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Miles O'Neal
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Miles O'Neal
May 20, 20193 min read
Who Do You Want To Read More About?
While I am taking a break from working on novels this year, I have plans to write more books (and some shorter stories) related to The Drago
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Miles O'Neal
Apr 8, 20192 min read
Who are the Faerie Really?
There are several documented cases of humans and faerie marrying. Contrary to popular belief, such a marriage does not automatically condemn
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Miles O'Neal
Mar 4, 20192 min read
Evocative Imagery
This is one of my favorite images from Year of the Dragon Lord, volume I of The Dragon Lord Chronicles. It evokes some of the chaos and path
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Miles O'Neal
Feb 4, 20191 min read
Why Dragons Mistrust Humans
In book 1 of The Dragon Lord Chronicles, Year of the Dragon Lord, a dragon named Song Li joined Argyll in attacking the Eldest. In book...
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Miles O'Neal
Jan 28, 20192 min read
More Notes on Dragon Names
In a recent blog, I shared some insight behind the names of several dragons from The Dragon Lord Chronicles. Today we'll look more into...
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Miles O'Neal
Jan 21, 20193 min read
How to Name Your Dragon
In an older blog, we looked at the importance of names fitting the story. In a more recent blog, I covered some ways to come up with...
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Miles O'Neal
Jan 7, 20192 min read
Some Notes on Dragons
Excerpted from Cuthbert's book of dragon lore (with further notes by Scythia of Dunvegan) We do not know whence came the dragons. Their...
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Miles O'Neal
Dec 10, 20181 min read
Cover Reveal - Golden Dawn
Just in time for Christmas. the series finale: Golden Dawn! Okay, so the overall cover design isn't a huge surprise; we've had a constant...
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Miles O'Neal
Nov 2, 20171 min read
A Vision of the Teeth
Scene: a brutalized bit of forest; a malignant enchanted stump; a sword with a mind of its own... Around midnight, Cuthbert and Gerald...
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Miles O'Neal
Oct 29, 20171 min read
The Edge of Madness
Sometimes the edge of madness is the only sane place. Gerald and company race back to his home in Kiergenwald to face down Argyll, but...
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Miles O'Neal
Oct 28, 20172 min read
Writing 101 - Those Pesky Titles, or When Bullwinkle Met The Dragon
I read and hear all the time that writing is hard. Once upon a time, it could be. But that's what practice is for. Now I generally find...
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Miles O'Neal
Jan 23, 20161 min read
Notes from the #WhosYourCharacter twitterverse
These are hardly all the characters in Year of the Dragon Lord but they were the easiest to distill down to an interesting essence within...
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Miles O'Neal
Oct 9, 20152 min read
The City of Bones and Rubble (a sneak peak from YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD)
Gerald started to protest. “Gerald,” Kenna suggested gently, “if he wanted us dead, we'd be dead.” Gerald had to agree and there was...
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Miles O'Neal
May 13, 20151 min read
Excerpt from YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD, Due Out Fall 2015
As they approached the dragons, Younger dove at a dragon not engaged at the moment. As he passed over the other dragon, Younger dropped...
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Miles O'Neal
Apr 22, 20151 min read
How would you feel if your parents were eaten by dragons?
How would you feel if your parents were eaten by dragons? This is the question I lived with...and answered...as I wrote and edited my...
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Miles O'Neal
Mar 9, 20152 min read
The Makings of YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD
For years, I have written short stories. I've published articles and co-authored a technical book but there was one thing I was convinced...
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