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I've just updated my reference guide to Anne McCaffrey's Pern with a timeline of the Eighth Pass, Eighth Interval and Ninth Pass, showing where my stories fit in along the way. If you have any questions about my stories, or Pern in general, ask away and I'll try to answer as best I can!
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I'm working on a new story, of which I'm now posting a teaser here below, to see what my readers think, and hopefully more will join :) This is a non edited fragment of the story so beforehand I apologize for any grammar mistakes you might come across while reading. enjoy Prologue In the beginning there was no reign, only balance. It was a world of magic, inhabited by demons and other mysterious beings. Of all the creatures the dragons were the mightiest. They were divided in four tribes to govern the elements and they were the ones who brought the balance to the world. But the threads of magic, woven for each of the tribes, had their whims. Only a few every generation were born with the ability to shift from their two legged appearance and become one of the original dragons, who soared the sky and mended the world. Out of those few, only one pair would give birth to the next Generation of the Jikkan Gogyo. One male and one female would form the new celestial pair; They would be the opposing of everything; light and dark, male and female, water and fire, earth and air. And together they would become one with the earth and continue to weight out the differences and keep the magic in harmony with the world. After four thousand years the circle was to be completed with water and fire; the female Mizunoto and the male Hinoe, but something went wrong. The Mizunoto never showed and the fire dragons suddenly disappeared. The balance was tared and the consequences showed to be dire. The offspring of lesser demons were born with very little or no magic at all. The offsprings with no magic came to be called humans, and it was soon discovered they were not bound by nature, like their magic possessive brethren. As a result here off their population quickly grew larger. As a way of protecting them selfs they gathered in number, unlike other kinds of demons who either lived solitary or monogamous, protecting their territory. No demon had dared claim territory to the center of the world, but the humans risked taking claim of the fertile, sacred land for their protection as well as their survival. Though the humans were many, neither the dragons nor the demons found them a thread due to their lack of magic, hence, they left them in peace. The humans elected a leader, to create some kind order to their chaotic way of living. The king was chosen through duels, and so the strongest and smartest among the participants came to rule over his brethren. At first, things seemed to work well for the humans, they even came to thrive in peace with the creatures around them. However, as time passed man grew greedy. The fifth reigning king wasn't satisfied with the power he had. He wanted magic, and with it; the chance of immortality. He believed that by consuming the heart of a dragon he would gain those characteristics. His people who didn't know any better believed in their king and they went to war against the dragons. Even though the dragons were strong, they could not overpower the number of humans. In their defeat, the original dragons went into hiding and in order to ensure the survival of the heredity, the shifters used their magic, to hinder new of their kind to be born into the tribe, and thus took their knowledge of the lineage with them into hiding. For five hundred years the humans ruled without mercy. Until one day a demon stood forth, wishing to take back what rightfully belonged to them. The demon was strong, more so than anyone had seen for thousands of years. Demons and dragons gathered side by side, and with Sourin in the lead, they successfully overpowered the humans. With the end of Man’s reign the era of the Demons would begin. 1. The fire dragons Sourin, the demon lord, was at his 300 year of rule. The time had come for him to travel his lands; he cared grately about his people and sought to himself that they faired well. Still he was the most powerful demon, in the last 300 years not one demon had come close to match his strength, and therefor he would not need an escort on his travel. Sourin was well known all over his kingdom, as a stern but honest ruler. But most of all he was known for his demonic beauty . Some even claimed he was more beautiful than any woman know to the world. The day when he decided it was time to leave his palace, was when he had noticed a change in the dragons living within the palace. He had realized that the race had become weakened through the breeding with humans. Their majestic appearance was dwindling and the magic within them diminished. He did not blame the dragons for this failure; after all, times were different now than right after the war and breeding between the races was not forbidden. However, he feared that the magic was to completely vanish, and as it was his duty to look after the inhabitants of the world, he took it upon himself to search all over the land for a way to save his people. He knew he would have to find the original dragons, in order to restore the balance and bring magic back into it’s natural flow. And so, he set out his quest to search. Sourin first traveled the land inside the border of his kingdom. The general fair of his working people would always have to come first. Four months he spend, writing down possible changes needing to be made; all from the granting of new breeding horses, to new rules regarding the rising problems caused by thieves. From here he went to travel the outlands; the untouched woodland and steppes inhabited by his territorial brethren. He first visited the known tribe of the wind dragons in the east, in hope they would have information that could guide him towards the original dragons. The wind chief was sad to tell him that the knowledge of their shifting brethren disappeared along with the dragons them selves. Sourin next visited the water dragons in the North. But they too gave him the same answer; they had not seen or heard from the original ones since the Great War. But during his visit with the earth tribe in the West he was set led onto a path, which he hoped, would lead him in the right direction. The wife of the earth chief, mentioned that he might have better luck searching for the fire tribe, in the dead lands, towards the south. Since the whole tribe had vanished during the Great War, maybe the originals would still live amongst the rest of the tribe. And so he traveled to the Dead-lands. The dense woods in the south stretched towards the inland and the mountains, which stretched far into the land. The west lands, of Sourin’s empire, was sparse forest and earthy terrain. Towards the north was grassland before the sand and sea, and in the east were the open steppes, with steeps cliffs bordering the ocean. During his 7th month he saw an incident. He had just entered the southern territory of the land, a part of his kingdom he had never paid much attention to before, because he had no people in this realm. Through time the lands had also become more or less uninhabitable due to the ever growing Forrest. A large group of poorly dressed men, had surrounded a young man, armed with long spears. Slowly they cornered him against a cliff side, trapping him there. “Come on handsome, show us what ya got. We don’t wanna hurt ya, we just wanna take a look at the goodies” one of the men said, a leer on his face. Sourin looked from afar, uncertain of the circumstances. Were they going to abuse the poor man? If so, why were they at such a large number and armed with spears? Just as he was about to interfere, and save the young man, all of his questions were answered. One of the men jabbed forth his spear but the young man jumped to the side, out of reach, and suddenly – an enormous cloud of black smoke and burning sparks consumed the young man and out raised a huge black dragon with eyes so green that you almost could not tear your gaze away. The dragon slowly -- warning, turned its head from one side to the other, gazing the men surrounding it. They had all fallen dead silent and were frozen on the spot. As Sourin watched the scene play out in front of him he noticed the scales of the dragon; even though they were black they had this deep red glow in the sparse light of the forest, like the burning ember of a dying piece of coal. The dragon opened its mouth and roared, one of the men tear loose from the hypnosis of the dragons gaze and screamed “RUN”. All the other men tear loose as well and turned to run, as fast as they could, not even sensing Sourin on his horse as they ran right past him.
