The Dragon Lord Chronicles

Who Do You Want To Read More About?

While I am taking a break from working on novels this year, I have plans to write more books (and some shorter stories) related to The Drago

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May 20, 20193 min read

Who are the Faerie Really?

There are several documented cases of humans and faerie marrying. Contrary to popular belief, such a marriage does not automatically condemn

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Apr 8, 20192 min read

Evocative Imagery

This is one of my favorite images from Year of the Dragon Lord, volume I of The Dragon Lord Chronicles. It evokes some of the chaos and path

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Mar 4, 20192 min read

More Notes on Dragons: Relics

In a previous blog, I referenced the protection dragon relics can afford. Here is a bit more on the subject. Excerpted from Cuthbert's...

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Feb 25, 20193 min read

Paring Down My Work and Other Minutiae

Conventional wisdom is that authors must pare down their works. I tried, but all four books of The Dragon Lord Chronicles grew slowly....

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Feb 11, 20192 min read

Writing 101 - Process Part 3

The early reader (or beta reader) process should start when the first draft is done. You want to start lining your readers up early enough t

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Feb 6, 20194 min read

Why Dragons Mistrust Humans

In book 1 of The Dragon Lord Chronicles, Year of the Dragon Lord, a dragon named Song Li joined Argyll in attacking the Eldest. In book...

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Feb 4, 20191 min read

More Notes on Dragon Names

In a recent blog, I shared some insight behind the names of several dragons from The Dragon Lord Chronicles. Today we'll look more into...

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Jan 28, 20192 min read

How to Name Your Dragon

In an older blog, we looked at the importance of names fitting the story. In a more recent blog, I covered some ways to come up with...

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Jan 21, 20193 min read

Dragon Lord Chronicles - Whence the Names?

In an older blog, we looked at the importance of names fitting the story. In a more recent blog, I covered some ways to come up with...

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Jan 14, 20192 min read

Dedication Part 2

Twenty years or so ago, I was trying to get serious about writing. I wasn't getting anywhere, and experienced what we commonly call...

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Jan 11, 20191 min read

Some Notes on Dragons

Excerpted from Cuthbert's book of dragon lore (with further notes by Scythia of Dunvegan) We do not know whence came the dragons. Their...

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Jan 7, 20192 min read

A Statue's Life in Otherness

Otherness and Nine Realms Press have something in common. They are both magical places "where anything might happen." The following takes...

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Dec 31, 20181 min read

Dedication Part 1

I had a number of influential teachers, but none more so for my writing than Ms. Marian Unger, my subversive high school senior year...

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Dec 28, 20183 min read

Golden Dawn: Artwork

The artwork is in for Golden Dawn! Here are a couple of my favorites. Both tie into key plot points so I won't say more at this point,...

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Dec 17, 20181 min read

Golden Dawn : Word

If I don't specifically need a Foreward and an Afterword, or if whatever would be in one of those can go anywhere, I just have a Word....

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Dec 14, 20182 min read

Cover Reveal - Golden Dawn

Just in time for Christmas. the series finale: Golden Dawn! Okay, so the overall cover design isn't a huge surprise; we've had a constant...

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Dec 10, 20181 min read

Banished!

Kenna learned more from Gerald than he realized. She had long been a student of human emotions, but seldom got such rich insights into...

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Nov 25, 20182 min read

The Cat's Meow (Drink Read Love Blog)

Rounding out Dragon Lord Week over at Drink Read Love was something that even my fertile imagination never suspected. My book has been...

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Apr 24, 20181 min read

My Interview on the "Drink Read Love" Blog

Much of this interview originally took place before the third volume of The Dragon Lord Chronicles (Into Otherness) was released, but it...

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Apr 24, 20181 min read