Discussions on NewEarth

While a puton might look like a fierce predator and I am content not to encounter one while picking berries, two other predators that we see on NewEarth are far deadlier, cunning and dangerous. The humans and dragons can be far more harmful and do greater damage. Separately they are capable of great harm to…

Heron wants to send a message to Trissy’s sisters to say that Trissy and Jenny are alive, that they arrived safely. Trissy knows that her sisters have written her off as crazy and believe she and Jenny are beyond help because she would not turn back. Do you think she wants to contact her sisters…

You get to meet him in book 2, he has a reputation for being a bit of a trouble maker. He hangs with the other rebellious trouble makers and he’s been a friend of Grabon’s for a long time. Brom has a problem, one he has kept mostly to himself, but his friends know what…

One of the strangest parts of being a writer is that these characters that I build become very real to me and I laugh over their triumphs and cry over their failures and sometimes what happens to them breaks my heart. In Gordon’s Pride I shed my first tear when Hanna tries to hand Gordon…

The scene where Trissy and Hanna meet for the first time, when Heron and Gordon leave them alone in Hanna’s kitchen, is so intense with unspoken voices. It reminded me of my first time alone with my sister-in-law, so much to say and no graceful way to even begin. Both women had things to say…

Can you imagine Kimmi’s reaction to Brom finding Jenny by using energy the way he does? I  don’t mean her outward reaction, but her internal one. One of the reasons that Hanna and Gordon, Trissy and Heron find her difficult in the beginning is because she believes herself to be superior. She and Thorn believe…

It is interesting how people make assumptions that because I have one non dominant, traumatized female character that all the others will be similar. I do not believe that is true, but I invite you to read the stories and judge for yourself. No matter how you twist a person with Hanna’s background, they are…

In the books there are a few references to Grabon snorting, including mucus. Generally Gordon and Heron are amused while the women are grossed out. It seems that dragons have soft snorts and then the harsh one that isi an expression of disgust. Due to their nose structures, it seems that dragons have the ability…

Humans have to learn to coexist with the dragons or they are at a terrible disadvantage. Not only are they seriously outnumbered, but generally the dragons have a stronger connection to the planet which means they have greater psychic abilities. Fortunately the dragons see their purpose as following the lead of the planet, which seems…

Heron’s Bonds has two little girls that are featured prominently. The first is Jenny. She starts out seeming very young and through the book grows significantly. Not only does she discover her first connection to the planet and make friends with a number of dragons, but she begins assuming more responsibility for herself while those…

This morning the world where my feet belong had a sudden cold snap and I live in a heated, modern sort of dwelling. The thought of chopping wood to keep the cold at bay would be daunting. Did you ever think of what those first settlers gave up to live primitively on a new planet…

If you have read Heron’s Bonds you know that baby dragons are going to be included in book 3 the HeartSinger. Do you have an image in your head yet? Small, undefined, unable to fly or communicate, delicate and vulnerable. I am anxious to see people’s reaction to them. However in book 2 we do…