The Jane and the Dragon cartoon celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. I lost track of time and it already felt like 20 years to me, but it wasn’t official until now. Can you believe it’s already been 20 years since the show came out? Weta Workshop has released a Facebook post celebrating the show’s 20th anniversary with some concept art that I found quite interesting. It makes me yearn for the simpler times. Anyway, I’m curious to see what this mysterious book contains, and what the dagger is really for.
Thanks Erick, sorry for the long delay responding, it's been a hectic few weeks. Yes, 20 years! I can't believe it either, it feels like just a few years ago I was racing around trying to find investors and broadcasters to back me - and that was 24 years ago! Crazy.
Thank you Martin for another wonderful chapter! I especially enjoyed reading more of Jester’s perspective and emotions. Jane and the Dragon meant so much to me as a kid growing up watching the TV show. The show was an inspiration, showing that it’s possible for a girl to pursue a male-dominated field and excel in it! The fact that you as a writer chose to continue the story of Jane and the Dragon for all of the children who loved watching the show, shows how much you care about this charming story and its fans. I recently bought the reprint of Jane and the Dragon and absolutely loved reading it and appreciated all the illustrations. I sincerely hope that the rest of the original Jane and the Dragon books will be reprinted in the future. Thank you again for allowing me to escape into Jane’s world for another moment.
P.S. If you ever consider making more Jane and the Dragon illustrations, I always wondered what Jane would have worn to a ball hosted at the castle. In the “Shall We Dance” episode from the show, Jane refused to attend the dance if she could not wear her knight tunic. Naturally her mother said she couldn’t, so Jane didn’t end up going. A part of me always hoped that she would have combined part of her knight armor with a green gown, like the one she was wearing at the start of the original Jane and the Dragon book. I think it would have been a beautiful homage to the first book. It would be so nice to see an illustration like that.
Thank you Martin. I hope you are doing well. Please take care of yourself. I will be looking forward to the next chapter!
What a wonderful and thoughtful note, thank you so much. Yes, I've never left Jane's world, it has continued to grow in my head all these years as always knew the key elements of her future and her role with Dragon. I always hoped I could raise the finance for another series so I kept on writing scripts and a full history of the world and the characters as a 'writer's bible,' so continuing her story through a novel is my way of provoking potential investors and broadcasters into realising there is still a devoted fan base who would like more. let's see what happens. Once the book is out I will do a lot of marketing through Amazon and collect all the social media analytics as part of my next pitch. Fingers crossed! :)
That sounds quite exciting! Wishing you the best of luck with this process. I hope to continue supporting your efforts. It's wonderful to see that you are well and posting. Your response has really made my day. I've already read the new chapter and really enjoyed the imagery you used when describing Sir Theodore's eyes. I think this might have been my favorite chapter thus far, I just love when everyone is together.
Seems like now, we know a bit more about Robert himself and his motives. Like Sir Theodore’s dear friend, someone else interested in Dragon. I mean we can all understand why and be curious on how a short life and a dragon can become friends. Then, how is it any different being friends with a dog or a cat? Like my best friend is Lily, who is my cat and despite her not being able to speak, she has a lot of personality spunky attitude, but loving and caring.
I do like the lullaby that Jane sung, as it reminded me back to one of the episodes where Jester lost his voice and then Dragon turned out to have a wonderful voice lol. Though, it’s hard to say if Jane has improved in her vocal work heh.
Oh my, Jester seems to overthink now that Jane and Robert could be an “item”, much to his heartbreak and confusion. I like how he isn’t sure what to feel, because in a way, he is still a young teenager who goes different implications of emotions. So of course, he wouldn’t feel familiar with the strange sensation of jealously. However, he needs to not let fear and anger cloud his judgement and trust for Jane interfere.
This was a really good chapter and a good one for the start of February too :)
A great chapter as ever. Though I was surprised no comment was said about her singing unless what she's doing is spoken word. I know in the show she was a terrible singer (even though her voice actress could sing). I resonate with jester and the lament of a changing world, being a victim of ones expectations, and truths realized. Nevertheless, I hold on to a measure of hope that jester can have his share of happiness in a love returned by someone who will love in return, for jester seems as though he cannot love by halves.
I'm so thankful for your work writing this inspiring story. Growing up Jane and the Dragon was one of my favorite shows, so as an adult when I learned that you were continuing the story I became so excited! And I loved being able to read through these chapters! It is so fun to see the way these characters developed and how their stories bring insights about real life into the tale.
I relate to Jester about how change can often be sad, especially when the change can be unknown to be hard. But I am glad that change can bring about good things, too.
I'm so excited for what happens next in the story, but I am glad you are making sure to put your well being first. I hope the best for you and your family 🕊️
Thank you. I really appreciate that. Its been a hectic few weeks of work and family commitments, but now I think I have the time to keep up with regular chapters here. getting comments from wonderful and supportive readers like yourself puts a real spring in my step and keeps me going with this. :)
I'm glad to be able to comment! That is good to hear that things are going well enough for you to post more regularly! I'm very excited about how the story is going! Thanks for the kind reply to my comment!