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I've been playing around a bit more with Pinterest. All these nice marketing books/guides/blogs tell me I need to spend more time on social media. Which is true, since Google and Bing are spending so much time making social media count more in search rankings. I've wandered... Dragons! https://www.pinterest.com/gayauthors/dragons/ I created a board on Pinterest and found some interesting infographics for Dragon-types and some cool artwork. I have a cool dragon calendar and this sort of thing has always worked for me for inspiration if nothing else.
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I'm presently working on two vastly different projects but I'm going to list both here in hopes of finding a brave soul to read and rip things apart before I go begging for an editor to fix everything again once the beta and I have finished. This is for the longer project. Project 1 - Dragon's Hoard Presently two complete chapters of an on going project. Needed - Someone willing to give honest opinions and feed back. I'm not perfect or a prima donna. Being told that the story is wonderful is always nice, but not looking to have my ego stroked. Need someone not afraid to grab their red pen and tell me where I have too much detail or not enough. Am I getting my point across or as a reader are you lost? My writing usually involves fantasy and relationships. If this doesn't interest you feel free to skip this request. Because this isn't finished yet I can't say how long the story will be. Most of my stories go between six to twelve chapters, so if you agree just be aware of the full project. Don't be afraid to keep on me for more, this will not go to the editor or be put on site until complete. Sample - Seth strode nervously back and forth before the large fireplace. Something was bothering him and he couldn’t figure out what it was. He paused before a large window, staring out into the dark night, watching the snow swirl as it fell past him. The trees waved their skeletal limbs in the wind that was blowing. “I don’t know what is wrong, but I intend to find out,” he whispered to himself. Grabbing his jacket from the chair, Seth nearly flew across the room, slipping it on as he headed out into the hallway. He found himself nearly running down the hall, but as he reached the stairway he stopped and looked around. “Come out, Daniel. I know you are there. A shadow seemed to move from the hallway and suddenly a tall thin man in a dark suit stood before Seth. “You called for me, Sir.” Daniel stood at perfect attention, appearing as though this late night mission was a common occurrence. Seth shook his head. “Something is wrong, Daniel. I’m not sure what it is. Have the men check the property immediately!” “Yes, Sir. Right away, Sir!” Seth watched as Daniel nearly flew down the staircase and vanished from view. As he made his way down the stairs he sense that something was wrong only increased. He took a deep breath, and removed his coat. He crossed over to the lounge, opening the door wide, and turned on all the lights in the room. He tossed his coat on the nearest chair and looked around the room. Then, to keep himself occupied, he worked on lighting the fire in the fireplace. “Who left all the lights on? I’ll have … oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t see you there, Angel.” Seth looked up to find Valerie standing in the doorway. Her raven tresses now shot through with silver, did little to mar her beauty. She stood straight as a tree, but her figure was still that of young maid. Her smile gave no trace of her age, but she had been his nursemaid, teacher, and was one of the few people that Seth could count on growing up. If this interests you feel free to contact me. Thank you. Wayne aka comicfan
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Hi all, I'll start off by saying I'm healthy for the moment. Last year, it was detached retinas. This year, I had triple bypass surgery. Needless to say, I haven't been in a good place and writing was very sporadic if at all. I'm trying hard to make a comeback. Right now, I have finished a story for the fall/winter anthology which is being read and commented on, so yeah, something is done. The final chapter/epilogue for Jonas is written. Now it is waiting on me finding a beta and editor. Yes, the long wait is over. I have been writing a dragon shifter story. It was put off when a beta read it and we couldn't mesh. Took a while, but finally gone back to it and am determined to finish. Finally, writing on a story that was begun and was abandoned. It's not because I didn't like it, more like health issues stopped it, and to be honest, I forgot it completely. Anyway, in process of finishing the last three or four chapters. What i did have written was lost when my computer died at the time, so basically been trying to remember what i did, and recreate it. Sorry for delays, but think I might be ok for a bit. Anyone interested in beta or editor work, let me know.
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The news has announced that the age old legend about dragons is no legend. The skeleton of a massive dragon has been found in the hills not far from your home. The thing is you knew it was no legend. In fact you are guarding the last egg of this race. What do you do now?