Discussion on NewEarth

Someone asked me where the idea of a Heartsinger came from, and I have to admit I have no idea. What I do know is that humans, and the dragons I created, have a long history of hiding their emotions from others and from themselves. Those emotions hold a great deal of destructive power and…

Did you know that Hanna has anxiety? Had you noticed that Gordon was ostracized by his peers, Grabon was made fun of and criticized as a youth. Very few of my characters had easy childhoods and if they did, something else happened to them along the way. As a teacher and growing up myself I…

One of the big questions from publishers, writers, readers, publicists is what book does yours resemble. Is it a “Steven King” type? Is it more of a “Feehan” story line? Are your dragons like Pern dragons? What writer do you emulate in style? Those questions always leave me stammering. Well, my stories are certainly not…

Aside from a psychic difference of their being tendrils on the power line, what makes a territory dragon different from a clan dragon? This is a great question. Many dragons are born with the tendrils, choose never to use them to claim a territory. On the other hand, more than 60% of dragons don’t have…

Can you imagine drowning in grief from a tragedy, wandering the woods, seeking the answers to your own mortality, and accidentally stumbling across a young dragon. Your minds connect and images are exchanged. Emotions seem to mirror one another, fear and fascination come at you from both ends. At some point you realize that the…

As people read the first book of the NewEarth Series they are encountering Gordon and Hanna for the first time. They are discovering the planet NewEarth and all her power. New readers are finding out about gibbers and putons, cattle and hens and wondering what they all look like. My artist Athena has worked tirelessly…

Trissy has a tremendous amount of strength to admire. Her skills are undeniable, from carving, child care, cooking, skin sewing, making do with what she has, and general woodcraft, her skills shine. However what makes her unforgettable is her character. She isn’t loud and attention grabbing, she is far more subtle and dignified. Trissy keeps…

In the beginning of Gordon’s Pride, readers find out that earth 🌏 has a problem, it has toxic clouds, acid rain, radiation bursts, and all kinds of environmental issues that make survival hard. Clean drinking water costs a lot of money and industry has already started harvesting resources from other planets and bringing them to…

Each book has different main characters, but the cast of important characters is huge and growing. Grabon and Heron are always important, as are their mates. You cannot leave off Hanna and Gordon from any story because they are intimitaly involved in everything. In book 6 Porter plays a key role as does Lars and…

Lots of Hanna’s cooking are things I learned to cook as a child, or things I cooked during other phases of my life. Many of the recipes are straight from my mother’s kitchen. The tea recipes are of my own creation, or something I have bought and recreated out of whole ingredients. A fall favorite…