Discussions on NewEarth

The Dragons of NewEarth are mammals, they are intelligent, each has their own personality with strengths and weaknesses and they are people. Just as humans have difficulty accepting another species as being equal, so do the dragons. Obviously these are not the legendary dragons of earth mythology so how did they come to be called…

A good friend has expressed an interest in some of the recipes from Hanna’s kitchen. Eventually we will do a cookbook, maybe just put it on here, but we’ll see how that all develops. To start, breakfast cakes are oven baked or pan baked pancakes, if you have ever had an apple pancake or a…

The cousins, the boys, the Farmers and of course, Eldon’s sons are traders, exchanging goods with smugglers, with colonies, with businesses. They have strong connections but they don’t have an ambition to have farms of their own. That doesn’t mean they don’t have the skills, or the knowledge, just that it is not their choice.…

When Heron accidentally does a reading on Thom and wants to share what he found with Trissy, she is reluctant to know. She is also uncomfortable hearing all the mental exchanges with Grabon. If you have ever worked in a cubbie or been somewhere for an extended period where you hear things that are not…

Do you know someone who uses helpful criticism as a form of insult and keeps others away? I based this character on the people I know who do, and then gave her a motivation that I felt was understandable. If her husband had cheated on her with a friend that would cause a certain distance…

Can you see how walking through dense brush over uneven ground could be difficult for a dragon? They can get into a situation where the canopy of trees closes them in up top and the thorny foliage encroaches on their feet, sides and tickles their tail. A nature walk if you are a dragon is…

There is a scene in Heron’s Bonds where the sisters take Heron aside and give him hell for not making plans for his bonding ceremony with Trissy. It is a moment of revelation for him when he realizes that just because their minds are linked doesn’t mean he knows everything. It also is a stark…

With a longer cycle (year) but only 4 seasons, how long does winter last? Like here it depends on the position on the planet. The area closest to the suns, the equator gets the shortest or no real winter.In Grabon’s territory, well winter can seem very long, but in truth it is about a quarter…

My characters spend a lot of time cooking. There is a reason for that. Food does not magically appear, just as clothes do not wash themselves. Too often we are conditioned to overlook the hard work that goes into running a household and it is devalued as unimportant. Writing about a world where everything is…

Dotty, or Dot as her family calls her, is an interesting character. Without giving too much away I can tell you she has a sister. Her mother is a Farmer, her father is a goldcrafter from a Craftsman family. By the time the story begins, Dotty has lost her mother to a mysterious illness when…

A number of people have now read Gordon’s Pride and Heron’s Bonds and they are anxious for a clue about what will the third book be about. The love story is Tad and Dotty. Tad is Gordon’s cousin of course, and Hess’s brother. He is a Farmer who is also a trader. He and Hess…