Writing Notebook

Sunday, May 30, 2004

While browsing through a charity store here in Melbourne I happened upon a stack of Dragon and Realms of Fantasy magazines that a fan had obviously decided to clear out to make way for something new.

Finding these magazines was like finding gold. They are filled with ideas about mythical creatures, dwarves, diminutive dragons, suits of armor, elves and even a subterranean city.

All the poor captives, who I have ensnared in my web of intrigue, will be sketching characters and habitat and pouring through the pages of these magazines in order to think of things dark and dangerous, to create magical lands and to devise mysterious creatures. We will be questing and heading for unknown frontiers.

Here at Soul Food you will find some rather charming dragons who have inspired student and adult imagination. Print them out, colour them in and then begin a story with the line 'Once Upon A Time'.

Other outstanding sites, that will inspire anyone who is interested in mythology, symbolism, fairy stories and fantasy, are Shadowscapes by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law and Terri Windling's Endicott Studios.


Our fantasy adventures will be published in the Album of Memories each student is compiling and work will be featured here at Soul Food during the coming weeks.