The Dragons of Brighton’s Royal Pavilion
Brighton’s iconic Royal Pavilion features unique, stunning architecture and décor, fit for a royal prince. But when one looks closely at the décor, a surprising feature jumps out—dragons!
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Inspiring Jane Austen’s Dragons: The Dragon of Loschy Hill
Sometimes you just stumble into a piece of research that totally expands your story world and takes your tale in directions you would not have foreseen. The Dragon of Loschy Hill is one of those cases.
Continue reading →Inspiring A Writer— Laidly Wyrm of Spindleston Heugh
I’m not the only one who enjoys telling a good dragon story– Elizabeth tells the story of Laidly Wyrm of Spindleston Heugh. Last week we talked about how the story of Maud and the Mordiford Dragon shaped the character of Elizabeth Bennet. In thinking about her character, it seemed pretty obvious that she would think about dragons a great deal. She would read about them a lot, fact and fable, and probably, given the … Continue reading →
Inspiring A Writer—The Mordiford Dragon
When a myth comes along and hands you your heroine, who am I to argue? Meet the Mordiford Dragon. Most of the time when one is slogging through the research process in hopes of getting the right information for a story, one ends up doing some head thumping. Ok, maybe quite a bit of it. Like discovering that, although I desperately wanted my characters to put something into a spray bottle (atomizer) the necessary technology … Continue reading →
Inspiring A Writer—The Lambton Worm
The Lambton Worm–when a dragon shows up that close to Pemberley, one must take notice! Part 3 The last couple of weeks we’ve been talking about how it is even remotely possible that the world of Pride and Prejudice could make any sense with dragons. With the help of Uther Pendragon and the various dragon mythos of Britain and Europe I hope you’ve started to see the possibilities. Last week we left off having populated the … Continue reading →