Short Story on WOTC Site, by a certain flying rat

Phaezen · Oct 27, 2008

Pyre

Very nice Ari.

Phaezen

Jack99 · Oct 27, 2008

Yeah, it's fun. But it did remind me enormously of another dragon story, I just can't recall which one. But maybe our local rodent can help with that?

Either way, I think it's great with these small short stories. I hope we get more of those.

Phaezen · Oct 27, 2008

Jack99 said:
Yeah, it's fun. But it did remind me enormously of another dragon story, I just can't recall which one. But maybe our local rodent can help with that?

You aren't thinking about the Dragonlance short story with the guy hiring the best dragon hunters and leading them to a dragons lair?

Phaezen

Mouseferatu · Oct 27, 2008

Jack99 said:
But it did remind me enormously of another dragon story, I just can't recall which one. But maybe our local rodent can help with that?

Afraid not. I'm not denying that writing is influenced by what the author's read, so there may have been some subconscious influence from something I'd come across previously. But I'm not aware of any such, and I wasn't deliberately trying to evoke anything.

In either case, I'm glad you liked it.

Edit to add: WARNING: Spoilers may follow beyond this point, as discussion continues. If you plan to read the story, do so before reading any further in this thread.

Jack99 · Oct 27, 2008

Mouseferatu said:
Afraid not. I'm not denying that writing is influenced by what the author's read, so there may have been some subconscious influence from something I'd come across previously. But I'm not aware of any such, and I wasn't deliberately trying to evoke anything.

In either case, I'm glad you liked it.

I did, and after thinking about it, I am pretty sure that Phaezen was right. It's the DL story about the dragon that hires the greatest heroes of the land to kill itself.

Cheers

Phaezen · Oct 27, 2008

Mouseferatu said:
Afraid not. I'm not denying that writing is influenced by what the author's read, so there may have been some subconscious influence from something I'd come across previously. But I'm not aware of any such, and I wasn't deliberately trying to evoke anything.

In either case, I'm glad you liked it.

It was a nice surprise to see in my google reader this morning, and provided an entertaining diversion from work over a cup of coffee

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I for one hope that this is the start of an ongoing series of short stories on the wotc website, although my work productivity might dissagree :blush:

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Phaezen

Mouseferatu · Oct 27, 2008

Phaezen said:
I for one hope that this is the start of an ongoing series of short stories on the wotc website, although my work productivity might dissagree.

Considering how many other short stories I've written/would like to write, I hope for the same.

El Mahdi · Oct 27, 2008

Very nice Ari! I think I posted in the Draconomicon thread just a little while ago that I've always liked dragons and stories of dragons that can live in humanoid form. It's not so much the form that matters, but that these types of stories tend to get into the mind of the dragon in a way that others don't. Very nice story indeed.