The Jane and the Dragon cartoon celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. I lost track of time and it already felt like 20 years to me, but it wasn’t official until now. Can you believe it’s already been 20 years since the show came out? Weta Workshop has released a Facebook post celebrating the show’s 20th anniversary with some concept art that I found quite interesting. It makes me yearn for the simpler times. Anyway, I’m curious to see what this mysterious book contains, and what the dagger is really for.
Thanks Erick, sorry for the long delay responding, it's been a hectic few weeks. Yes, 20 years! I can't believe it either, it feels like just a few years ago I was racing around trying to find investors and broadcasters to back me - and that was 24 years ago! Crazy.
Thank you Martin for another wonderful chapter! I especially enjoyed reading more of Jester’s perspective and emotions. Jane and the Dragon meant so much to me as a kid growing up watching the TV show. The show was an inspiration, showing that it’s possible for a girl to pursue a male-dominated field and excel in it! The fact that you as a writer chose to continue the story of Jane and the Dragon for all of the children who loved watching the show, shows how much you care about this charming story and its fans. I recently bought the reprint of Jane and the Dragon and absolutely loved reading it and appreciated all the illustrations. I sincerely hope that the rest of the original Jane and the Dragon books will be reprinted in the future. Thank you again for allowing me to escape into Jane’s world for another moment.
P.S. If you ever consider making more Jane and the Dragon illustrations, I always wondered what Jane would have worn to a ball hosted at the castle. In the “Shall We Dance” episode from the show, Jane refused to attend the dance if she could not wear her knight tunic. Naturally her mother said she couldn’t, so Jane didn’t end up going. A part of me always hoped that she would have combined part of her knight armor with a green gown, like the one she was wearing at the start of the original Jane and the Dragon book. I think it would have been a beautiful homage to the first book. It would be so nice to see an illustration like that.
Thank you Martin. I hope you are doing well. Please take care of yourself. I will be looking forward to the next chapter!
What a wonderful and thoughtful note, thank you so much. Yes, I've never left Jane's world, it has continued to grow in my head all these years as always knew the key elements of her future and her role with Dragon. I always hoped I could raise the finance for another series so I kept on writing scripts and a full history of the world and the characters as a 'writer's bible,' so continuing her story through a novel is my way of provoking potential investors and broadcasters into realising there is still a devoted fan base who would like more. let's see what happens. Once the book is out I will do a lot of marketing through Amazon and collect all the social media analytics as part of my next pitch. Fingers crossed! :)
That sounds quite exciting! Wishing you the best of luck with this process. I hope to continue supporting your efforts. It's wonderful to see that you are well and posting. Your response has really made my day. I've already read the new chapter and really enjoyed the imagery you used when describing Sir Theodore's eyes. I think this might have been my favorite chapter thus far, I just love when everyone is together.
What a very interesting chapter!
Seems like now, we know a bit more about Robert himself and his motives. Like Sir Theodore’s dear friend, someone else interested in Dragon. I mean we can all understand why and be curious on how a short life and a dragon can become friends. Then, how is it any different being friends with a dog or a cat? Like my best friend is Lily, who is my cat and despite her not being able to speak, she has a lot of personality spunky attitude, but loving and caring.
I do like the lullaby that Jane sung, as it reminded me back to one of the episodes where Jester lost his voice and then Dragon turned out to have a wonderful voice lol. Though, it’s hard to say if Jane has improved in her vocal work heh.
Oh my, Jester seems to overthink now that Jane and Robert could be an “item”, much to his heartbreak and confusion. I like how he isn’t sure what to feel, because in a way, he is still a young teenager who goes different implications of emotions. So of course, he wouldn’t feel familiar with the strange sensation of jealously. However, he needs to not let fear and anger cloud his judgement and trust for Jane interfere.
This was a really good chapter and a good one for the start of February too :)
You write such lovely and supportive posts, it really makes my day, thank you Holly.
A great chapter as ever. Though I was surprised no comment was said about her singing unless what she's doing is spoken word. I know in the show she was a terrible singer (even though her voice actress could sing). I resonate with jester and the lament of a changing world, being a victim of ones expectations, and truths realized. Nevertheless, I hold on to a measure of hope that jester can have his share of happiness in a love returned by someone who will love in return, for jester seems as though he cannot love by halves.
I'm so thankful for your work writing this inspiring story. Growing up Jane and the Dragon was one of my favorite shows, so as an adult when I learned that you were continuing the story I became so excited! And I loved being able to read through these chapters! It is so fun to see the way these characters developed and how their stories bring insights about real life into the tale.
I relate to Jester about how change can often be sad, especially when the change can be unknown to be hard. But I am glad that change can bring about good things, too.
I'm so excited for what happens next in the story, but I am glad you are making sure to put your well being first. I hope the best for you and your family 🕊️
Thank you. I really appreciate that. Its been a hectic few weeks of work and family commitments, but now I think I have the time to keep up with regular chapters here. getting comments from wonderful and supportive readers like yourself puts a real spring in my step and keeps me going with this. :)
I'm glad to be able to comment! That is good to hear that things are going well enough for you to post more regularly! I'm very excited about how the story is going! Thanks for the kind reply to my comment!