My name is Teresa Garcia and I am the author of many of the works on this site. Other authors are also being published through me, and as their books become available, you will be able to find information on how to order their works as well. You may navigate my site via the menu bar on the left. "Art" links directly to my deviant art account, where my paintings and photographs are archived. "Book Ordering" leads to a page where you can buy signed copies. You may also visit my Lulu.com storefront where you can buy my books released for sale directly from the printer, but those will not be signed. If you are a bookstore, or do not wish to set up a Lulu account, then please use the contact form and provide your shipping address, the titles you wish to order, and the number. I will then make the calculations and invoice you via Paypal. Payment must be received before I will have the books shipped. Links leads to favorite websites, which you might find of interest. The Blog is updated with our latest news. We also have a Facebook page, please be sure to look us up and like us, to help spread the word and help advertise our authors and projects.
About us
Teresa Garcia
Eldest child of a Correctional Officer, Teresa Garcia felt an early urge to make a beneficial mark on the world. She excelled in school, and soon discovered a passion for writing and painting. These were eclipsed at first by a fascination with geology and psychology, and it was those interests that she carried with her into college. After marrying and devoting herself to her now growing family, the new Teresa Huddleston-Garcia found herself writing again, at first, as a way to relax. As time passed and her first child grew, soon followed by another, she found herself spinning new tales at bedtime. She began writing these down and then showing them to others, looking to practice writing again, since she had let the dream of publishing a novel slip away before. With encouragement, she decided to try again, and Ryu and BlowingWind soon blossomed into Dragon Shaman.
Eventually, the need arose for her to separate from her husband and reclaim her maiden name, thus deciding to release all her future books under that name. She is a stay at home mother of one autistic boy and one rather stressed girl at the time of this writing. Somehow, while caring for her two special needs children, and her own stress in addition, Teresa finds time to write, assist with the administration of the online RPG game Dragon Hearts, write quest lines for that, do artwork, and keep up on the chores of running a household. In addition, she is also currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in International Relations concentrating in Asian Studies, and hopes to one day become an Asian Studies professor. Said studies seriously impact her free time, which she counteracts with online ministry via Second Life and offline nondenominational/interdenominational ministry in her area, including the honor of officiating the occasional wedding.
Positions:
Founder, Author, Head of Publishing, Head of Orders and Shipping
Faith Lindgren-Brown
Faith Lindgren-Brown has an intense love of writing, and is always looking for a good read. When her friend Teresa Garcia asked her to edit her novel for her, she was thrilled. Faith intends to have her own editing work, so is available free-lance for any manuscript, whether proofreading an essay for school, or editing a full novel. One of her poems was also recommended to and accepted into the Library of Congress while she was still in school, so she is a published poet. If you would like to get in contact for the purpose of discussing her services, please use the contact form, state your purpose and contact info, and the information will be forwarded to her.
Position:
Head of Editing
Victoria "Salaiek" Davis
Ever since dreaming of being an author and illustrator as a child, Victoria "Salaiek" Davis has worked on her skills through school and beyond, eventually finding herself doing illustrations for the browser role-playing game, Dragon Hearts . Here she met Teresa, being offered a chance to design the cover for the second book in the Dragon Shaman series, then later other books published by THG StarDragon Publishing.
Her artistic focus lies within the fantasy realm, especially dragons and similar critters. She is also inspired by the green and grey forested mountain landscapes of her native Pacific Northwest.
Position:
Cover Artist of Choice
Samantha Buckley
Samantha Buckley
has always been passionate about her art. She is a lover of anime, manga, and all things Japanese. She is currently a student at the Art Institute of Sacramento and plans to transfer to the Art Institute in Texas after her first semester. She plans to one day have her own manga company and intends her first manga to be distributed by THG StarDragon Publishing as one of her venues, and was agreed on by her aunt at the McCloud Lumberjack Fiesta of 2012. Her first project with THG StarDragon Publishing is the print version cover for the fantasy novel Selkies' Skins.
