Discussion on NewEarth

Someone recently told me they like my red and white squirrels but couldn’t remember what they were called. Gibbers are a lot like squirrels in they are small, race from tree to tree and collect nuts and seeds, but like everything on NewEarth they are connected to the planet. Gibbers are the gossips, the news…

In Heron’s Bonds look for references to dragon youngsters. It isn’t until the HeartSinger that you meet the first two, but I think you’ll enjoy the idea in Heron’s Bonds. Dragons have a unique view of the raising of dragons and their society has very definite ideas on how they should be treated. Do you…

I toyed with the idea of having birthday celebrations on NewEarth and decided instead to have other types of celebrations and a different way of marking the calendar. It is obviously seasonally divided, but since the year is longer and days are longer they keep track differently. One of the scenes that I cut from…

One of the joys of writing NewEarth is figuring out ways to bring in the odd item. Tad and Hess certainly manage by trading with smugglers for off planet goods. Rok’s inventions certainly add a new dimension, and has the potential to change the human lifestyle. The human and dragon needs on NewEarth are not…

If the lifespan of a dragon is around 200 cycles and a cycle is much longer than an earth year, than dragons have a long life indeed. Even more curious, most humans live a hundred cycles, even longer than a hundred earth years. As humans become more connected to the planet, will they live even…

In Heron’s Bonds there are a number of new characters mentioned as well as new places to see and things are changing in Grabon’s territory as winter makes a slow descent after that first brutal storm. Some of the characters are passing through the story, others will sit down and stay for awhile. You might…

Jamie and Janie have a difficult past. Their talents and skills seem to be somewhat of a mystery. Can you figure it out before Hanna knows exactly what their abilities are? We know that for a time at least, they traded sex for coins, but was it the need for coins that put them in…

Did you know that as the dragons awander from territory to territory while they mature, they learn to fight, to listen to the wisdom of the planet and how to tap into their talents and skills. It is a very interesting form of education, but the wisdom piece is particularly important. Pay attention to the…

In Grabon’s nest he has a fire pit, a pool and a slide. The fire pit is for warmth and comfort, of course Grabon also enjoys certain foods cooked, but its primary purpose is warmth and light. The pool is for drinking, meditating, washing and is used for a number of things. It is considered…

On this cold blustery morning, I think about the storms in Grabon’s territory. The winds are so storing that they can blow in an unshielded house, tear down a tree, and make travel impossible. So what do dragons do when the winds blow like that? They find a place to shelter, create a shield to…