Exception Review of James & the Dragon

This is a really thoughtful review of the First Book in The Farloft Chronicles.

 

By Susan Voss of Dab of Darkness

 

James & the Dragon by Theresa Snyder

Farloft Flying Dragon

BlueKite was playing around and decided she wanted to go flying with me. 

So, she created this fun piece of artwork. 

Just print it, cut it out, and put it together per the illustrations below. 

How it flies depends on you. 

Farloft - Flying Dragon

There is a front and back to both pieces.

One sheet for three different head expressions
One sheet for the body

My legs are cut separated from the wings so they will fold down.

Four places to tape: #1 Tape - Bottom of head to belly

#2 Tape - Top of head to top of body (line it up with the outline)

Fold head down & body up: #3 Tape - Tip of folded nose and over back on legs

Press the wings down to give them a curve as if I were in flight

Give my tail a bit of a bend up, by running you fingers along the paper

I might need a little more weight on my neck depending on what paper you are using.

Theresa needed one neck piece when she flew me in 20# copy paper and
two neck weights when she used heavier cover stock

If so, just cut out another neck piece and attach to the neck on the belly-side.

Consider the way you 'hold' me and 'launch' me.

Nose up... Nose down... Straight...

- Happy Flying -

PDF for 2-sided body and head pieces below

Body Back

Body Belly

Head Bottom

Head Top

Flying Farloft Printable Instructions w/o pictures

Fur and Frost - A Dragon Love Story (in 14 Chapters)

Fur and Frost is the story of star-crossed lovers of the dragonic type. 

Zodic of the Furry clan and Austere of the Frost clan fall in love. 

Their clans live separately in the high mountains above the Kingdom of the Last Dragons. 

Will the dragon wars of the past keep these two apart? 

Read and see.

Fur and Frost - A Dragon Love Story

Inspired by my friend Zudic from Twitter

Appreciate a Dragon Day!

Today is Appreciate a Dragon Day and in celebration I am presenting to you the
FIRST EVER....

*sticks out chest with pride* 

DRAGON SELFIE!

Me with some of my delightful dragon friends. 

(and a lot of help from Kitsooki of Deviant Art)

For a dragon, nothing is really ever easy. We are big creatures. My arms are long, but not quite long enough, so Kitsooki got out her magic wand and her tablet of spells to create this work of art.

Happy Appreciate a Dragon Day!

(Have you hugged a dragon today?)

The First Sketch - Kitsooki thought this was it - Ha! 

*grins toothily*

More of my friends show up - Kitsooki loses track of how many

Canvas has to be enlarged

*ruffles wings and wants to huggle everyone in pleasure*

Kitsooki starts the line art.

That handsome devil in the lower right is ME!

The finished project.

Kitsooki fell over and had to be revived with chocolate. 

Thankfully I always have a stash.

*pulls all other dragons into a huge wing huggle*

My Dragon Friends:

Back Row: Alvaranox, Takumori Softwing, Storm Gryphon, Ran'Chr, Kitsooki

Middle Row: Talon Vurixen, Dofain, Yogoloth, Robert, Zudic

Front Row: Blue Hasia, Arkon, Tersethra, and Me!

Thanks everyone!

I have decided to make this an annual event. 

A great way to celebrate APPRECIATE A DRAGON DAY!

My Reference Sheet

Last month when I tweeted, someone asked me how tall I was. *brow furrows in a frown* Well, I couldn't tell them. The last time I was measured it was by-hand and I was ten hands tall at the shoulder. I understand from my dear friend Theresa they no longer measure this way. *raises paw and inspects foot*

I also found out, when I said I didn't know, that the other dragons on Twitter had something called 'Reference Sheets.' They started sending me copies of their's. *shifts from paw to paw impatiently* They told how tall they were, what abilities they had, who their mate and children were. It was like reading a family history. It was amazing. *grins knowingly*

I asked Theresa to measure me. She took me out to the garden, grabbed her ladder and had at it. She enlisted BlueKite of Deviant Art to draw my page. I am so pleased to present it here. *puffs out chest with pride*

Laval - The Wizard

Meet Laval, the wizard in THE FARLOFT CHRONICLES 

Doesn't everyone deserve to have their own dragons?
(Six Books Available in eBook and Paperback)

(Art by BlueKite-Falls on Deviant Art)

How Big is Farloft? by Theresa Snyder

October 31, 2014 - Halloween

Last night there was a discussion on Twitter as to Farloft's actual height. Farloft has not been measured in years, and then it was in his own Kingdom, so I do not know how accurate that would have been.

I got out my twenty-five foot tap measure once he got out of his soft nest this morning and started to measure.

He is 14' 3" from floor to the top of his head. His horns add another two feet. I wanted to measure his shoulder height, the length of his neck and his head, but he was fussy after his long chat yesterday and told me, "I am not being fitted for a Tux and top hat, please refrain."

I gave him a chocolate bar and he was in a better humor in no time.

I will post our picture from when I lived in his land. You can judge his size by me. I am 5' 8" in my boots.

I hope to have a detailed measurement sheet done of him sometime in the future to show.