Position:
Other Cover Artist of Choice
Rowan Wookey
Rowan Wookey, genius, not only maintains this website for his friend Teresa, but also manages several other sites, is the creator of the online RPG Dragon Hearts, and attends University. As the man that makes sure the site works to provide the portal between us and you, the reader, we sometimes must bow down to him (figuratively) because he also quite often fixes temperamental computers when they declare mutiny and eat into writing (and other) time. Verily, a very important member of the team, for he squashes the bugs mightily. His favorite food is pie. This is important to never, ever forget.
Position:
Webhost/designer, Head Computer Nerd
Current Anthology Contest
The Dragons' Beads: A Treasury
Especially Looking for Young Authors
Deadline for submissions July 31, 2013.
THG StarDragon Publishing is gathering submissions from authors and poets of all ages (including children) for The Dragons' Beads: A Treasury We are suspending the former page limit, as it was proving difficult for some to feel comfortable constraining themselves. Please make submissions on standard sized (8.5 by 10 in) or A4 paper, or at a similar size in .doc, or .odt, format if submitting digitally. Digital submission is preferred to minimize retyping. CD media format is also accepted.
When submitting, please include your age so that submissions can be filed in the correct project.
The theme for the anthology is dragons, so let your imagination run wild... Use them as main characters or supporting characters, good, evil, or in between. Lazy or brave, Western, Eastern, extraterrestrial or from the depths of the sea, we want your dragons! Out of all the submissions, we are hoping to select 10 short stories and 10 poems will be selected. THG StarDragon Publishing reserves to right to choose more to fill the book depending on the length of the chosen submissions.
Given the age level intended, This will be THG StarDragon Publishing's first anthology by (hopefully) young readers for young readers. Given the age level intended, ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE APPROPRIATE FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES. Depending on the success, more anthologies may be forthcoming in the future from the press. Editing will be done by Teresa "Amehana" Garcia (author of the ongoing Dragon Shaman series) and Faith Lindgren-Brown (editor for Dragon Shaman 2 and the forthcoming titles of the series). Cover artist is Victoria "Salaiek" Tuarann Davis, who has also done art for the Dragon Hearts RPG and for Dragon Shaman 2.
Please, do not submit fanfiction to this anthology.
To Submit:
Please mail paper or CD media submissions to:
THG StarDragon Publishing
Attn: Teresa Garcia
PO Box 249
McCloud, Ca 96057
USA
Or email as a .doc, or .odt attachment to:
ladyrainstardragon @ hotmail.com
(please remove spaces, those were added to cut down somewhat on spam mail)
subject line: Submission for The Dragons' Beads
Please note, original copies or disks will not be returned, so please keep a copy for yourself. Deadline for submissions is currently suspended, so this is open until we have enough submissions to go to production. By sending a submission you affirm that you have parental permission to participate (in the case of young authors). Those selected for inclusion will receive a free ebook copy of the book and will be eligible for a discount on the print book when ordering through email. Should the anthology sell well enough, each participant will also receive a small cash prize, so please include a mailing address to be kept on file.
Feel free to circulate this announcement freely to any and all that may have interest.
Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com
Blog: http://thgstardragonpublishing.blogspot.com/
Currently Available Titles: http://stores.lulu.com/rainstardragon
Catalogue
This is our current catalogue of ebooks. Please follow the links to the currently available formats. If there is a format that is not available, that you would like, please make a request via the comment box, including the title and format you are looking for. For print copies, please see our print catalog page. Currently, ebooks are available via Lulu, though some can also be found on ibookstore, in Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. Later, titles may become available on Smashwords for a wider range of formats. Prices listed here are in US dollars.
Current Ebook Catalogue
General Audience
Novels
Dragon Shaman: Book One, Taming the Blowing Wind
By Teresa Garcia (as Teresa Huddleston-Garcia)
Epub (coming soon, new edition with recover by Victoria Davis)
PDF $7.00 Original Edition (contains paintings)
BlowingWind, a young woman of Native American and Celtic descent, falls in love with Obsidian, a boy she at first believes to be human but later discovers on the night of her 18th birthday to be the guardian spirit of Medicine Lake, near the sacred Mount Shasta in California. The night before her High School graduation he meets with a bad end, setting her journey of self discovery in motion which ultimately takes her away from everything that she knows and to Japan. There, as she searches for what the soul of Obsidian wishes her to find at the foot of Mount Fuji she meets with Ryu, a spirit of the mountain and bearing a striking resemblance to the soul she is searching for. By the time these two meet her own spirit is shattered, and it is up to Ryu and a mysterious concurrent incarnation of Obsidian to begin the process of healing her spirit and mind. However, she has her own destiny that waits to be fulfilled, and spirits from both her old and new lives have tests for her.
