Discussion on NewEarth

I choose to find the good. It sounds simple and clean, but of course it isn’t. I write fairytales, not because I can’t see the bad, or because I think I am magically protected from it, but because bad is there. People need hope, they need to see the good. Once you start looking for…

Recently I have been working in sales. As a writer, working in sales is amazing, you see and learn so much about humans and what drives them in all their moods. But seriously, the most mind bending thing I learned was not to try so hard. Any one who knows me, knows that I am…

One of the interesting facts about the humans in my stories: most have brown skin, some have brown hair, most are curly haired. Heron has silver hair brought on by grief, Trissy has two symmetrical silver streaks, also brought on by grief. While my dragons have a multitude of markings, horns, ridges, and features highlighted…

Someone recently asked me if I was worried abut what someone else might think about a decision I made. It made me stop and think, not because I was concerned about what they would think, but because it was an interesting point. Other people have always judged me, often harshly, usually with no understanding of…

Writing utopian novels for adults is interesting. When I tell people I write adult themed fairytales, the smirk they get let’s me know they are envisioning puff porn with some old themes or names. I usually laugh and tell them it is all about dragons and humans learning to get along in a combined society.…

When I develop a character and set them lose in a setting of my creation, I never know if he or she will play nice with others, or become a baboon and show his or her flaming ass to one and all. Usually I develop characters I think I will like, unless of course the…

In Grabon’s world, being deceptive is a skill, one greatly admired, but it is only used for specific purposes. Some dragons may choose to conceal a certain ability from others. As it harms no one and gives the advantage to the individual with the ability this is considered well done. Others attempt to hide their…

Have you ever met someone who will argue over the color of your new shirt? How about someone who will debate how many minutes late you were? Oppositional people will argue anything, for any reason. The only way to stop them is to agree, a method called “dropping the rope.” It is hard to have…

There are a lot of unexpected things that happen in a life. In the lives of my characters things seldom turn out as they originally planned. Male or female, human or dragon, they are forced to think quickly and launch into alternative plans. As the creator of the characters, I can say that my life…