Glossary
I have been asked to provide a Glossary for my novel series - The Blue Dragon's Geas.
Since I am about to publish book 3, I took the time to put it in the back and will post it here for all those currently in book 1 or 2.
Showing posts with label Korpen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Korpen. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Outcast in Process of Audio Production
I am so excited. After Outcast came out, my brother, who is a trucker, was asking when it would be on audio. I was like, "I have no idea how to do that." So asking around, I was referred to a company that links writers and narrators
I have had four auditions and two are in my favorites. One was so exceptional that I am waiting on pins and needles to see if he will accept my offer. If he does, Outcast will be on i-tunes, audible ect in about two months. It should release about the same time as its sequel is coming out. I will keep you all updated.
Have a creative and inspired day!
I have had four auditions and two are in my favorites. One was so exceptional that I am waiting on pins and needles to see if he will accept my offer. If he does, Outcast will be on i-tunes, audible ect in about two months. It should release about the same time as its sequel is coming out. I will keep you all updated.
Have a creative and inspired day!
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| Visual representation of Korpen Cheryl Can't Draw! Grins! |
Sunday, October 6, 2013
A New Reality
Everyone knows that when you write that you have to edit. From the time we were in school, our teachers have had us at the table rewriting papers: first draft, second draft and the final draft. I had shared my first draft with a few closest friends and fed off their excitement. I wanted to launch my book right then and there, I was so excited.
However, I have a very patient but persistent editor. I am glad I have listened. I have watched what was a fun story to write turn into a book I would want to own. I can see the world, touch it, feel it and sometimes even smell it. I know how people live and I know what motivates them. It has a depth that I thought I had at the beginning, but now realize was nothing but a surface.
Alador has become as real to me as if he stood in the room. His insecurities of having been born an outcast, his fears of growing up, the uncertainty that moving into adulthood brings for us all. These things swirl about him as he is forced to grow up.
Luthian as become more someone the reader will want to see fall. His voice and even is manner is such that as a woman, I would never want to meet him and yet my fingers fly across the key board as he plots and schemes in his pursuit of conquest and magic.
Editing is not just about making a story have great grammar, the right spelling and the proper language. It is about texture and reality. It is about drawing the writer themselves so deep into the story that when they come up for air, it takes a moment to shake the story loose. Lately, even when I am at other life tasks, I find my mind drifting back to the Great Isle. I can feel the wind in my hair and the smell of sage brush on the air. I can sigh at the mindless plodding of the korpen and the inability to make them hasten. Editing, the making of a new reality.
However, I have a very patient but persistent editor. I am glad I have listened. I have watched what was a fun story to write turn into a book I would want to own. I can see the world, touch it, feel it and sometimes even smell it. I know how people live and I know what motivates them. It has a depth that I thought I had at the beginning, but now realize was nothing but a surface.
Alador has become as real to me as if he stood in the room. His insecurities of having been born an outcast, his fears of growing up, the uncertainty that moving into adulthood brings for us all. These things swirl about him as he is forced to grow up.
Luthian as become more someone the reader will want to see fall. His voice and even is manner is such that as a woman, I would never want to meet him and yet my fingers fly across the key board as he plots and schemes in his pursuit of conquest and magic.
Editing is not just about making a story have great grammar, the right spelling and the proper language. It is about texture and reality. It is about drawing the writer themselves so deep into the story that when they come up for air, it takes a moment to shake the story loose. Lately, even when I am at other life tasks, I find my mind drifting back to the Great Isle. I can feel the wind in my hair and the smell of sage brush on the air. I can sigh at the mindless plodding of the korpen and the inability to make them hasten. Editing, the making of a new reality.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
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.
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.
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