Roman and Green Dragons Common Attributes - Part 1

by Bruno Flexer, Author of: Dragon Over Washigton for Kindle,  Dragon Over Washington Paperback The Fire At The Gates Automatic Rebellion UK Amazon: Bruno Flexer's Works

While writing Dragon Over Washington, I had to extensively research dragons. I read and analyzed dragon legends from the Middle East, from India, from the Far East and of course Roman and Greek dragons.

So, here are some of the more interesting things I’ve uncovered about Roman and Greek dragons.

Five Attributes Common to the dragons from the Roman and Greek Myths:

1.       Poison. Almost every dragon has poison breath, blood or claws tipped with venom. The Hydra Hercules killed had poison blood. The Basilisk had poison blood as well. The dragon Cadmus killed also had poison blood.

2.       Reptilian. The Roman Greek dragons were almost always reptilian. Even the huge monster Perseus killed was reptilian in nature.

3.       Snake shaped. The Roman Greek dragons were without exception snake shaped, actually huge snakes with some other abilities or mutation. The notion that the dragon looked something like the dinosaurs (huge body held above the ground by mostly four limbs) came much later.

4.       No Flying ability. Again, the Roman Green dragons usually could not fly. They could slither, swim and run but not fly. The exception to this rule are the dragons of the witch Medea, who could fly and pulled her chariot.

5.       Size. All of the dragons in the Green and Roman Myths were huge. Starting from the dragon Cadmus fought who was big enough to kill and eat his entire entourage to the sea dragon Perseus killed, the dragons were truly gigantic.

Real life research involving my own little dragon

by Bruno Flexer, Author of: Dragon Over Washigton for Kindle,  Dragon Over Washington Paperback Mechanical The Fire At The Gates Automatic Rebellion UK Amazon: Bruno Flexer's Works

Just wanted to share a research I conducted over the last few years before I get back to work on the second book in the Dragon Over Washington series.

Anyway, this research is about women. Apparently, and this has been irrefutably and repeatedly proved, women can’t stand the sight of a man sitting down, watching TV and having fun. Now, you might say that this is nothing new and has been known to science for years but the new finding I made is that this is also true of women aged 1 (One!!!) year and older. Ever since my own little private monster was one year old, she got the habit of crawling, ambling or walking over to me whenever I watched TV, pat my knee and say “Daddy, get up!”

Friends and fellow researchers have indicated that their own independent studies revealed the same response whenever a man sits down in front of the PC, reads a paper, or just does nothing.

Apparently, and this is also a conclusion reached by many other researchers, whenever a man is in the kitchen doing the dishes, mopping the floor or is otherwise busily engaged doing house chores, the women in the house do not suffer an adverse reaction.

Of course, special mention must be made that on Sunday, the only day I can lounge in bed a little more (get up at 8:00 instead of 6:30), my own little private monster comes to my bed and smacks me on the head with whatever toy she happens to hold at the moment.
"Daddy, are you awake?"

 

The paperback edition of Dragon Over Washington is finally out !

by Bruno Flexer, Author of: Dragon Over Washigton for Kindle,  Dragon Over Washington Paperback The Fire At The Gates Automatic Rebellion UK Amazon: Bruno Flexer's Works

The paperback edition of Dragon Over Washington is out.
You can find it here: Dragon Over Washington

This edition is cheaper than the previous one, edited and corrected.

Dragon Over Washington Book Cover

Dragon Over Washington Book Backcover

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How Did It All Start or Dragon Inside The Head

by Bruno Flexer, Author of: Dragon Over Washigton for Kindle,  Dragon Over Washington Paperback Mechanical The Fire At The Gates Automatic Rebellion UK Amazon: Bruno Flexer's Works

Thought I should mention why I started writing in the first place. Writing is not normal for people, I can tell you that. For every Tolkien, there are hundreds of thousand of wanna be writers that would make a LOT more money flipping burgers than writing books ...

Writing is not an easy thing to do, nor is it a common practice (I’m talking about writing books here. Blogs, IMHO, are something else entirely). So, why and how did I start to write?

Well, it all started twelve years ago when I was in Spain with a friend, traveling across the country. We hiked in Pico De Europa, a beautiful mountain range. So, there I was, climbing the mountains, a river gurgling beneath me, the mountains all around me and gray clouds blocking the sky above.

And then I saw it. A wing tip appeared first, than the great belly, the long neck and the gargantuan jaws. A huge dragon flew above us, its clawed feet almost touching the mountain sides, filling the air with the fire burning in its lungs. It disappeared a few seconds later but the sight was incredible.

No, I did not went mad. The dragon flew only inside my mind but the image was so strong and the mountains were so wild that the dragon’s flight was burnt into my soul forever.
I had to write it down. I knew I had to write about dragons. There was no other choice for me.

But I was (and hope I still am) quite a normal and rational person. I have a computer science degree, had a good job and led quite ordinary life. So I resisted the impulse to write.

Nobody will read it. I will be wasting my time. I can’t write anyway. I’m not an author, I don’t have the right mindset for it. It would never work. What would my PARENTs say ? 

I managed to resist for a few days till we went to Parc Guell in Barcelona. There I gave in, bought my first notebook and started writing, right there and then. Thus was born Dragon Over Washington, my first full length novel.

Return to the Castle of Wolfenstien

by Bruno Flexer, Author of: Dragon Over Washigton for Kindle,  Dragon Over Washington Paperback The Fire At The Gates Automatic Rebellion UK Amazon: Bruno Flexer's Works

One of the coolest things ever.
A web based free version of Castle of Wolfenstien.

Castle of Wolfenstien

A return to the days of yore. Very Cool! Didn't realize how much I missed the MIDI 2D minigun till I fired it again ...

In addition, a director's commentray about making the game.

Hello World!

by Bruno Flexer, Author of: Dragon Over Washigton for Kindle,  Dragon Over Washington Paperback The Fire At The Gates Automatic Rebellion UK Amazon: Bruno Flexer's Works

Hello World!

Finally, after everyone in the world including several cats and a goldfish have a blog, I’ve decided to start my own blog.

I will talk about my book, Dragon Over Washington. I will talk about publishing and writing ebooks for the Amazon Kindle.

I will talk about my own little personal monster I’m raising at home.

I will talk about life as viewed through Kung Fu and the Chinese way of life.

And I will talk about other things, but probably Dragon Over Washington, my monster and Kung Fu will be the main issues.

So, Hellow World and here I come.

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