Discussion on NewEarth
Heron
Heron is in the unique position of having the greatest understanding of Dragon culture, beliefs, and wisdom. After spending so much time with Grabon, has it altered him in a fundamental way? How much are we influenced by our companions? The same question can be asked of Grabon, especially as he was younger and perhaps…
Read MoreLove and Life
The notion of romantic love is not dead in the NewEarth Series, it is just transformed by conditions. Among the settlers, being left without a helpmate is a death sentence not only for the partner left behind, but often for children. Among the dragons who link their lives and power, if one partner dies, they…
Read MoreTough
How tough is Grabon? Compared to other dragons he is obviously not a puff ball or wimp, but how tough is he? You should have gotten the sense from Rok and Thane that they are pretty rough and Grabon and Heron used to fight for coins as well as pleasure, using their fighting ability as…
Read MoreAudience
Writing, like any other business or craft is done in stages. The same is true for bringing the book out for public view. I am very much in the stage of expanding my audience, as well as bringing out NewEarth5 Grabon’s Nest. One of the ways I use to do this is getting people who…
Read MoreTria
In book 4 Healing, Tria is introduced, first as a visitor and then sort of invited into Grabon’s nest. She is a youth, a young dragon, between being a youngster and not yet sexually mature. She has little experience, is still figuring things out and she wanders into Grabon’s territory drawn in by the excitement…
Read MoreFinding a Mate
Since dragons go awandering at fifteen cycles, educate themselves and become fully mature around fifty cycles, when do they start searching for a mate? That is an interesting thought. Dragons sexually mature at twenty-two to twenty-six cycles, so probably sometime after that, but they start dreaming and fantasizing about their potential mate as youngsters. The…
Read MoreGrabon as King
Obviously the government structure of NewEarth based on the dragon’s system is different from what we have seen on oldearth but historically it resembles the fiefdom or feudal systems of old. That being said, Grabon is a king, answerable to a council of older more experienced kings that are guided by the planet. More on…
Read MoreBrom and Griss
Being granted custody of their youngsters was a dream. When Grabon made that happen, Brom and Griss were faced with certain decisions about how to raise their youngsters and you see evidence of those shifting decisions all the time. At first, they were going to be traditional dragons in Grabon’s territory, but of course that…
Read MoreDragon Hands
NewEarth has very little technology as we think of it but there are a number of tools, some familiar to humans others more familiar to dragons. The key differences between their two tool types have more to do with culture and the shape of their hands. Dragons have two thumbs on each hand. That makes…
Read MoreAwandering
Why would dragons kick their new youths out of the nest to find out for themselves how big the world is? What is the importance of that journey to adulthood? Why is self reliance so important and self discovery essential to a dragon’s development? Among humans, do our youth need to establish independence? They do…
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