The AwakeDragon Blog

For years, I existed on the internet as “Awakedragon.” (I think my Twitter handle might still be that.) I’m claiming my own name now, but as a nod to my beginnings, this is now the AwakeDragon Blog!

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  • [I Am] Untitled: Action and Apathy

    Welcome to my UNTITLED series, where I get overly personal, melodramatic, and attempt to rage my way into self growth. Well, I started this post a few days ago feeling fired up to actually do…

  • [I Am] Untitled: Travel

    Welcome to my UNTITLED series, where I get overly personal, melodramatic, and attempt to rage my way into self growth. I want to address something I don’t think I fully fleshed out in my previous…

  • [I Am] Untitled: Cliffs

    Welcome to my UNTITLED series, where I get overly personal, melodramatic, and attempt to rage my way into self growth. I’m forcing myself into publishing this post, because I promised myself I would. That being…

  • [I am] Untitled

    I’m not even sure how to start this one. Not just because it’s been… oh, I don’t know, 9 months since I blogged last. My inspiration to share my thoughts and write in this manner…

  • Writing on Google Docs

    So I started something new, this past NaNoWriMo (yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m like 5 months late, I know). What with working full time, the train not always having a seat during my commute, and being…

  • Manuscript Update

    Hello all! It’s been a while. These past several months have been an kaleidoscope of working, sickness, holidays, recovery, and writing. I am not nearly as far as I want to be for the manuscript…

  • Twisting Writing Journeys

    It is with a bittersweet heart that I announce PRIDEM and the Obsidian Divide series will no longer be released by Glass House Press. After three great educational years working together we have decided to…

  • The Frustration of Changing Writing Habits

    I’m pretty sure it’s a solid fact of humanity that we’re not very good with change. Sure, there are the exceptions. But from changes at work to changes in our own selves and relationships —…

  • Published: Behind the Scenes (June 2018)

    Well, it’s been a while since we’ve had an update with this! Partially because hey it turns out debuting brings out a whole plethora of various doubts and weird quirks you didn’t know you had,…