Discussion on NewEarth
Dragon Anatomy
I love it when people ask questions about the structure of my dragons. It means that I created a people that can live and breathe in the imagination. For a writer there is no greater compliment. Yes, dragons have five fingers and toes similar to humans, only in the case of dragons, two of them…
Read MoreEquality
Like freedom, equality is a word with a meaning that is dependent on the context. People consider themselves free in all kinds of circumstances that I would find intolerable. That doesn’t make them wrong or me incorrect, just different points of view. Equality doesn’t mean that everyone is the same, because look around. We are…
Read MoreThe Heartsinger
My dad was recently going through and finding small errors, things to address for the 2nd edition and I started thumbing through the book and it sucked me in. Now I know that story, not only did I write it and re-write it and fiddle with it and rework it, but then eventually I revised…
Read MoreSecond Editions
I am beginning to compile corrections on the first 6 books for second editions. This can take a long time, but I might as well get started. If you have found a mistake, or what you think is a mistake in one of the books, please let me know. Here is what I need. Title…
Read MoreDisabilities in Fiction
When I was writing the NewEarth Series, I was a Special Education Teacher. I have a feeling that once you are infected with the bug of Special Education, you carry a changed point of view with you where ever you go. After teaching since I was 20, At 50+ I was more comfortable in the…
Read MoreHeartsinger
When the planet adopted humans and started giving them bits of her power, enhancing their abilities and minds, humans had no idea what was happening. In some cases it happened quickly and people lost their minds. In other cases abilities developed slowly and as humans discovered new capabilities within themselves they kept them secret. Heartsinging,…
Read MoreGlinarca
Some people may have missed meeting her. She is first mentioned in Dotty and Tad’s adventure and mating: The Heartsinger. She is the dragon who gave birth in a cave that Dotty helped. Her youngster is Sim and Glinarca is a fighter, a dominant dragon, a territory dragon in her own right. Yet she prefers…
Read MoreDragons of NewEarth
A dragon is born into a maternity nest, a place of peace and comfort, guarded by the territory dragon and her mate. As soon as the mother is well and no longer in the care of healers and able to fly the new born and mother fly back to the family nest. The infant will…
Read MoreDragon Books
The seventh book is coming along, nearing the end of round 1, down to the last 40 pages. Anyone who has read my books knows that the ending will be good, but not always perfect. In this case, it just barely sets the stage for the next book, Jommy’s Flights. That is a story that…
Read MoreNew Characters
As the author and creator of NewEarth I feel like I am always expanding the caste of characters, bringing in new people, adding to the reader’s knowledge of characters that were less prominent. We created the character maps to help readers keep track of who is a dragon, who is human and who is connected…
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