Discussions on NewEarth

The tea of NewEarth is a particular plant usually dried and steeped in boiling water. It is generally consumed warm, may have other berries or herbs added to flavor. The tea plants were originally a plant from OldEarth, genetically modified and then it spread on NewEarth taking on a different flavor as it grows abundantly…

As you read the NewEarth Series, you realize that the dragons spend a lot of time gaining self-knowledge. This consist of what they are good at, what they enjoy, discovering and developing skills. Finding out what they do not like, what they avoid, what makes their stomach quake with dread. Learning what motivates them, what…

I don’t know if my readers have noticed yet, but the youngsters and youth on NewEarth are growing, hitting milestones and moving on. This happens with the same lack of fanfare and announcement that it does here on earth. The exception of course is if you manage to catch a parent in a mood to…

If Heron is a territory dragon, a Woodsmen, a wagon maker, Farmer’s Friend and companion; Trissy is a Woodmen, carver, craftsmen, parent and domestically skilled. She happens to be strongly connected to plants, Heron is most strongly connected to animals. They have many of the same skills with a few differences. Jenny too has many…

Sometime in the course of Acceptance, NewEarth6, readers are going to meet a blind dragon. By human standards we would call her poorly sighted, but vision problems among dragons are rare and often fatal. I won’t tell you what happens, but she adds to the reader’s understanding of dragons in some unexpected ways. Another thing…

As I am putting together the story in book 14, Grabon’s Territory has expanded in many amazing ways and is now called the Combined Territories. I leave readers to figure out how that happened, but descriptions of the other continents, different cultures, and other off-world visitors are included.

That bond they share, have you noticed that neither one of them understand how the bond works? Is it going to lengthen Heron’s life span? Is it going to shorten Grabon’s. How will it affect their mates? How does it work among dragons? Maybe one of the visitors will know something about Psychic Bonds, maybe…

Being the youngest child in a large family can be difficult, especially if your father has always wanted a boy and had been stuck with girls every single time. For that youngest daughter, acceptance is often earned by being the son, or as close to, as the daughter can manage. Among Woodsmen who have traditional…

While Heron may have initially felt like he had dodged a blast by courting Trissy in dreams, he certainly did not feel that way when he realized he lacked the knowledge to repair their relationship after a mistake. Courting in dreams, making painful revelations without full consciousness may sound nice on the surface, but imagine…

To create a world with no illness might be fun, but it would seriously hamper creating drama. Think about how often a stomach ache or a headache creates situations and drama, not to mention vomit erupting unexpectedly. Whether you are ancient or a baby in arms, illness is a part of human existence and it…

Trissy struggled not to let Heron see what his descriptions of his past meant to her or how she felt like she could not compare to his first love. It is terrible to have a ghost rival, a memory to compete with that is enshrouded in perfection. Trissy was not so secure in her own…

Baby dragons are born with small wings that grow as they do. In early adolescence the wings grow to full size and the muscles need to be exercised and strengthened before they can learn to fly. By fifteen cycles most dragons can fly, feed themselves and generally live independent of their parents. But they are…