Growing up without a television fueled my love of reading. I had no electronics to occupy my downtime between homework and supper, or when I wasn’t adventuring elsewhere. Books transported me into new worlds, filled my head with dreams and my heart with longings.
Books like Black Beauty, National Velvet, and My Friend Flicka, awoke a terrible yearning in me to have a horse of my own. I wasted no thought on the practicality of caring for, housing, and transporting one from place to place as my dad moved our family to wherever the Army sent him. Horses became my obsession.
Until Anne McAffrey’s Dragon Riders of Pern changed everything. I needed a dragon. One who communicated with me, understood me, empathized with me, and took me flying anytime I wanted to escape. As time passed and I matured (and not always willingly, I might add), the impossible dream faded. Rather, life, marriage, jobs, and kids of my own trampled it into the unyielding ground of reality.
As the kids grew lives of their own and pandemonium settled into the background, reality became less rigid. If I couldn’t have a dragon, I could certainly give life to the one I’ve wanted for so many long years.
What if Gabri, a character from the Tetrasphere series who refused to grow up quietly, found herself in an impossible situation? What if a baby dragon longed for her person as I had once longed for a dragon? Would magic happen if the two found each other? You can find out by reading Sanctum, the first book in the Dragon Guild series.
In fact, pick up your copy today!
Is there anything you wanted so badly as a child you thought of little else? What was it? Did you get it? Let me know about it in the comments below.
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Military Brat, voracious reader, and now writing books in her favorite genre, P.T.L. Perrin grew up in Europe and speaks several languages. Her stories range from inspirational to native cultures, new worlds, mysterious places, aliens, and dragons.
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I also grew up without a TV and while at the time, I thought I was deprived, looking back I see it was truly a blessing. I read every book I could get my hands on. I honestly can’t remember having any burning desires for anything as a kid. I knew the one thing I wanted more than anything else in the world was to be a mom, and I am so glad I got to have that experience. Thanks for sharing, Patty.
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Thanks, Jan! There’s nothing more creative than being a mom. I didn’t publish my first book until our kids already had their own. Creativity will find its channel, won’t it? Yours are some of the books I love reading now. Blessings on your launch with your sister!
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Thank you!
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I, too, grew up reading horse stories and always wanted one. Your dragons make me wish for a dragon of my own. Great post, and phenomenal stories!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
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Thanks, Yvette! I know the feeling very well. I’m thrilled that you like the stories! Your input is always very much appreciated.
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Horses, life as a military brat, Black Beauty, Anne McCaffery’s dragon books…you just described my childhood/adolescence! I’m looking forward to your book. It was interrupted by a 3-week roadtrip and then the start of school for my 2 middle schoolers, but it’s at the top of my to-be-read pile.
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Thanks, Kris! I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! We have a lot in common. It’s been a while since we’ve had middle schoolers. Enjoy them! Time flies. As do dragons. I look forward to reading your next book!
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