Dragon Shaman: Book Two, The Smoky Mirror
By Teresa Garcia Epub $9.99 PDF $10.00
BlowingWind and Ryu expected to be able to get on with living, but Fate has a different idea for the young Shaman in training and her Dragon Protector. A Kitsune and two Tengu are responsible for tests of her character, and her most prized tool is stolen from her. The pair must travel worlds and even time in this quest, and interesting facts about the O'Drake curse are revealed. The question is if she will remember them, and if she can regain what was lost.
Dragon Shaman: Book Three, The Forge and the Well
By Teresa Garcia
Epub (late 2014 est.)
Delving further into the O'Drake family as the curse and its eventual end plays through, the focus follows more of Marie and Marcella's history. A reunion of Marie with her wayward daughter BlowingWind draws closer, as does young Jewel's place in the complicated tapestry. Ryu really has his work cut out for him, but what is a lonely dragon kami to do... other than attempt to figure out how to restore the brightness that once was...
Children's Stories
Lightning's Job
By Teresa Garcia
Epub $1.25
Lightning the cat identifies as both cat and human due to his upbringing. He has a very important job, make sure that the household runs smoothly, which means make sure that Mother remembers to take care of herself, not just everyone else. A short and sweet child's story, this is just a glimpse into the life of Lightning, who eventually will have other tales to share.
Poetry
Call of the Kami
Teresa Garcia (as Teresa Huddleston-Garcia) PDF $6.00
Magic is that breath never quite caught, Flowing always just behind the scenes, And only glimpsed when sought. The spirits of the past and present call out to those with the ears to hear. The worlds of the Kami and Mankind are not far apart, and perhaps the border is only in the mind. Primarily this was intended to be a collection of poetry inspired by and retelling some stories from Japanese Mythology and feeling the path of Shinto generated while working on my first novel. However, it has become much more. Meditate upon the poems and a flower unfolds slowly before your eyes, allowing a glimpse into a world unseen.
The Beast, the Hope, the Only Sun
Elizabeth Buckley Epub (coming soon)
Elizabeth Buckley gathers a collection of poems from the points of view of some of her characters. The Beast, the Hope, and the Only Sun provides snapshots into their development. Written as a high school student, the poems also reflect a journey out of depression, from start to the shining light at the end. Who are the Beast, and the Hope, and who or what is the Sun?
Adult Titles
Books in this category are so placed due to content not intended for minors. Please use your discretion and common sense.
Poetry
Mend this Broken Heart: The First Year
By Steven Disney Epub $4.00
A heart once whole, passes through the forest of life, battered by the joys and sorrows therein. THG StarDragon Publishing is pleased to assist Steven Disney in displaying that whether heterosexual or homosexual, all hearts are the same, and all people desire love.
Perceptions of the Mind
By Steven Disney Epub $4.00
A journey through the corridors of past, present, and what be. What lurks in the darkness where only the brave tread? Joy, sorrow, longing, loss, devotion... and ever more questions. Set sail with Steven Disney in his second book, and drift in the seas of the mind.
Links
Facebook
Look for THG StarDragon Publishing on Facebook, or click the link above.
Twitter
@AmehanaArashi on Twitter
Youkaimura
Explore the mystical village of youkai! The site has changed over the years, and only the forum is available now. However, you can still find some information, as individual members do their best to make time to rebuild the knowledge once contained.
THG StarDragon Publishing Blog
News, submissions calls, and more.
Smashwords Profile
Some free stories, and eventually some for-charge stories. Ebooks only here.
Teresa's Creative Space (Amehana's Work Desk)
Rainstardragon on Dreamwidth:
Do you like serial stories, and contributing to the artistic process? Current stories being available free to read are "Selkies' Skins" and "Shen's Tale." Donations are greatly appreciated, and once the titles are finished, ebook format will become available. "Selkies' Skins" follows the adventures of two part Selkies as they balance life in the wizarding community, among regular folk, and the secret worlds of water witches and merfolk, while young Kirsty must also find and earn her own seal skin. "Shen's Tale" is a supernatural mystery, wherein Shen must find the cause of what is called the Wraith, and dispell its evil to protect a town from slow demise.
Serials also mirrored at Rainstardragon on Livejournal. Comments are welcome on either site.
CafePress Store
Find Dragon Shaman and other THG StarDragon memorabilia here.
Imagekind Store
Find fine art prints by Teresa Garcia here.
Fictionpress.com
Do you want to practice writing before taking the full plunge into the wild world of being a published author? This is an excellent place to do it, with a supportive community. Many have started out here and then moved on to publishing in print. Poetry, essays, and songs are also welcomed here with open arms.
Fanfiction.com
Do you want to write, but find yourself currently lacking in original characters? Fanfiction is a good exercise to get the creative juices flowing that help create original characters and storylines. This is a supportive community of writers who enjoy playing with the "what ifs". Some of the members here have even moved on to writing for such series as "Barbie."
Lulu.com
Looking for a printer? Why not check this company out, they are very easy to use.
Dragon Hearts
Do you prefer to make stories with others? Do you like role-playing? Have you always wanted to be a dragon? Dragon Hearts is a free text based role playing game within your browser, the story lines are augmented with special custom art, and new challenges and expansions are always under development. It is a PBBG Persistent Browser Based Game which means your character is never reset, there's nothing to download all you need is internet access.
Web Design For All
Looking for an affordable and reliable person for your website needs? I can personally vouch for this person and have had the pleasure of assisting in some of his projects.
DeviantArt
Look at my public Art and Poetry Submissions here
For regular, unsigned copy orders, and for most ebooks please visit http://stores.lulu.com/rainstardragon to order. Ebook catalog will be a separate page, to send you directly to them, as we are considering making ebooks available via Smashwords.
For signed copies please choose from the list below, signed copies cost $10 more than the regular copies to compensate for the extra shipping and handling. Unsigned will be sent directly to you from the printer. Please inquire about larger orders for a greater savings.
Current Print Catalog
Shipping is $7 per book anywhere in mainland US by USPS parcel post. For non-mainland US & international orders please contact us at
Dragon Shaman: Book One, Taming the Blowing Wind
By Teresa Garcia (as Teresa Huddleston-Garcia)
Signed Print: $20.00
Unsigned Print: $15.00
Every girl yearns for adventure, romance and magic in their lives. BlowingWind had all of these and lost them, just as she was starting on what she thought would be the greatest adventure of her life. Now, she is being called out by the forces of life and undertaking the journey into adulthood alone. However, journeys always seem to entail healing, and a quest to find her lost love turns into something even greater. Take Ryu is a boisterous magma ryugami trapped for five years beneath Mt. Fuji for the crime of becoming too engrossed in human affairs. Upon the end of his imprisonment he emerges to find a strange and undefended shaman woman within his territory. Falling prey once more to his kind heart he too is swept up in the threads of a destiny that neither human nor dragon could have ever believed. ISBN 0-9788028-0-2 ISBN13 978-0-9788028-0-6
Dragon Shaman: Book Two, The Smoky Mirror By Teresa Garcia
Signed Print: $35.00
Unsigned Print: $25.00
BlowingWind, though still yearning for her lost love, must move on as painful as it is. Still following the quest she was called upon, she must now look inside herself for the strength to find out who she really is. With an impending move to Hokkaido, a rambunctious love-struck young dragon, a Kitsune that is still roped into helping test her, and two Tengu that are still applying her tests, which world is more important? What will she see when looking into her obsidian mirror? What is the next chapter of her life and training? What happens when she isn't even allowed to start setting her roots firmly in one world before a trip to another?
Call of the Kami
By Teresa Garcia (as Teresa Huddleston-Garcia)
Signed Print: $21.01
Unsigned Print: $12.01
Magic is that breath never quite caught, Flowing always just behind the scenes, And only glimpsed when sought. The spirits of the past and present call out to those with the ears to hear. The worlds of the Kami and Mankind are not far apart, and perhaps the border is only in the mind. Primarily this was intended to be a collection of poetry inspired by and retelling some stories from Japanese Mythology and feeling the path of Shinto generated while working on my first novel. However, it has become much more. Meditate upon the poems and a flower unfolds slowly before your eyes, allowing a glimpse into a world unseen.
Mend This Broken Heart
By: Steven Disney
Regular: $12
(signed not available)
Follow the ups and downs of a brave heart through the course of one year. This is our first acquisition from an external author, and we are thrilled to be hosting his edgy and eye opening work. Love and loss, peace and longing, the hardships of solo and family life, all mulled over. Not suitable for small children.
Perceptions of the Mind
By: Steven Disney
Regular: $12
(signed not available)
A journey through the corridors of past, present, and what be. What lurks in the darkness where only the brave tread? Joy, sorrow, longing, loss, devotion... and ever more questions. Set sail with Steven Disney in his second book, and drift in the seas of the mind. Not suitable for small children.
The Beast, the Hope, the Only Sun
By Elizabeth Buckley
Regular: $10
Signed: $22
Elizabeth Buckley gathers a collection of poems from the points of view of some of her characters. The Beast, the Hope, and the Only Sun provides snapshots into their development. Written as a high school student, the poems also reflect a journey out of depression, from start to the shining light at the end. Who are the Beast, and the Hope, and who or what is the Sun?
Forthcoming Print Titles:
If you would like to pre-order, please use the contact form to request placement on a mailing list to receive pre-ordering information when it becomes available for the below titles.
Dragon Shaman 3: The Forge and The Well
Delving further into the O'Drake family as the curse and its eventual end plays through, the focus follows more of Marie and Marcella's history. A reunion of Marie with her wayward daughter BlowingWind draws closer, as does young Jewel's place in the complicated tapestry. Ryu really has his work cut out for him, but what is a lonely dragon kami to do... other than attempt to figure out how to restore the brightness that once was...
Estimated release: late 2014
Currently untitled children's book:
Also in production are a book of children's stories, co-authored by Athena Huddleston and her mother Teresa Garcia, as well as a non-fiction book on dragon magic. Project status for these are in the beginning states.
Estimated Release: unknown
The Dragons' Beads: A Treasury
An anthology of dragon stories for all ages. Currently this project is accepting submissions. We are hoping to get many young authors published, but all ages are welcome to submit. Intended for General Audience, so keep it PG-13, something you'd feel comfortable being read to a child. Estimated Release: Unknown.
You may also mail your orders to: THG StarDragon Publishing Attn: Teresa Garcia PO Box 249 McCloud, CA 96057 USA
Submission Guidelines
What is accepted?
Poetry, short stories, novels, young adult, and children's books are all accepted. Both fiction and nonfiction titles are welcome, in any subject. If you wish to submit an adult story for consideration, please clearly label it so, including any trigger warnings, to help prevent accidental circulation for young readers, and so that the Head of Publishing doesn't open the file while children are staring over her shoulder watching her work.
Use the contact form to submit an initial query and a brief synopsis of your story. A reply will be sent, stating whether or not you have our interest, providing the email address for you to correspond more freely with. With your submission to the replying address, please include a cover letter and brief synopsis, in addition to the file if it is requested of you. Also please clearly label the subject field "manuscript submission query" to cut down on your mail being thought to be spam.
- The right to refuse any submission on any grounds is reserved, at any time. The right to discontinue services to any author (current or prospective) at any time, for any reason, is also retained.
All submissions must be provided in one of these formats:
.doc, or .odt
All submissions must be legible sized font, no smaller than 12pt, and must be editable. Files too big for email transfer can be transferred via dropbox, which is a free program to install and use available at www.dropbox.com.
Please only submit manuscripts that you at least have a full first draft for. Manuscripts where the first draft is still in progress can prove to be too difficult for both you as author, and us as editors. Once you have a finished working draft and submit it, if you still want ideas for areas you are concerned about, that is acceptable.
Editing is done separate from publishing. Editing is required before publishing will move forward. The price of editing will vary depending on the length manuscript submitted, and might go up depending on how many passes must be made, or down depending on how free your submission was of errors. A deposit, which is negotiable based on length of manuscript, must be made before the editing process can begin, as the editor (whether Faith or Teresa) must have recompense for the time put in. Submissions by an author 18 and younger for the children's anthology, or any other such contests will receive editing services free of charge.
The editing process will consist of the file being gone over in one pass, and changes noted within the file in a highlighted and colored text. This edited file will be sent back to the author for review.
Example:
Before: She ran down the hall intent on excape but as she was so focused on getting away from the fetid monster behind her she did not notice the one blocking the ext.
After: She ran down the hall intent on
Please make the suggested changes if you agree to them. If they are not agreed to (such as a spelling dispute over a foreign word, or a name, or a term created by author for use within the manuscript) please note in the file at the place it occurs and the explanation.
Example:
Before:
Terry danced on the table, keeping time to the music with the drummings of her feet. The dancer to her left kicked too high in his exuberance, sending one of his Smurnoo sailing through the air, only to land in a flagon of mead on the waitress' tray. A hissing preceeded the attack of the ryuu it had belonged to.
After: Terry danced on the table, keeping time to the music with the drumming
With reply:
Terry danced on the table, keeping time to the music with the drumming of her feet. The dancer to her left kicked too high in his exuberance, sending one of his Smurnoo sailing through the air, only to land in a flagon of mead on the waitress' tray. A hissing preceded the attack of the ryuu it had belonged to.
!I usually see the word spelled with one u!
Reply: I wanted ryuu spelled with the uu to escape the line over it to make the long sound. It is a variation of the romanization.
In addition, when returning this file, send an email alerting the editor to be watching for the disputed area. It will be read through again, and then depending on whether it passes or needs further revision, it will either go to publishing, or back for another trip through editing. So be sure to give the editor plenty of time to read through the file start to finish, and do not demand a very close timeline. You will be told what is a feasible timeline.
Poets, please use a hard return at the end of each line. This makes it easier during the typeset process to refrain from messing up formatting that you have intentionally set for your poem.
Publishing and Printing
Publishing, once editing is complete, is free. Publisher will take care of the typesetting for the final document. No advances are paid on publishing royalties. Cost of manufacture must be taken care of before any royalties on a book can be computed for disbursement. You will be responsible for your own income taxes, should there be any generated.
Please note: An ISBN costs $125 and the barcode for the back cover is $25. If you want your book available wider than just orders through myself and Lulu, and wish to see your book available in Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and findable in Engram, $150 is at cost, which gives no profit, therefore please remit $160 payable to Teresa Garcia so that she can obtain these for you. Or, if you already have them, you may provide them yourself.
The current printer company being used is a print on demand, so unless sales go well the publisher will not be able to provide complimentary copies, except in the case of ebooks.
Cover Art
Regarding covers, you may elect to do your own cover artwork, or provide a photo that you own to be incorporated into the cover. If said photo or art was taken by someone else, and they have given you permission to use it, you must provide their name to be included for copyright reasons. Another choice that may be available to you is to have our resident cover artist of choice make your cover, which is our preference. If you go this route, a price for her services can be negotiated, and you will need to provide an idea of what you are wanting on the cover for her to go by, or be willing to allow her to read the working manuscript so that she may come up with ideas. If you decide to have Victoria do your artwork, you will be put in contact with her.
Regarding simultaneous submissions
You may submit the same story to different publishers at the same time you submit your work to us. However, not all publishers have the same views about the same story being published simultaneously. If you publish with us, and the same story you then publish with another group, you must notify us. We may or may not have to pull publication, depending on their guidelines, and will need a copy of them to be sure of what needs to be done. This is intended for your benefit, so communication is key.
