"The Dragons' Beads: A Treasury" current guidlines (open to all ages)

THG StarDragon Publishing is gathering submissions from authors and poets of all ages (including children) for “The Dragons' Beads: A Treasury”. We are suspending the former page limit, as it was proving difficult for some to feel comfortable constraining themselves. Please make submissions on standard sized (8.5 by 10 in) or A4 paper, or at a similar size in .doc, or .odt, format if submitting digitally. Digital submission is preferred to minimize retyping. CD media format is also accepted.



When submitting, please include your age so that submissions can be filed in the correct project.



The theme for the anthology is dragons, so let your imagination run wild... Use them as main characters or supporting characters, good, evil, or in between. Lazy or brave, Western, Eastern, extraterrestrial or from the depths of the sea, we want your dragons! Out of all the submissions, we are hoping to select 10 short stories and 10 poems will be selected. THG StarDragon Publishing reserves to right to choose more to fill the book depending on the length of the chosen submissions.



This will be THG StarDragon Publishing's first anthology by (hopefully) young readers for young readers. Given the age level intended, ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE APPROPRIATE FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES. Depending on the success, more anthologies may be forthcoming in the future from the press. Editing will be done by Teresa "Amehana" Garcia (author of the ongoing Dragon Shaman series) and Faith Lindgren-Brown (editor for Dragon Shaman 2 and the forthcoming titles of the series). Cover artist is Victoria "Salaiek" Tuarann Davis, who has also done art for the Dragon Hearts RPG and for Dragon Shaman 2.



Please, do not submit fanfiction to this anthology.
Please send submissions by July 31st, 2013. 



To submit
Please mail paper or CD media submissions to:
THG StarDragon Publishing
Attn: Teresa Garcia
PO Box 249
McCloud, Ca 96057
USA

Or email as a .doc, or .odt attachment to:
ladyrainstardragon @ hotmail.com
(please remove spaces, those were added to cut down somewhat on spam mail)
subject line: Submission for The Dragons' Beads



Please note, original copies or disks will not be returned, so please keep a copy for yourself. Deadline for submissions is currently suspended, so this is open until we have enough submissions to go to production. By sending a submission you affirm that you have parental permission to participate (in the case of young authors). Those selected for inclusion will receive a free ebook copy of the book and will be eligible for a discount on the print book when ordering through email. Should the anthology sell well enough, each participant will also receive a small cash prize, so please include a mailing address to be kept on file.
Feel free to circulate this announcement freely to any and all that may have interest.
Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com
Blog: http://thgstardragonpublishing.blogspot.com/
Currently Available titles: http://stores.lulu.com/rainstardragon
We are also interested in other submissions. Please feel free to email, just be sure to include a subject line "manuscript submission query" to prevent your submission from being overlooked or filed as spam by the email filter.

"The Beast, the Hope, the Only Sun" is released!

We are pleased to announce that Elizabeth Buckley's poetry collection "The Beast, the Hope, the Only Sun" is now available. Thanks also goes out to Rowan Wookey for his help in getting the final cover's bumps worked out. A collection of poems about some of her characters, it is also the story of moving through depression into the light. We hope that you enjoy this. 

http://www.lulu.com/shop/elizabeth-buckley/the-beast-the-hope-the-only-sun/paperback/product-20037285.html

Lulu is running a mystery sale until April 6th.  For the first time, they aren't even requiring people to register in order to buy and take advantage of the savings.  In order to find out how much you will save, simply put books in your cart, and check out.  You will be told in your cart how much your discount will be, as it will supposedly vary.  This is a good time to pick up the books published so far in my Dragon Shaman series, or pick up some poetry.  Best of all, it's site wide, if there are other authors or publishers you want to pick up as well.
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/rainstardragon

Also, Elizabeth Buckley's poetry book, "The Beast, the Hope, the Only Sun" is in the final phases, I am just waiting on the proof copy so that I can check everything printed the way intended.  Once that is approved, we can release it.  I am very much looking forward to that day.

I am currently working on the fifth installment for "Selkies' Skins" and expect to have that posted on my Dreamwidth soon.

Current Serial Stories

Currently I have two tales that I plan to write in serial installments, then convert to ebook once done.

One is called "Shen's Tale" and will center around a wandering mystic in the area of McCloud, and her encounters with the local spirits... and a quest to set to rest a dark shadow.  The big question is, exactly how old is this mystic, and how is she going to do what the local spirits will ask?  This will have some tie ins with my Dragon Shaman series of novels.

The other is "Selkies' Skins" and I expect it to mostly center around Kirsten (Kirsty) and Etain, two part selkies living in the modern era. The world is influenced by the Harry Potter novels in part, but also by Celtic mythology of Selkies. The main stories told will be Etain's work as a water witch, her work as a bridge between the Selkies of her area and wizarding society, and Kirsty's own quest toward gaining her own sealskin.  Of course, with the fact that their duties lay around water, there is the inevitable problem of dealing with non magic humans as well...

Both can be followed at My Creative Space although I might also choose to mirror them here.  I am still undecided on that.

I am also still accepting submissions for the dragon anthology "The Dragons' Beads: An Anthology."

Perceptions of the Mind by Steven Disney now Available

Both Print and Ebook versions of Steven Disney's "Perceptions of the Mind" are now currently available in the Lulu outlet.  The Ebook is pending for Barnes & Noble and the iBookstore.  I am also working on a version for Kindle.  The Kindle release will take longer though.  I am not sure about releasing on Smashwords, but might, so that it is available to those that don't want to go through Lulu or B&N.

Once I have more time, the other available titles, both from myself and from Steven, will eventually make their way to Kindle.  However, homework first before I press on more with conversions and uploads.

Perceptions of the Mind: Proof Copy Received

Today I received the proof copy of Steven Disney's second poetry book, "Perceptions of the Mind."  Overall, I am pleased with how it looks on paper, though there are a few layout problems (read as bottom margin and some font size) that I would like to tweak a bit before releasing the book as ready for the public.  I am also very pleased with the look of the cover, which though slightly more ornate than his first collection, makes a very nice segue into a more visual space.

And saying this publicly, because Vadise deserves some credit now and then...  Monochrome was a very good idea for the cover design.  The author was very happy with how it looked digitally, I know he's really going to love how it looks in the physical.

There is good news and bad news.

The good news is that  Steven Disney's second poetry book is very near being ready for the proof print.  Hopefully class does not interfere with the speed of the process too much.


The bad news is that Marantha Jennelle will not be publishing "The Ihmareean Chronicles" with us after all, due to her manuscript not being finished as well as a few other difficulties.  However, when she does have it see publishing, we are quite happy to point people to where to find it, and wish her the best of luck in getting it through one of the larger publishing groups.