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Miles O'Neal
Author. Storyteller. Dragon lord.
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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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Feb 25, 20193 min read
More Notes on Dragons: Relics
In a previous blog, I referenced the protection dragon relics can afford. Here is a bit more on the subject. Excerpted from Cuthbert's...
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Feb 6, 20194 min read
Writing 101 - Process Part 3
The early reader (or beta reader) process should start when the first draft is done. You want to start lining your readers up early enough t
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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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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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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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Jan 14, 20192 min read
Dragon Lord Chronicles - Whence the Names?
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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Jan 11, 20191 min read
Dedication Part 2
Twenty years or so ago, I was trying to get serious about writing. I wasn't getting anywhere, and experienced what we commonly call...
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Dec 31, 20181 min read
A Statue's Life in Otherness
Otherness and Nine Realms Press have something in common. They are both magical places "where anything might happen." The following takes...
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Dec 28, 20183 min read
Dedication Part 1
I had a number of influential teachers, but none more so for my writing than Ms. Marian Unger, my subversive high school senior year...
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Dec 17, 20181 min read
Golden Dawn: Artwork
The artwork is in for Golden Dawn! Here are a couple of my favorites. Both tie into key plot points so I won't say more at this point,...
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Dec 14, 20182 min read
Golden Dawn : Word
If I don't specifically need a Foreward and an Afterword, or if whatever would be in one of those can go anywhere, I just have a Word....
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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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Dec 3, 20181 min read
Zanë!
“Përshëndetje!” Gerald said, but after saying “greetings,” he could think of no more Shqip for the occasion. Given Kenna’s expression,...
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Nov 26, 20181 min read
Beard Faeries
Cuthbert gave the Voice a stern look. “This is no time for mockery. We have a question. The dragon is likely asleep, but their Voices...
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Nov 25, 20182 min read
Banished!
Kenna learned more from Gerald than he realized. She had long been a student of human emotions, but seldom got such rich insights into...
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Apr 19, 20181 min read
Writing 101 - A Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey Table of Contents
I have found that chapter titles seldom leap out at me as I'm writing a book- at least, any likely to make it into the final product. I...
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Apr 17, 20181 min read
Series Review on "Drink Read Love" Blog
This is the sort of thing authors love to hear: "When I read Into Otherness, I was so transported away into the story that at one point,...
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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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