Comments on: Where Be Dragons? (12/4/2009) http://www.stephendeas.com/where-be-dragons-1242009/ The Dragons Are Coming Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:01:46 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stephen Deas http://www.stephendeas.com/where-be-dragons-1242009/comment-page-1/#comment-2326 Stephen Deas Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:12:04 +0000 http://www.stephendeas.com/?p=406#comment-2326 They start out the emasculated sort. Then they begin to wake up... They start out the emasculated sort. Then they begin to wake up…

]]> By: Mary Beth http://www.stephendeas.com/where-be-dragons-1242009/comment-page-1/#comment-2325 Mary Beth Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:09:46 +0000 http://www.stephendeas.com/?p=406#comment-2325 Fascinating post--and something I've been thinking about quite a lot lately, as I look back on my 14-year-old attempts at writing a dragon-rider story and think about how I'd do it <i>now.</i> As a kid I was fascinated by the idea of dragon-as-friend; at 24, I think dragon-as-uncontrollable-force-of-nature is a lot more interesting. (And if humans manage some sort of partnership with the dangerous dragons, well, that's a <i>lot</i> more impressive than if the dragons are emasculated from the start.) If the dragons show up like this in your book, I'll have to check it out. :) Fascinating post–and something I’ve been thinking about quite a lot lately, as I look back on my 14-year-old attempts at writing a dragon-rider story and think about how I’d do it now. As a kid I was fascinated by the idea of dragon-as-friend; at 24, I think dragon-as-uncontrollable-force-of-nature is a lot more interesting. (And if humans manage some sort of partnership with the dangerous dragons, well, that’s a lot more impressive than if the dragons are emasculated from the start.)

If the dragons show up like this in your book, I’ll have to check it out. :)

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