Dragons and Cicadas: Free again


Dragons and Cicadas is free on Amazon.com again: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006ZDQH0I/   Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006ZDQH0I/   I’ll be making an announcement about the book later today. Please buy it and spread it with everyone.

A New Frontier in e-Publishing: Subscription Book


  We all love our serials? Right? But what about a novel or short story book published in serial stages? For example: Book one goes on sale with only one chapter, next week the book is updated with chapter 2, and so on, but it’s a BOOK, not a magazine. How is that possible? I’m … Read more

Dragonboy Con: Goodreads Convention

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It’s Comic Con for Goodreads! On Goodreads, I will be hosting a convention called Dragonboy*Con. Anyone is invited, tickets are free, here is the event description:   Ever wanted to meet your favorite author and ask them about your favorite series? Mia allows that! Join her at Dragonboy*Con, right here on Goodreads, as she talks … Read more

The Harsh Reality of Winter: A Game of Thrones Poem-Story

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Original title: Winter I know this scenario is highly unlikely, but I love Jon Snow’s character TO DEATH and I wrote this from the bottom of my heart so enjoy (and no, it’s not racy fan fic porn). Takes place during Season 2 Episode 1, a little bit after that scene where Jon and crew … Read more

The Androids and the Dragons: Free for Review!

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Reviewers and readers, I have released the much anticipated book of April: The Androids and the Dragons: The OS Conspiracy. There is also a print edition in the works with Del Rey (okay, I’m lying about that part).When I’m done working on the print edition (and get confirmation from my Overseer) I’ll post a giveaway … Read more

The Admiral’s Cicada and Other Releases


I’ve been really busy being dead. Just joking. I’ve been really busy with releasing new issues for TSODR. For those of you following Dino Macro, it’s safe to say the whole story has been uploaded to Smashwords. The cover for Androids and the Dragons kinda reminds me of

When Ponies Make You Cry: The Society On Da Run Lit Mag Issue 1


Here is the first issue of the lit mag version of TSODR. The stories are based off a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic flash animation (links are in the PDF and at the end of this video) and the last story was taken from my book (the version that I keep private). I thought … Read more

Short Story Saturday: Love of Italian Dragons: Poem of the Happy Dragon

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Reposted from my dragon short stories blog. Yes, this is another dragon story because they deserve better. Forget the cliche evil dragons and the cliche dragon shifters. I bring foreth, thy dragon shifters from space! This story gives more background to Ashuton(the Italian dragon)’s relationship with Narcissus (the black girl). The image of the dragon … Read more

New Book-Novel/Short Story Blog

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Every once in a while an idea strikes a man like a fish tank hitting a Shark. I had a grand moment. It was this: “Upload every individual story in The Society On Da Run and sell it on Kindle Blogs” It’s intuitive, it’s creative, it’s…it’s…magical. A few days ago I googled Short Story blog … Read more

Sintel the Novel: Full (The Story of Sintel and Scales)

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<strong>Prologue</strong> Young Sintel was born in a small cottage on the outskirts of Ishtop. There, the forest was always green, quiet, and unforgivable. Her mother named her Sintel, which was Ishtonian for Blind Cylinder. Her father kept dragons out back. He was<!–more–> a fair-looking man, but work was steadily working on his appearence, but still … Read more

AYUA: African Remake of Sintel

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After re-reading my Sintel novel, I saw how it lacked anything beyond it’s movie story. A week ago in a car I was listening “I Move On” from the Sintel soundtrack and I started to envision an African version of Sintel. It will be short but will follow the same plot as Sintel but…not entirely. … Read more

The Society On Da Run Literary Magazine

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Every once in a while an idea strikes a man like pure gold hitting a big fat television. I’ve set up a Contact Me form with hardly no feedback and then it came to me: I’ve been releasing my stories in magazine format, but what I could be doing to get my name out there … Read more

