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The Writing Dragon
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A Dragon with something to say, Speaks. And with quill/pen/keyboard in claw, Writes as well. A site for Readers, Writers, Book Lovers, and Fantasy Afictionados.
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Flying in a New Direction: the Marvel of Technology in the Artistic Hand!

The Scribe Speaks: Snot easy changing course in mid-flight. However, as time/years/Ages pass (practically Eons in my case!) one learns that each of us has some singular talent/skill/interest/avocatio ...

03 jan 12

Tarot: The Cards – a Dragon’s literary/artistic perspective

A human I recently met (to my great pleasure!), Corrine Kenner, who is a magical mistress of analytical divination (she reads cards), has penned a fascinating tome called “Tarot for Writers”.  T...

04 feb 11

Creativity - A Dragons Thoughts on the Subject

I have been cogitating about creativity. Create- to make, generate, fashion, form, produce, craft, or construct something, be it a thought or a physical item.  Ivity- not a word onto itself...

04 feb 11

Good Appetite! Smore than a eating Cliche.

As a Dragon,  a good appetite is something I understand. Takes more than a little nibble to develop appreciable Dragon heft. In this instance, however, I speak not of food/chow/vittles, but of L...

19 sep 10

Twitters Tweets: a literary format!

I read an interesting article by Chris Vognar that addressed tweeting as a viable forum for short writing. He spoke not of the typical tweet territory of sharing links or emotional shout-outs or cele...

13 sep 10

A Nod To LVS Associates: Where Learning Is FUN!

Even Dragons, old as we are, need to be educated in new things.  We live so many years/eras/centuries, the brain becomes weighty. Heavy with wisdoms, burdened with experience.  Our superior...

05 jul 10

The 4th of July - Appreciating the Freedoms

As a Dragon, a plethora of activities give me joy: flying, flaming, eating!  Im Free to engage in these activities...well, I do have to control the extent of my enthusiasm.  Too much wing h...

05 jul 10

The Dragon Has A SHOPPE! T-Shirts, Totes, Pillows & Clocks--What Fun!

As a Dragon with superior sensory capabilities, is it a wonder I love/like/enjoy the glory of color? Artistic endeavor? Creativity...imagination...ins piration? Sno surprise! With paint brush/sty...

04 jul 10

On Noise and Explosions, Politics and Ire, Vinegar and Honey

Verily, but there is so much noise/din/clamor/RACKET in the air these days it is an absolute agony for Dragon ears! When one hears All So Well as a Dragon does, no twitter (nay, I mean sound, not tex...

22 mar 10

A Dragon's Take on Eating, Cotton Seeds, and Dr. Norman Borlaug

I love to eat. Snack. Nibble. Very well--gorge! What Dragon does not? With two gullets and a massive weight to support, we are required to partake/ consume/devour equally massive quantities of calori...

04 oct 09

Listen and You Will Hear...Comments on Writing Sound

A Dragon hears everything. We have auditory organs of phenomenal/ wondrous/enviable capacity. A drop of water, a thunderous surf, a splattering of rain--s'all a roar in a Dragon's mighty eardrum. Res...

01 aug 09

Temperature Variations, Creativity, and Weather Words

Somewhere in the infinite gyratory cornucopia of song and story, tale and account, saga and romance that is the substance of myth, it was bandied/broadcast/broached about that Dragons love heat. Hot....

14 jun 09

Fleeing the Furies of Debt Land

Ah, well, indeed it has been a long/lengthy/era of time flown by since last I placed pen in claw to dabble lines on this enormous web-wide page. What can I say--even Dragons have duties/ errands/obli...

17 may 09

The Blame Game...Even Dragons Do It!

Readers/friends/patrons of the written word, today I am overseeing a debate/discussion/ dialogue between two of my cohorts, the white Dragon Saavinstor from Cynmynmire, and the red Dragon, Braavistor...

02 apr 09

The Fruits of the Labor...or...Eati ng the Words.

Dragons do not eat words/written expressions/ visual statements. No substance to them, you know. At least not in the caloric/energy/joules sense. Oh, they are a 'meaty' matter, but not in the manner ...

09 mar 09

Writing the Molecules--The Joy is in the Details

This morning I shall discourse about Writing the Molecules...those tiny aspects of our perceptions that flesh the bones of the written word. First, I shall explain why these nuances/gradations of phy...

09 mar 09

A Dragon's Take On Romance...and Valentine goodies

Indeed, Dragon's do celebrate the spirit/essence/soul of romance. Ha! You believed that such as I did not have the capacity, experience, savoir faire for that enterprise? Of course, it depends on one...

09 mar 09

Keep the Shine...

Perhaps not everyone knows this...but a Dragon Shines. It's the scales, you see. Bio-armor. Bony plates. Or--my personal favorite--horny overlaps. Where is your mind? Umph. Humans. I speak zoological...

09 mar 09

Oh Joy! The documentation/rec ord/script extraordinaire is Published. Very well, call it a Book.

There are so few things for a Dragon to accomplish these days. S'not as if one can traipse about in daylight and tackle affairs as they did in the olden days when humans believed in Dragons and didn'...

09 mar 09

The Fat Assed Dragon - or why I'll never get a butt tuck

Tonight we will discourse on weight. Mass. A load on the rear. Very well, fat asses, if you will. I come before you as an advocate of staunch sterns, beefy buttocks. Rousing rumps.Were one to approac...

09 mar 09

I'm not the only hero in the Tale

Alright, I am the pivotal character in The Dragons' Veil and The Dragons' Vision, but I must confess I don't do all the work alone. As I mentioned earlier, Princess Shaila is certainly a motivating f...

09 mar 09

A Dragons' New Year Resolutions

Oh, yes, Dragons do make resolutions. Oaths. Promises, declarations, decrees of change, intent, aims, goals. Objectives. I've made over a thousand of them, myself, one for every year in which I have ...

09 mar 09

The Etiquette of Gullet Transport and Regurgitation

Definition of Gullet Transport: The internal conveyance of humans in the upper gullet.Definition of upper gullet: The smaller of two gullets inherent to Dragonis Articulous Extremis. The upper gullet...

09 mar 09

A DRAGON ON WRITING

I do not lightly take pen in claw...I speak literally; I've not found a pen yet that's big enough to be held without great concentration. Now, a mail-hawk quill--a sizable bird, those hawks--and thei...

09 mar 09

Clearing my throat...that is one long undertaking for Me!

In the beginning (I do not speak of a true beginning, as in regard to Time, the World, or the Universe--s'not as if I think all of that revolves around c'est moi, but rather the start of my first boo...

09 mar 09

The Hero of The Dragons' Veil...OK, S'not Totally ME!

My fellow Dragons and humans. For those who want to know more about the hero/champion/ lead of The Dragons' Veil duology (No! I did not manage the substance of the tale without some aid) I have decid...

08 mar 09

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