing of this story in the last week, and I’m pretty happy with it now. I was inspired…
Check out today’s amazing, realistic artwork of the Fire/Flying-type Pokémon Charizard by American freelance illustrator Dane Cozens! I thought it would be nice to share a Pokémon dragon in honor of the release of Pokémon Go in many countries around the world today, and even though Charizard (the final form of Charmander) isn’t technically a Dragon-type Pokémon, I couldn’t pass up…
Today Tomorrow is the last Friday of the month, which means it’s time to share a finished piece I created sometime in the past, that doesn’t necessarily have to involve dragons. Since I’ve had quite a crazy week and the weekend is going to be even more so, today I’m sharing my presentation on an…
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…
Write what you know about dragons! ~ Scott Westerfeld on Instagram 5/14/16 I had to share this for my Writing Thoughts this week, because it’s just such good advice, don’t you think? 🙂 I ran across this picture today of Scott Westerfeld, the author of eighteen YA and adult novels, through the Facebook page of Todd…
It’s the last Friday of the month again, so here is a finished piece from my personal archives. I’ll be posting my AtoZ: Y dragon later this afternoon, don’t worry! A few years ago, I was given a writing assignment in class: I needed to write an emotional scene from my story, Finding Dragons, in blank…
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…
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…
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…
“Write what you would love to read. Finish what you begin to write. Your voice is uniquely yours and we are all waiting to hear it.” ~ Jody Lynn Nye This is a wonderful bit of inspiration from Jody Lynn Nye, the author of one of my favorite books growing up — The Dragonlover’s Guide…
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