The Final Goat and The Final Chapter
May 18, 2023 5:14 pm
Hey there!
Well, my paternity leave has come to and end, which means it's back to the grind (a good grind, since I do love my job). It means less time for homestead and writing activities, but that's not going to stop me. As of now, Dragonblooded is just over 90K words and on the second to last chapter (*insert ecstatic sound here*). The story has swept me away multiple times, and I can't wait to get it out to you. I'll pop a Midjourney generated image of the the dragon's city down at the bottom for your enjoyment.
And as the title suggests, our last goat finally had her baby! Once again, we're a little sad that she only had one, but grateful that she and the baby are doing well (another pic at the end). The unfortunate part? She had him at 3:30 a.m. this morning. This was our first goat to wake us up in the night. And yet another instance of me needing to assist on account of the fact that the baby is humongous. We're considering naming him Gigantor.
My wife also did something so dangerous, yet so incredible. She gave our homeschooled kids free rein over the kitchen. The rule is that they can follow any recipe as long as they 1) review it with mom first, 2) clean up after themselves, and 3) let her help with the oven and stove. So, naturally, they decided immediately to make sugar cookies. I'm shocked and amazed at how the 5, 7, and 8 year old made delicious cookies all by themselves. I think I'm going to be gaining weight soon.
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A dawning darkness…
Months after Kalindra survives her sham trial at Sil’derel, exposing the demidrake Ulfaren as a fraud, and revealing the horror of the newly born voidragons to her fellow Dracomancers, the threat Parthenis faces has become clear: beyond the growing power of Albrecht Therin and his Alliance, worse than the political strife in Tar’Derel and other gean enclaves, the Sightless Cabal is making strides in fully bringing the Blackness Beyond to the world.
A new order…
As Kalindra assumes the mantle of leader of the new Order of Dracomancy, seeking to unify the scattered Dracomancers on Parthenis, she realizes that her brethren have dwindled in number, reduced to barely a thousand. Worse, they discover that a large number of Dracomancers, having allied with the Seeders of the Matron, have slain their dragons and, instead, have become voidragon riders, wielding dreadful incantations, terrible magic, and sowing terror upon those considered enemies by the Alliance.
The time has come, Kalindra realizes, to strike directly at the root of Parthenis’ turmoil–the Sightless Cabal.
Midjourney has blown my mind with what it can produce. This concept image of the dragon city takes my breath away as if I was actually there.
And of course, Gigantor
warm regards,
Dan