I Love Dragons

Dragon Valley-2 Copyright 2004 Julie Weathers-All rights reserved She heard the whirring wings before she saw the burst of color settle between Silverwing’s ears. The horse shook his head impatiently sending black mane, mourning bells and one small fairy dragon into the air. “You know he hates it when you ride on his poll.” The…

Villains

There was an interesting discussion about villains on the Compuserve Books and Writers’ forums. What makes a good villain? Do you develop them as fully as you do your protagonist? Do you know their story? Why they do what they do? Are they multi-layered? Are they evil? Truly evil? I bought a writing book called…