A tutorial on how to draw a dragon head. 

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A Dragon's Lament

I'm tired of being a dragon,

Ferocious and brimming with flame,

The cause of unspeakable terror

When anyone mentions my name.

I'm bored with my bad reputation

For being a miserable brute,

And being routinely expected.

To brazenly pillage and loot.

I wish that I weren't repulsive,

Despicable, ruthless and fierce,

With talons designed to dismember

And fangs finely fashioned to pierce.

I've lost my desire for doing

The deeds any dragon should do,

But since I can't alter my nature,

I guess I'll just terrify you.

~ © Jack Prelutsky!

Fantasy Art

I like to share when I find something cool. This artist does some amazing work and has it on pottery, clocks, posters, and much more. I am World of Warcraft Fanatic and so that is how she drew my attention. I absolutely love this picture below. More of her art can be found at annestokes.com and the things she sells at way reasonable prices is https://www.annestokesshop.com/

Fantasy Quote of the Day!

“Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.” G.K. Chesterton, Tremendous Trifles

Dragon Corpse Washes Up On Spanish Shore

Just when you thought that dragons did not exist, that man made them up, nature gives you a hint that they really did walk our realms. Recently a sea creature washed up on a Spanish Beach. Its horns are reminiscent of sea serpents or water dragons. Scientists are speculating it is a rotted thresher shark or an oar fish. I like the theory it is a dragon. Read more at Dragon Corpse Washes Up On Spanish Shore

Once They All Believed in Dragons

by Jack Prelutsky (from The Dragons are Singing Tonight)

Once they all believed in dragons When the world was fresh and young, We were woven into legends, Tales were told and songs were sung, We were treated with obeisance, We were honored, we were feared, Then one day they stopped believing - On that day, we disappeared.Now they say our time is over Now they say we've lived our last, Now we're treated with derision Where we once ruled unsurpassed. We must make them all remember, In some way we must reveal That our spirit lives forever - We are dragons!  We are real!

The Joys of Editing

My favorite part of writing is.. well writing.  Watching the story unfold in my mind is like watching a movie.  I totally enjoy the first reread, seeing it in a constant flow rather then broken up over the time it takes me to write and work.  I hate editing.

Do not get me wrong, I totally understand the importance of fleshing out the story, checking grammar and spelling, and insuring no discrepancies, but the whole time I am thinking but I just want to write the next part.

That is where I am now.  I am lost in a round of editing and comments from my editor to correct or 'add more meat'.  I love my editor, don't get me wrong but I just want to see the book release.  I am excited and at the same time, I do want it right the first time.

I dream of the day, like any writer, that my books take off and have popularity.  It would be a crowning day to see something I have written on the best seller's list.  But truthfully for me, what I really dream of is the day I can write all day if I chose.  Right now, I have to squeeze writing and editing around a four day - eleven hour work schedule.  Working these kind of hours often depletes you of any creative energy.

I try to right something every day.  Whether I am doing a little role play on World of Warcraft or just adding a page to a story.  But the true joy is when one can sit and just watch a story fly from your finger tips.   I am a very visual person, so it is like watching a movie.

Thank you for everyone who stops by here and encourages and supports me.  You truly are my family as much as any family by blood.  Remember, never stop dreaming.  The world was built on the dreams of others.

Fantasy Quote of the Day!

“But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The choice is yours: to go or wait.'

'And it is also said,' answered Frodo: 'Go not to the Elves for counsel for they will answer both no and yes.'

'Is it indeed?' laughed Gildor. 'Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.”

 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Ring Sets Out

What is a Korpen?

Korpen are the beasts of burden in the Dragons' Geas series.  Think giant Rhinoceros Beetle, add some spikes on its back, and you would be close.    They are very large pests. Gentle and easily distracted by food, yet if they wander as a herd onto a farm, devastating to the farmer.  They first appear in the novel Outcast.


Excerpt from outcast:

Korpen had originally been slow moving pests that roved in herds and a nuisance to outlying farms. They were single-minded when hungry despite their slow moving methodical pace.  In untamed areas, korpen were wild and yet still would let you walk right up to them as they ate.  Taming them was easy if they knew that a source of food awaited them. Their massive heads had double horns that were oriented vertically. The upper horn curves forward from behind the head, whereas the lower emerges from the head itself.  As a protection from predators such as dragons, their back’s spikes were almost impenetrable.  It was useful to the miners as korpen were strong and a great amount of weight could be attached to each spike.

