Discussion on NewEarth
Equality
I am building a utopian world, one where dragons are struggling to accept humans and humans are struggling to accept dragons. Leadership, species needs, and obvious differences aside, they are attempting to make things as equal as possible. As the series grows, the readers will see even more of this. As a writer steeped in…
Read MoreMox and Brom
I got a packet from Jo, my editor, corrections and suggestions and all manner of work I can do, so I spent the day on NewEarth, among the characters, immersed in plot and drama. When you have had a chance to spend some time with Mox, I hope readers will tell me what they think…
Read MoreGordon’s Pride
Tomorrow we start the new Gordon’s Pride give-away. It is only for 3 days, but it encourages new readers to start the series. Gordon’s Pride is a romance, the relationship between Gordon and Hanna that blooms and grows throughout the series. But it is also about Heron, Grabon and many other characters. It is the…
Read MoreThe Hunter: book 7
Still no release date, but Jo is making progress, or so she tells me. We’ll see when I get the manuscript back and I can see what needs to be done. Today I took some googone, some q-tips and cleaned my keyboard. I wear out keys from time to time, but these are still in…
Read MoreMammalian Dragons
With two opposable thumbs on each hand and two more thumbs on each foot, claws that are strong and sharp enough to rip and strip meat from bone, the dragons of NewEarth are well adapted to life on their beloved planet. They have a mane of fur on the back of their heads, moving down…
Read MoreWagons
Wagons are interesting, and a bit complex when you think about designing them for different animals that range in sizes and for a variety of purposes. Let’s start with the smallest wagon used for transporting infants, both dragon and human. It has a rope to pull it with, four wheels and metal belt look like…
Read MoreBook 8
I worked on the Newsletter and started putting things together for book 8. I completed the story in 2014 and I have done some self-editing, but not in the last year, so I wanted to make sure I sent the best descriptions to Athena, my wonderful talented illustrator, as she begins to work on the…
Read MoreThe Gibbers
The first gibber made his contribution when Kev first speaks to one in Gordon’s Pride and he finds out someone has been in Hanna’s small cottage. Listening to Heron and the boy discuss the small creatures and the gossip they carry from tree to tree, you get the sense that they are the busybodies of…
Read MoreRelationships
What is your favorite relationship that is highlighted in the New Earth Series? Is it the companion bond between Grabon and Heron? Or do you prefer the companion bond between Hess and Tad? Or maybe you prefer the one between Porter and Lars, or even between Jamie and Janie. The companion bond is a life…
Read MoreDystopian and Utopian
In an imperfect world, humans struggle to do the right thing. Is that dystopian? If the world is twisted so it appears idyllic yet is rotted underneath, is that dystopian? A world filled with blood sucking vampires that prey on the innocent, no matter how kind they seem is dystopian. Yet reality is often dystopian…
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