Beyond the Cover: Exploring Passions

  The Blurb:  Dragons in the Clouds is an epic adventure that takes place during a time period when Dragons were alive and freely roamed the land. The people during this time were getting eaten by a vicious species of Dragons. The ruling King finally orders the total annihilation of all living dragons. A powerful wizard, named Merlinius, who is a friend to the king, does not agree with the King's order, for Merlinius knows all Dragons are not what they seem. So he does what he must to protect a family of Dragons that he had befriended. And to protect his Dragon friends, Merlinius performs the spell of weightlessness and tells the Dragons to fly up and to hide in the cover of the Clouds. He then gives the Dragons strict instruction to live within the clouds and to only come down at night to eat. An apprentice to the wizard who has grandeur of his own has a plan for Dragons that he has hidden deep within a mountain cavern. Now enters a young boy, who had also befriended a dragon, tho

First, before we move forward with our Authors Interview, I would like to start with an introduction. 1. Could you please introduce yourself to us? David Blair, as the author of "Dragons in the Clouds". This is my first novel publication. But my first story, was a student film called “Destination Destiny”. Most recently, I worked as a production supervisor for EnterAktion Studios, on a feature length motion picture called “Dwegons and Leprechauns’’. My favorite writers are Rod Sterling and Charles Dickens. I love stories that make fiction believable, where fantasy can seem possible. 2. Congratulations on your book. So what inspired you to write this book? I wrote the story, "Dragons in the Clouds" over 20 years ago. It started with the song, "Puff the Magic Dragon". I thought it would make a great story. So, I started kicking around some ideas, and as I was creating the dragon story based on Puff, I was in a smoke shop that had crystals and incense and I c