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Exciting updates at Dragons' Geas

There is a new interview out on Author Shout.   I am posting the link and the introduction to the interview:

What is your writing process? Do you follow a regular routine or do you have any weird, funny, or unusual habits while writing and what are they?

I have a full time job so writing is rather sporadic for me. I am either in the editing process or the writing process but due to time rarely do both. When writing, I set a minimum word goal of 1000 on work days and 4000 on days off. I usu...

Mesiande's Story - Chapter One

At reader request, this is Mesiande's story.  Please note that while I am proofing, this blog version of Outcast has not gone through much in the way of editing.  Enjoy the following tale after the jump.


Mesiande dusted off her hands as she stood up.  The mining team had paused to share a meal and as usual, Alador had wandered off by himself.  She looked around for him and finally spotted him above them.  She sighed softly and began working her way up.  He was one...

... There Are Many Kinds of Magic, After All

“Someone needs to tell those tales. When the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates find their treasures and the dragons eat their foes for breakfast with a nice cup of Lapsang souchong, someone needs to tell their bits of overlapping narrative. There's magic in that. It's in the listener, and for each and every ear it will be different, and it will affect them in ways they can never predict. From the mundane to the profound. You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someo...

Top Ten Dragon Quotes by Brian Rathbone That Make Me Smile!

#10: Never put on Sir Mix-A-Lot when a dragon bends down to drink.

 #9:   Good dragons make for good neighbors.

 #8:   I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a dragon today.

 #7:   A single finger emerges from beneath a sitting dragon and tweets: Hi!

 #6:   How to house train your dragon: Step 1 - Lower your expectations.

 #5:   It's my fault, really. I took the dragons to McDonalds, and now they have french fry cravings. It's not pretty. Arches everywh...

Exciting Updates at Dragons' Geas Books!

All right, where to start.  Well as many of you know, Keensight found out that Farloft was being allowed on social meeting and refused to be outdone. It took some doing to create a headset for a large dragon but as many of you saw, he has now entered the scene.

All three books, that are out right now, are in production for audio books. They will be available on Amazon, Audible and I-tunes. I am very excited.  So let me introduce two of the newest working with us at Dragons' Geas.


For...

Keensight's Reply to Farloft!

Please welcome Keensight. I finally managed to set up dragon speak for him... ironic that...since his talons are too big for my keyboard. I am allowing him to post on my blog in his first internet appearance.

Hello and Good Day Fine Humans and Fellow Dragons.

I have chosen to personally respond to my fellow dragon, Farloft, in his recent musings. 

Find his post at Farloft's Rhetoric.

As Cheri recently learned and placed into her novel, I first made a human friend when I had moved to eat him...

Advanced Dragonology of Vesta - Dragon Habitats

Dragon habitats are as varied as there are dragons.  Most people just assume that they have a cave and often this is the case.  However, there are definitely some preferences and variations.  Like people, not all dragons want raise their fledglings in the same environments.  Of course, exploration of these habitats are dangerous and therefore most of what we know are from abandoned nests.

Black Dragons are slightly more wiry than their larger cousins.  Due to this, the...

Last week for Free Copy of "Not an Egg!"

In celebration of the success of Dragons' Geas Children's books, Rebecca and I are giving away five copies of Not an Egg!

We are currently in the process of story-boarding our next children's book as well. Sign up to win a copy today before it ends! Last day will be April 8!



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Outcast in Process of Audio Production

I am so excited.  After Outcast came out, my brother, who is a trucker, was asking when it would be on audio. I was like, "I have no idea how to do that."  So asking around, I was referred to a company that links writers and narrators

I have had four auditions and two are in my favorites. One was so exceptional that I am waiting on pins and needles to see if he will accept my offer. If he does, Outcast will be on i-tunes, audible ect in about a month.  It should release about th...

Advanced Studies in Dragonology: The Five Important F's.

As an avid student of Dr. Earnest Drake, I have decided to continue his delightful studies with the help of Keensight.  Having been fortunate enough to make friends with two dragons, Farloft and Keensight, as well as increasing slowly my contact with several others, I hope that my findings will be helpful to other dragonologists and writers.  Today I wish to expound on the five F's of dragonology, originally postulated by Dr. Drake.

Foresight - It is very important for a student of...