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Miles O'Neal
Author. Storyteller. Dragon lord.
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Writing 101 - The Voices in Our Heads
"Most of us only find our own voices after we've sounded like a lot of other people." -Neil Gaiman, addressing the University of the Arts...
Miles O'Neal
May 8, 20162 min read
Writing 101 - Proper Names
#AllNamesMatter. Names must fit the story. Great names help make a story; OK names at least don't hurt it. Poor naming can distract from...
Miles O'Neal
Apr 2, 20162 min read
Notes from the #WhosYourCharacter twitterverse
These are hardly all the characters in Year of the Dragon Lord but they were the easiest to distill down to an interesting essence within...
Miles O'Neal
Jan 23, 20161 min read
Debut novel from 9 Realms Press
Year of the Dragon Lord, my debut novel, is also the first book published by Nine Realms Press. I want to thank the following people....
Miles O'Neal
Dec 15, 20152 min read
Cover reveal!
I haven't seen the printed cover yet, but it will be very close to this--perhaps a bit darker. Watch this blog for availability any time...
Miles O'Neal
Dec 13, 20152 min read
Beware the Wares (a sneak peak from YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD)
"Welcome, young warriors!" Gerald and Justin looked up from the jewelry and stared. The merchant was a young woman in her twenties of...
Miles O'Neal
Nov 29, 20152 min read
Cover art survey results, contest winners
As promised, here are the survey results and winners of the drawing for signed, free copies of Year of the Dragon Lord. Books will be...
Miles O'Neal
Nov 14, 20151 min read
Justice for A Friend (a sneak peak from YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD)
The king spoke. “Any other dissenters?” None of the prisoners spoke. None even moved. After a moment the king finished. “Very well. You...
Miles O'Neal
Nov 12, 20151 min read
Survey Results
From the first few votes on, the results stayed consistently in the region of two to one in favor of the lighter cover with gold text....
Miles O'Neal
Nov 12, 20151 min read
Help pick the cover for YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD!
Here's your chance to help pick the cover for the first book in the Dragon Lord Chronicles! You may also enter a contest for a free,...
Miles O'Neal
Oct 24, 20151 min read
A Hint of Haunts (a sneak peak from YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD)
Gerald was soon skirting the fringes of the wood. As a child he'd both longed to meet and feared to encounter Ghillie Dhu, spirits of the...
Miles O'Neal
Oct 21, 20151 min read
The City of Bones and Rubble (a sneak peak from YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD)
Gerald started to protest. “Gerald,” Kenna suggested gently, “if he wanted us dead, we'd be dead.” Gerald had to agree and there was...
Miles O'Neal
Oct 8, 20152 min read
Eyes Like Molten Lava
The illustrations are finished and in the hands of my amazing production team. Alli Gray did a marvelous job of turning the words into...
Miles O'Neal
Oct 4, 20151 min read
The YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD is nearly upon us.
The final overall copy editing is done! I have one scene that needs a slight rewrite. Other than that it's all production, publishing,...
Miles O'Neal
Sep 4, 20151 min read
Writing 101 - Mapping the Quest: Google Maps Annotations
Since all my written fiction until now has been fairly short, I never developed a habit of keeping details notes on a map when writing....
Miles O'Neal
Jul 20, 20153 min read
Are They All Mad?
Every time I turn around, someone- Gerald, a lore master, or a king- is telling a story of a mad dragon. This one flew into a volcano....
Miles O'Neal
Jul 8, 20151 min read
Writing 101 - Everyone has Unpublishable Junk
THE ALBATROSS CHRONICLES There are many aspects of writing we talk about- the need to just write, holding off on editing, the importance...
Miles O'Neal
Jun 17, 20152 min read
Writing 101 - Tools of the Trade
PING PONG OVER THE DIGITAL ABYSS When I started writing I had to actually write the old-fashioned way- on paper with a pen or pencil....
Miles O'Neal
Jun 11, 20152 min read
The Reality of my Fantasy
A recent Sunday NY Times column Sunday Book Review titled "Between Books" by Ann Packer contained the following bit which I found...
Miles O'Neal
Jun 9, 20152 min read
Why Gerald Couldn't Ride Dragons Even If They Let Him
One of the most famous dragon lore masters observed that dragons can go "half way round the world in a week". That averages out to...
Miles O'Neal
May 28, 20152 min read
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