I Wish iO9 Would Read My Space Dragons


The one website I truly adore does all sorts of things! One thing they haven’t done was blog about my space dragon poetry book. It’s not your usual dragon book, which is why the print book isn’t selling and the ebook is struggling. 400 people got it for free in the US, and that’s about … Read more

Imp Empress: Interracial Dragon Shifter story

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The Society On Da Run ebook series is going under a revamp makeover, but I managed to get this out. How many dragon shifter stories have Interracial relationships, Italian dragon shifters, mashes technology in a medieval world and has a French bard and quality writing? None. It’s safe and free (when has my writing not … Read more

Dragons and Cicadas: Free Kindle eBook about Space Dragons

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Dragons and Cicadas on Amazon Want to read the *soon to be* popular 687-page space dragon book in Kindle format? Click the link above! Leave a review so I’ll know how I can make the series better or if it’s already epic. The poll and the left says most agree it’s groundbreaking. image by kerem … Read more

Go Grab It: An Explanation of The Society On Da Run/Dragons and Cicadas


Dragons & Cicadas: The Society On Da Run Just thought I’d update the old blog with a new post. If you don’t already know, the print edition of TSODR has been out for a while and I’ll be having an event for the Kindle edition on Goodreads. It’s not *just* about Dragons. When I was … Read more

Nominate Nipaporn Baldwin!

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I can’t nominate myself for any of these awards, so once again I’m asking my readers to nominate my book, Dragons and Cicadas, for a Hugo and a Global eBook Award. eBook awards: Dan Poynter’s Global eBook Awards Dragons and Cicadas on Amazon.com: Dragons and Cicadas: The Society On Da Run How to Nominate Something … Read more

Drachenscolderüng: A Dragon NaNoWriMo, Reaches 300 Downloads

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Smashwords removed their NaNo catalogue, but my space dragon love story novel, Drachenscolderung, is still selling (with not a single review). It’s free, which means I’m not getting anything out of it. If you want to buy it and read it, feel free to contriubte to it’s download numbers. It’s not my strongest work but … Read more

The Siege of Rome and Other Releases

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I’ve been irresponsible in updating the release list. There have been TONS of recent releases from the ebook periodical, and I’ll list them below for you to buy. Newer cover art has been added to most of the books that have that ugly black cover art. Click the titles to view the pages. You can … Read more

Nominate L’Poni for the Hugo Awards

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It’s that time of year again! You know what I need? A hugo award. For those of you whom don’t know, a Hugo is the most prestigious Science Fiction and Fantasy award EVER. I’d love to be nominated for one. I don’t care if I don’t win it, just being nominated will make me smile. … Read more

Insomniac Games Announces New Project “The Society On Da Run” Game Adaptation


After the project was turned down by Bethesda (the folks that made the recent quick-selling hit Skyrim), Insomniac Games (the makers of the recent game Resistance 3 and Rachet and Clank: All 4 One) has decided to start a video game adaptation of the bestselling space dragon series, The Society On Da Run. What does … Read more

Dance of the Sugar Dragons: A Christmas Poem


Written entirely on my iPod. Part of the TSODR universe. —-////—-/——- Beyond the sweltering snow, Into Christmas glow But fret not, young reader! This poem is not a rhyme But a story of a dragon’s first time No, not a story about sexual exploitation Rather, a story about the sugar rush of the Sugar Dragons … Read more

The Society On Da Run Anime: 7 Years of Love


For seven years I’ve let anime like Haruhi Suzumiya, Code Geass, and Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni influence my art for the TSODR series. I’ve come to realize that The Society On Da Run deserves an anime (and of course, HBO or AMC (or Starz) live action series). Although the story may not seem fully … Read more

Carver Dan April 1st Disaster


SONG TO LISTEN TO WHEN READING THIS STORY: Ashuton and Aaron built a town called Carver Dan, and it was Ashuton’s intention to break away from his family and use the town as a hideout, but that wasn’t going to work. Only those loyal to the Empire of Antonin were granted access to the small … Read more

