Driven By Its Founding Writer-Entrepreneur Falbe Publishing Expands Dragon Website Due to Consistent Interest

Alongside the rise of consumer generated media has been the blossoming of writer entrepreneurs who are better able to cultivate audiences with the wide reach of the internet and grow a business. Founder of Falbe Publishing, Tracy Falbe, considers herself to be a writer entrepreneur who is learning to capitalize on her individual desire, creativity, and technical savvy.

Among her many projects, Falbe's Chico, California publishing company has just significantly increased the content at its website "Dragon Ride." As a publisher of websites, ebooks, and trade paperbacks, Falbe Publishing straddles both the print and digital mediums, and is currently in the process of enlarging its online presence through the development of websites on various topics meant to inform and entertain.

In addition to authoring novels and nonfiction how to books and ebooks, Falbe is currently pursuing the web publishing business model in order to further promote her company and topics she finds interesting. Her latest web publication "Dragon Ride" demonstrates how she combines a topic of personal interest with a professional presentation and business acumen. Any web publisher wants to produce subjects to attract a sizeable audience, and dragons have the potential for a winning combination.

The perennial popularity of dragons as a subject became apparent after the initial online publication of "Dragon Ride" at the end of 2006. The website devoted to dragon history, Chinese dragons, and dragon tattoos enjoyed above average traffic. This was due to the fact that the term dragon typically generates over 200,000 searches on any given month, which led to the decision to expand the dragon website.

"Dragon Ride" can now boast dozens of articles about dragon legends, dragon myths, and dragon slaying stories. Of particular interest are articles about rare and extinct animals that are thought to be inspirations for dragon stories. The most obvious of these is the real life Komodo dragon, which truly is a fearsome killer worthy of its dragon name.

Another article included at "Dragon Ride" recounts the legend of the Piasa that was a dragon-like bird killed by the Native American Illini tribe in Pre-Columbian times. Petroglyphs of the Piasa were carved into cliffs overlooking the Mississippi River and reported by the French explorer Father Jacques Marquette. Although the original petroglyphs have been destroyed, a recreation of the Piasa petroglyph can today be viewed on cliffs near the town of Alton, Illinois.

Many of the articles were researched and written by Falbe, but articles by other writers are published at the site as well.

Although the subject areas produced by Falbe Publishing vary, some of its other sites complement "Dragon Ride" like its epic fantasy imprint and a website with sword buying guides.

In addition to its numerous websites, Falbe Publishing produces straight to the facts how to reference works in trade paperback or ebook formats. These titles are Get Dicey: Play Craps and Have Fun, Creating Publicity, and SEO Success: Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization.