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I love having been homeschooled. It did wonders for me. I read hundreds of books a year, and learned at my pace, and developed good writing skills. If I have kids, they'll be homeschooled.

I have never heard of the book you mentioned. Could you describe it briefly, or should I google it?

One thing I didn't mention is that I'm Christian, and a Calvinist Presbyterian to boot though we talk about denominational divisions much around here. I've been in a very liturgical church for the past two years and I know it's affecting my writing, subtly, I just don't know how.

Farmer Giles, LOL!

Sant's book is an overall survey of dragon lore divided into two major sections. The first goes through various characteristics of dragons--psychological, physiological, magical, etc. The second summaries some major dragon legends from different traditions, culminating with sections on Tolkien and Le Guin's dragons. It has beautiful illustrations by an artist named Ciruelo.

I try to avoid getting into denominational divisions online in mixed denominational company :) But since you mention Calvinism, I will mention that one thing I've done is a comparative study of ideas about predestination in Aquinas and Calvin, which I found very interesting. Anyway, how do you find church affecting your writing?--sounds intriguing.