The Society On Da Run Dragon Concert: The Story Behind EarthNations


The story behind EarthNations is in fact based off the Cestrawan shrine songs. Cestrawan is a type of computer language developed for accessing the Valbaara Infrastructure (the hivemind that the living dragon shrines are based around). The hivemind shrine can power on the Towers (Pillars) of Light, and only a dragon with high status and … Read more

thedragongod #1: Aisthick (A Death in Roadnasty)

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ROADNASTY: INITIATED   =====LOGIN======   USERNAME: thedragongod PASSWORD: **********   thedragongod: hello   Boy: who the hell are you? what the hell is this?   thedragongod: It’s your first time… ———————————————–   I can’t help it They all felt “disposable” They wore the helmet and now here they are! Their minds are in the back … Read more

Dragon Concert Song 3: HEMorRHaGe LIF3WAY (Thomas’s Shrine Song)

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Written as: HEMorRHaGe LIF3WAY This song is sung twice in the TSODR series. It is sung when Thomas sacrifices part of himself to save his shrine (France’s last hope for defense against the Crotonian spaceships) and is sung when Skyline calls the Technology Dragon to revive New York/Lindendale lake. Thomas Karrucci’s character bio: Thomas Karrucci: … Read more

We Were Once Hippies

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Inspired by Keikaso by ALI PROJECT Randall Goldberg was sitting by the window in the living room. He kept his gaze on the clouds as he sat there, thinking about his Father and why he left. Randall was only four years old and was already questioning his father’s actions. His mother, Julianna, entered the room … Read more

Dragon Concert 02: COSMOLUNCH (Cosmo’s Dragonsong)

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02: Cosmolunch (COSMO’S Dragonsong) Sung in Dragon language #2: Drakener Instruments: army drums, strings orchestra, regular orchestra, tribal instruments, guitars (mandolins,), pianos, accordions, epic vocals Cosmo must be in terrible danger to produce such a heroic song. The song contains Cosmo’s hidden message, and the song was relayed to the Draconizica Council for analyses.

Dragon Concert 01: EarthNations (Wishing-You-Were-Here’s Binary Song)

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    Translations are under the dragon lyrics. Verses with a singer’s part in parenthesis means the singer sings with the other singer when the other singer reaches certain words. The singers NOT in bold are backup singers with distorted voices. For those whom don’t know, WiSHiinGyuw3rEheRE is a dragon-made supercomputer made for GWEN Co. … Read more

The Society On Da Run Space Dragon Concert v.1

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No, this is not a real concert Yes, you can make the music yourself Let’s start at square 1 To raise attention to TSODR and it’s lore and space dragons, I will be posting ten songs, lyrics only, and you can make your own songs with these lyrics. The lyrics are licensed CC-BY-NC, which means … Read more

A Guide to Speaking in Dragon Number Tongue (Language)


Speaking to Computers in Dragon Number Tongue 10011x1431M5432SY What it means: 1: the start of something unless 1 is seen after another number. If it is after another number, it is “ensuring” that whatever it is you are starting, you are very sure that you want to start it. When sung or spoken, it is … Read more

Wikipedia will DELETE this entry for The Society On Da Run…help save it!


I made a Wikipedia entry for The Society On Da Run and I thought it wouldn’t be deleted, but as it turns out (like always on Wikipedia), it’s being debated for Speedy Deletion. I hate those debates. I’ve had my fair share of them. You can stop Wikipedia from deleting the article by getting well-know … Read more

Anne McCaffrey: Losing one of the Best Writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Hi, Princesslilo here to tell you (as you already know) that Anne McCaffrey has died at age 85. She is most notable for her Dragonriders of Pern series which I admit I did not read because I don’t like novels, but now I regret it. I did *read* a little bit of Pern, but the … Read more

An Author’s Distress: Thedragongod’s Society On Da Run Print book: BUY IT~!


Ever since putting up the book, nobody has bought it. Not even the contest is making people buy it. Sure, they can spend $20 on a book by George R. R. Martin, but won’t try to buy a $16 book by an indie author that is very promising. Something is wrong here. And when I … Read more