D.C. Harrell's Blog, page 2
July 11, 2018
Collection Cover Reveal
Drumroll, please! I am so excited—as in silly giddy—to show you my latest project: Dragon Hoard. Dragon Hoard collects the first six Dragon Fairy Tales in one volume, both digital and print. The Cover Designer Sophia Feddersen at The Book Brander designed the cover, and I love it. It’s got everything: the viny swirls of fairy tale […]
June 19, 2018
Which Way (Should) Be Dragons?
I’m updating my denim jacket, and I need help to decide whether the dragons should face or shun each other. Facebook voted 19 facing to 5 shunning. Instagram voted 5 facing to 10 shunning. What say you? Vote in the comments.
June 7, 2018
How to Connect on Facebook
Posts with Chat Are Like Peanuts with Chocolate ~I love social media posts. They’re like little word nuts, meaty protein bites that yield a satisfying crunch with every click of the publish button. You know what turns peanuts into Reese’s Peanut Butter cups? Chocolate! Specifically, your interaction transforms the goodness of a social post into […]
April 18, 2018
Natural Hair, an African Dragon, and Grandma
Tarragon Hair is my sweet sixth Dragon Fairy Tale, a true delight and not just because I returned home for the mythical animal that sources its dragon. The cryptid of Angola, where I grew up, is a pterodactyl-like creature called the kongamato. Cryptids are animals whose existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, like the Loch Ness […]
April 11, 2018
Books and Authors I Love
This is a list of authors I enjoy and my favorites of their books. I read constantly, so the pile is always growing, but I put my favorite scifi/fantasy here. You can check my reviews on Goodreads to see everything I’m consuming. I return to these, however, over and over again and so they permeate […]
April 3, 2018
How to Write a Review on Amazon
My Words Are Lonely for Your Words Your reviews on Amazon signal the algorithm to serve a story to other readers like you and then help those people know whether or not they’d like to read it, too. That means your words are every bit as important as mine. Do you want to help spread […]
March 21, 2018
How Much Dragon Is Enough?
To date, Drakonian Pink is the longest of the Dragon Fairy Tales. In this coming-of-age story, a reluctant handbag heiress carves herself a new role in her mother’s company: dragon hunter. By the time she’s done, Rohiya will learn how to bag herself and how to dispatch a drakonile. And she’ll navigate deep into the […]
March 6, 2018
Doorway Demons, Thin Places and Transition Tea
The theme of Drake Take has been brewing in the back of my head for almost three decades, long before I ever conceived of the Dragon Fairy Tales. Tungel’s story personifies the negative energy of “in-between” as way-drakes, but it also posits the positive power of a girl who tolerates transition-chaos by hoping in the […]
February 28, 2018
Iron Range Politics Meets Its Fiery Serpent
Dragon Wear is only the second dragon short I ever wrote, and boy, did it give me a lot of trouble. Its speculation craved structure, but unearthing a plot required years of shoveling [insert choice word]. And even after I’d identified our protagonist’s mettle [pun intended], refining his story ore into a coming-of-age adventure cost […]
February 19, 2018
Genesis, Fairytales and the Upbringing of Story-Baby
A Deal is a Deal first appeared as a print-exclusive story in the February 2014 edition of Mystic Signals. This was my very first dragon short, so I love it in spite of all its greedy goofiness. Discovering the perfect word drew me through. The rat made people laugh. My journey into this book (and the […]