Dragon Poetry

I found this poem, its author is Unknown.  However.  I love it and wanted to share it with you all.  After all, the day of dragons still lives in our minds and hearts.

When Dragons Ruled the Skies

"The times's long gone" the old man said.

"You've come too late, my son.

You'll see them not in this sad age, their time is long since done

A hundred years ago and more, they've been gone from this land." 

His voice was tough but his voice said "Aye lad I understand."

For I had sailed 'cross half a world to seek the fabled isles

Where I had heard that dragon wings still soared across the skies.

"You must have come from far indeed," he said with knowing eyes.

"The word has gone afar and wide that they have left our skies.

"Sit down a while, young lad. Let me tell you a tale

Of dragons streaming down the wind, sunlight bright on their scales

A tale my grandfather told me when I was but a lad,

For I too know the dragon's draw, I'd fain not leave you sad."

And so I sat down at his feet, upon a tuft of grass,

And listened as he spun a tale of beasts of gold and brass,

With scales brighter than minted coin, wings glinting in the sun,

Higher by far than eagles soar Dragons were wont to run.

He told of glory greater far than any work of men,

Of wisdom born in aeons past and held in trust since then.

His eyes were bright with boyhood's gleam as dusk crept down the sky,

I knew he heard an older voice, from when he, just like I,

Had sat and listened to the tale, hanging on every word

From one who might have seen it true, in a more wondrous world

He told it as much for himself as he told it for me

For his heart knew the yearning too those golden wings to see.

At last his tale drew to a close and with one breath we sighed

Imagining a brighter age before the wonder died

When unicorns roamed in the woods and giants still were seen

And mountain valleys echoed with the griffon's fearless scream

When wizards walked upon the earth with magic in their eyes

When elves lived side by side with men and Dragons ruled the skies.

"Well that's the tale" he said at last. "My grandpa told to me

He said he saw with his own eyes their wings over the sea

The day they flew into the west never again to fly

Above the hills of this green isle." He heaved a heavy sigh

And said to me "Well I must go, the sun is nearly set

My wife will have the dinner done, and home's a long walk yet

Perhaps you'll come and eat with us? There's plenty to go 'round."

Though his offer sore tempted me, I stood and looked around

Then politely I did decline -- "I too must go," said I

And he gave me a knowing look, and briefly caught my eye

I turned and walked back down the hill, towards the little town

That slumbered quietly 'round the bay where I had come aground.

Back to my skiff I made my way, and raised the sail once more

And with the sunset on my face, I turned my back to shore

Ahead lay naught but open sea, I saw no hint of land

But still I set the tiller with a firm and steady hand

For somewhere to the west they soar and westward my course lies,

'Till I have found the fabled land where Dragons rule the skies.

Now I have sailed ten thousand leagues and I'll sail many more

And storm and wreck I'll gladly brave as I have braved before

Though empty is the open sea and bitter winter's storms

Emptier still's a dreamless soul and crueler is the scorn

Of those who do not dare to dream and cling to hearth-fire's glow

I left them without looking back many a year ago.

So now the ocean is my road all through the starlit night

'Till the sun rises at my back and in the dawn's grey light

I see an island long and low a half day's sail away

Hid under heavy looming clouds not yet lit by the day

Yet as dawn brightens in the sky I see a sudden gleam

As the sun's first ray glances from a circling seabird's wing.

But surely no bird could be seen as far afield as this

And no feather could ever gleam so bright in dawn's first kiss

Another shines and still a third, a spark of golden fire

From thirty leagues I see them climb soaring higher and higher

Surely nothing but dragon's scale could so brazenly shine

As they thunder into the air in beauty near divine.

I see them clearly though my eyes are filled with tears of joy

For finally I've found the dream I first dreamed as a boy

My skiff fair flies across the waves, her bow spits spindrift foam

Though never have I seen this shore, I feel I'm coming home

And overhead the sky is gold and glory fills my eyes

The crystal air is wonder pure

And Dragons Rule The Skies.

~ unknown (!)

Fantasy Quote of the Day!

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!” 

― J.R.R. Tolkien