I will be posting the first few chapters of my latest manuscript. Dragons of Orion, a fantasy, is the story of Tom Brace and the strangest dragon ever born on Dragon Island, the dragon Four. Tom is the youngest son in a family of famous dragon riders who have competed and won the Great Guardian... Continue Reading →
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New Book and Web Changes
If you're a regular reader of this site, you'll know I've been working on a fantasy novel for the last year or so. I've posted the prelude of the work and will be adding the first few chapters in the coming days and weeks. This has also prompted a change to the website as I've... Continue Reading →
Fire
Last night, the sirens and horns of the fire engines reached into our neighborhood as I lay down trying to fall asleep. But instead of just fading away as they hurried to some accident on the highway or to help with a blaze somewhere else in the city, they just kept coming. Our dog howled... Continue Reading →
Some Kind Words For The Last Disruptor
One of the best feelings I've ever gotten professionally is hearing that someone enjoyed what I wrote. That happened today after a colleague at my night job, was curious about The Last Disruptor and read it. She said it was sad at the end but she enjoyed it and we got to talk a bit... Continue Reading →
Been on break for a bit
I've been quiet on here for a while. I would have let you know I was taking a break, but I didn't actually know I was until now, when I'm ready to come back and start writing here again. So here's what happened. School ended for my son. He was doing distance learning so I... Continue Reading →
This Summer Get Your Potential
Hey, it's that time again, readers -- summer! And that means just one thing, finding a pretty good book to read. Well, if you're an adult who enjoys reading about gritty people trying to get their lives on track, this book, Potential: A Novel is for you. It is on sale at Sundance Books and... Continue Reading →
Still Learning Letters and Words
I've told this story before -- but then what stories are not retold. One of my first memories is sitting next to my mom while she read to my brother and me. I think I was about three at the time and this wasn't a picture book. It was a real book, I believe it... Continue Reading →
Snowfall in spring
"Lovely snow, it falls nowhere else." Photo by Gantas Vaiu010diulu0117nas on Pexels.com I think I derived this from two zen quotes -- Layman Pang's, "Beautiful snowflakes; they fall nowhere," and another saying or poem which I can't for the life of me track down. But it went something like this, "The rain does not know... Continue Reading →
New Readings Coming Up This Month!
I'll be doing three readings this month including a preview of my latest effort, a fantasy story. I'll have more on that later. For the time being, just wanted to let you know it's in the works. The plan is to do about a two minute reading of The Last Disruptor this week, followed by... Continue Reading →
What the heck is a thorpin?
A thorpin is one of the Great Guardians of the Archipelago of Orion. Making their home in the waters off the shores of the farthest southern islands in the chain of islands in the Great Ocean, thorpins have five developmental stages. Thorpins are born in the ocean, near the shores of the Thorpin Islands. At... Continue Reading →
Robert Varnon -- R.D. Varnon 