012 // Day 7 of the 21 Days of Storytelling Featuring The Dragon Collector, a YA Fantasy Novel: Chapter 4

It’s day 7 of the 21 Days of Storytelling!

Before I wrote my short story Cops, Robbers…and Dragons? that I share in episode two, I started an Internet research binge on dragons.  I wanted to find out how other authors described their dragons so I could make my dragons cool and believable.

I didn’t get too far into my binge, though.  I stopped myself when I had this crazy realization: I was writing a fantasy story about dragons.  Fantasy.  Dragons.  That meant I could make up my own world with my own rules and my own version of dragons.

Since my intention was simply to write a short story, I decided to keep my mythical creatures simple.  I would only have four types of dragons, and their scales would change colors indicating when they were hungry.  They would stalk for food when it was time for them to eat, and they would only eat once a day.  That one time would vary depending on they time of day they ate: dawn, dusk, noon and midnight.  

And that is why my dragons are called Dragon Stalkers.  Then I had so much fun writing that short story that I decided to write a whole book series from that one concept.  And that is why I started The Dragon Stalker Bloodlines Saga.

The Dragon Collector is book one of that saga, and your very own author DK Drake will be reading chapter 4.  In this chapter, you’ll be introduced to all four types of Dragon Stalkers.

We join Javan as he as left the ranch he grew up on and is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime.

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