Why Dragons?
Dragons have been in my head since childhood but I had only written about them in poems. All the stories I've read have Dragons as servants to humans, wearing harnesses to control them and so on. My Dragons are an independent lot. They help the humans because they regard Tika and her friends fondly but as rather useless creatures, physically puny and not very greatly endowed with intelligence.
What are the stories about?
I hope the books might appeal as tales of adventure, of good versus evil, with Dragons who choose to help a small group of humans. There are several unanswered questions in the series, some of which I hope to follow up, but personally I think readers have to do some thinking for themselves. The books I most enjoy reading are ones that don't give all the answers so I can spend time imagining what might have happened next.
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