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Dragon Stories: Cloudpetal
Cloudpetal was not glad when the Lair by the Sea bought her contract. "No one will take her," said her clan leader. "She is destined for exaltation, never having known the world, or a mate, or love. Won't someone take pity on her?"
Never had she been less happy to have eavesdropped. The humiliation had been overwhelming, and she'd hardly heard Reina and Cheimon's conversation on her way to her new home. She knew her genes were old and cheap and did not suit her, but the thought that ...
2017-03-24 11:51:20 +0000 UTC View PostCoracle, Chapter 4
In which our headstrong narrator does not sneak around her parents because she knows what's best.
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CHAPTER FOUR
MARDA DOES NOT GET THE ADVICE SHE HOPED FOR
Marda and her father ate the cake, and even managed dinner, and after that it was time for chores. But even while working, Marda thought about the dandelion letter, and she couldn’t help but notice that the chicken coop needed a new roof, or how Patric’s blanket was getting too short for his bed, or that Patc...
2017-03-23 16:19:26 +0000 UTC View PostCoracle, Chapter Three
This one needs an illustration of Chandelier! I will do that soon. Meanwhile, enjoy!
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CHAPTER THREE
THE LETTER
Savior’s Greetings to you, friend!
I’ve never written that before, and it was so exciting. I hope you don’t think that’s silly! My aunt says I should talk about my day, and the things I see out my window, and oh, my name is Sendra, but everyone calls me ‘Cheevy’ because when I was a toddler I was very mischievous. ...
2017-03-22 14:39:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Coracle, Chapter 2
A little more of the new book.
CHAPTER TWO
MARDA’S FIRST CHOICE
The first place Marda went for her birthday was the post office, a little building made of stone and golden wood and bordered on one side in flowerbeds and on the other with the entrance to a corral for the couriers’ horses. This might seem a strange place to go for a birthday, but Marda loved the post office for its glorious map. It was painted on the wall beside the counter, and it took up the entirety...
2017-03-21 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostDragon Stories: Orphne
Since it's a week off from school (and so I am running around crazy), I thought we'd try something different. A week of random dragon flash fictions! Here is Orphne's short.
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"For you," Thelo said, dropping a bag before her.
Orphne looked up from her notebook of bad poetry. She'd been making another attempt at writing something deep and dark, an occupation at which she'd consistently failed despite the coloration that everyone agreed augured a gothic destiny. She hadn't ev...
2017-03-21 11:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostSeal for the Twin Kingdoms
Working on Kickstarter goodies for the romances!
2017-03-20 23:34:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe Smell of Spring
And the tenacity of life while it's living.
2017-03-19 14:51:43 +0000 UTC View PostRandom Dragon Story: Gwydion
I continue to enjoy Flight Rising as almost my only computer game right now, because it is just the right combination of "doesn't need attention" and "is low-key fun when you have time." Mostly I use it to dress up dragons, but I also find that it's entertaining to use the game mechanics as writing prompts. (As the artists in the audience know, sometimes doing something for fun keeps you from stiffening up.)
Here, then, is t...
2017-03-18 21:40:49 +0000 UTC View PostDriveby Reviews
I read for my major source of entertainment, so I go through a lot of books (to the point where I often run out of them). I decided after my Bookbub promotion to subscribe to Bookbub and see what deals they sent me, and I strike out on 90% of them but I'm finding enough to keep going. Here's some stuff I enjoyed lately!
In Memory of Bread: A Memoir by Paul Graham - Written by a foodie locavore carb-loving English professor wh...
2017-03-17 17:59:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Peltedverse Guidebook (1st Edition!)
You have asked me for it over and over, and I have put it off over and over because condensing 25+ years of continuous development into a single document was a daunting task. But then I thought: "Why do I have to do that? Just get some of it down and keep building on it as people ask for it."
So I decided to do just that. Here, then, is the 1st edition, which includes an illustrated catalog of the species of the Peltedverse, plus the Alliance map and a reading order for all the series in the s...
2017-03-16 14:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post"Don't Tell Me. It's a Unicorn, Isn't It."
"...but I wanted a phoenix!"
Still working on the YA novel, in between other projects...
Guidebook Cover
Inking in the dark!
The guidebook (first edition!) is ready. I just need to finish up this cover for it. Then y'all will get it first, and then the newsletter folks at the end of the month.
Oh My Fan Art
Re-reading the Honor Harrington novels for the billionth time and couldn't resist a quick sketch. 💛
2017-03-14 17:57:05 +0000 UTC View PostHeat - Cold - Ice
Wow, you know I have so much art online I've forgotten what most of it looks like? I stumbled onto my own 100 Sketchbook Retrospective project (sadly unfinished! I wish I had gotten to the end!) and have lost an hour just looking/reading everything.
I thought this page of notes from my hydrotherapy class was kind of amusing (and useful!) so here it is. :)
2017-03-13 22:06:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Llama
...looks like she's in the middle of talking to you, doesn't she?
2017-03-11 18:25:08 +0000 UTC View PostMarda, for Chapter 1
I think this is the style I'm gonna go for, to illustrate the book. Bold and a little toony.
2017-03-10 18:26:05 +0000 UTC View PostCoracle Book 1, Chapter 1
This is the entirety of chapter 1, now! A sneak peek for everyone. I am still contemplating how I want to illustrate it. I know the style, I'm just not sure how many illustrations I want to do. Each chapter's relatively short and I don't want to overwhelm the text... so I am thinking maybe one spot and one full-page per chapter. More on that as I work on them.
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CHAPTER ONE
MARDA WAKES UP OLDER
When Marda woke, cozy under a quilt and two afghans...
2017-03-10 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Princes' Game 5 Playlist
As usual, I build playlists of songs for projects as I work on them, and lately have been uploading those to Youtube. PG5 is only about 15% done, so the playlist isn't very long yet. HOWEVER! The reason I've started posting it early is because I'm looking for recs! If you like music, and love "if this, then that" puzzles, go ahead and have a look (listen?) and then send me some songs that remind you of the ones I've already picked!
Most of them are thematically linked. (Yes, even the pony one....
2017-03-08 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Inking Continues!
Asanii and Tam-illee, and Hinichi and Harat-shar.
2017-03-06 17:46:48 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Administrivia
First off: having a specific Chat Day is less of a necessary thing now that the chat channel is active on a regular basis. Nevertheless, I am designating Monday, March 13 as our "guaranteed to find the Jaguar in the channel most of the day" Chat Day for this month. Please stop by and say hi! I love talking with you all!
Second, my Etsy store kind of fell off the face of the planet. I renewed the jewelry a...
2017-03-06 15:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostSeersa and Karaka'A
Guidebook illos. Hands are steady enough to ink again, Yay!
2017-03-05 15:13:45 +0000 UTC View PostRainbow Fountain
Every color this time! Taken yesterday on one of my careful walks, rebuilding my stamina.
2017-03-05 13:27:28 +0000 UTC View PostBack to Work Finally!
If at a reduced pace. Working on the cover for that Peltedverse species guide for y'all.
2017-03-04 19:29:22 +0000 UTC View Post