Blood of the Dragon was once a screen play called Condor:  First Flight.  It was written by Matt Lawver.  While Matt was working on this, he was at the same time completing a project with Producer Q called Balance on the Fold out in Los Angeles.  Dave Fahy was also there laying down bass guitar and vocal tracks.  Matt's original idea was to finish the screen play and try to pitch it for a movie.  Knowing the odds were against him, he decided to create his own luck and develop the story as a novel.  First Flight was intended to be the first in a series of books, thus the first, but the title was eventually changed to Blood of the Dragon.

    As time went on with Matt developing the novel back in Minnesota,  Q was at work on the music in Arizona.  Rough music tracks were sent to Matt for lyrics.  Dave, who was in California, was also sent tracks to develop musical ideas.  Although creating the soundtrack from three different states was a challenge, it was also liberating for each involved.  

    While the music and words were coming together, a very stretched out Dave Fahey was working up artwork to facilitate better communication among the creators about what was going on in the story.  These drawings, while not used in the final version of the book are a great insight to how things were developed.   Some day, we may put them up for you to see.

    With the novel completed, Eugene Canady came in to assist editing.  Because of his background in fantasy literature and playing way too many role playing games, he was given creative freedom to flesh out the story further.  He ended up writing enough new material to warrant a co-author credit.  Look for the first short stories on the web site to be written by him.  Find the here.

    As Blood of the Dragon neared its final revisions, Ken Save was brought on board for final interior illustrations and cover design.  His new perspective into the material gave the writers yet another reason to rethink how the book was written.  Ah...rewrites.  There's nothing better!  Which is good, because they never seem to end.

Should the creators have their heads chopped off?  Read Blood of the Dragon and tell us!