Discussions on NewEarth

Mia is mate to Pit, but before that, she was a well known storyteller, accepted in a clan and given all the respect and fondness that someone in her position deserves. However, Mia had met Pit, had known him well enough to know he was her possible mate, he had tendrils on his power line…

With every character I build for the NewEarth Series, I try to leave plenty of space for the reader to add their own interpretation to my descriptions. To that end, I am uninclined to correct the pronunciation of names, or give clear and precise facial descriptions. Athena adds to my descriptions, but she makes an…

Can you imagine anything worse than realizing that the sister that has been both a challenge to love and a joy is really a killer? She confessed to being responsible for the tragic accident that killed your father a few days ago and left the two of you alone in the cold. Dotty heard it…

In the NewEarth stories, the humans are either light or dark skinned, meaning they are all mixed lineage and race. The recruits that joined    EarthCorps expidition and settlement were from all over the globe, spanning all the continents of earth. Making the humans various shades of brown, with brown eyes and brown hair, hardly…

 In book 6: Acceptance, the territory develops the challenge field. To clarify, Grabon and Heron spent many cycles fighting challenges in other territories. Heron was known as a fierce pet, fighting by Grabon’s side against teams of challengers. He even fought challenges alone against dragons who were determined to test his skill and suspected that…

Writing fantasy and not having half naked women with weaponry does not automatically place the story in the young adult category. The NewEarth Series is not considered for people under 18 because of the themes, ages of the characters, topics, sexuality, and concerns of the characters. However, I never object to readers, so if someone…

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…