I left in a hurry today to help my son's school class sell boo grams during lunch time.  I love, I mean absolutely LOVE to be with the children. There is so much energy and smiles everywhere.  Children are so real.  There was only one problem today.  I left home in the middle of revising the climax to Thundertail.  Sparkin was flying like a zig zagging bat to out run the Gatekeepers of Shadows. He, Chase, Cheif and three Warrior Fairies were literally flying for their lives!  Can you even imagine how heartless I felt leaving them all up in the air with the Gatekeepers and the Shibber Goyls closing in on them.  Okay, I'm home now, so hold on Sparkin.  Here I come!

Sparkin is on the move

Sparkin is in the air and in trouble. 

There are Cyclops everywhere. 
The Gatekeepers of Shadows are determined not to let the young dragon get back home to the Superstition Mountains. 

This is very serious stuff!!

Sparkin is getting twitchy!

Hi all my dragon loving friends! The Arizona dragons, which is where Sparkin lives are getting twitchy. They have been waiting for near 350 years to step into the human world once again. Are you ready for them? I sure am. Keep your eye on the sky!

Sparkin Stoneloch

Sparkin is trapped in a dungeon. The Gatekeepers of Shadows have him in a metal cage. It is common knowledge that magic doesn't work on iron, and naturally the cage is made of iron. Sparkin is in a heap of trouble.

Cyberspace

Sparkin just flew through cyberspace and is going to appear in print. I'm not sure who is more excited. The only worry is if his wings will fit on the page.

Dragon Scales

Dragon scales. Some say that dragon's skin is leathery, others say it is a much like a snakes. I know it is a bit of both. The scales are real scales, but they differ in size. The largest, along the back, can lift up to allow air in to keep the dragon cool. The smaller ones can do the same, but they are not only smaller, but thinner, and can snap quite easily.

One of the wisest of all dragons, Ancient Birkwood lost an ear in a battle with a knight in shining armor, a dragon slayer no less. There were quite a few scales on that ear, some big, some small. The dragon slayer was a member of the Gatekeepers of Shadows, and he created talismans out of the scales. This was a bad thing, because any part of a dragon, any little bit or piece has great magic. So now the bad dudes have something of value from the dragons. The only good thing is that they are not the smartest earthlings on the planet, so they have yet to figure out all the magic the scales can do.

You can read more about these dragons in the Book Tab on cindyrwilliams.com. Thundertail is the book, and you will see it out and about in the near future.

Dragon Ears

I was thinking about dragon ears today. Are they soft and leathery, or are they covered with scales. The more I thought about it, the more I realized they are actually both. They have a soft leather like skin as a framework, but the are also covered with scales---scales that are much smaller than the others covering the rest of their bodies.

I also know they are very keen of hearing. Delightfully so. This skill is very useful and thought to be magic, but it isn't.

Take this situation that happened today. I was voicing my concerns about dragon ears aloud, in the privacy of my writing love seat in my very own bedroom, when a gaggle, flock, gang, herd, swarm, school, . . . of dragons flew by and overheard me through closed windows. That is how I received the answer about their ears.

However, now I have another question. What is the term for a group of dragons flying together? Oh, I shouldn't have read this out loud unless I really wanted the answer. They are called a clan. Thank you Sparkin, my fine dragon friend, now go home to bed in your Lair. It is late!

Dragons

By Cindy R. Williams

If you haven't yet seen a dragon, it is because of one of two things. You either don't believe in them, or they have chosen to remain invisible around you. Same goes for fairies. The only difference is the way they become invisible. Fairies can just "Wink Out" dragons must "Dizz." What is Dizzing you ask? Dizzing is when a dragon vibrates so rapidly that they actually bend light rays. In doing so, they are no longer visible to the human eye.

You may have heard that a fairy dies every time someone says they don't believe in fairies. Hog wash. They just ignore you or consider you another human idiot. Dragons are the same way. They don't die just because many people consider them a myth or legend. They like it that way. Then we nosy humans don't bother them.

We have a great clan here in Arizona. To read more about them, check out my "Book" tab on my website,

Now what do you think? Just be careful if you go looking for them in the Superstition Mountains. They protect the gold, so no one will ever find the Lost Dutchman's mine. They do enjoy watching people trapse all around the desert mountain searching. It is one of their favorite pastimes.

Finish this THING!

by Cindy R. Williams, the author and dreamer.

It is time to work on the editing and final put together to send Thundertail on his way. I find I freeze up because of fear. Is it fear of failure or fear of success? Hmm . . . I will have to examine this a little closer. I see 42 dragons, 16 fairies, a turtle, a Wild Thing, my Cindy Doll, a BYU bear, a pink poodle music box, an octopus, and Nessy, the Loch Ness Monster, all quietly watching me. They seem to be waiting for me to finish, urging me on, with patience and acceptance in their grins. Pressure from the magic world along with the human world. Alrighty then, it is time to sink or swim.

Dragons are real. If you don't believe, please go to another site. This magical place is for believers only. Long story short, a large clan now lives in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona. They came here around 350 years ago to escape the dragon slayers in Europe. More later

Dragons

Several more dragons visited in hopes that their story can come forward sooner than later. They have been hated and hunted for far too long.