5⭐️‘S for Healing

So happy and grateful to rejoin my friends on New Earth! And to meet such wonderful characters as LeeAnn and Golly and Zach. Really love The Market ~ wish I could go there! This series just keeps getting more and more fascinating, with more and more characters and amazing events! Another real page turner!

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World Building

The Youngsters - Red and Star

World Building is the fantasy term for the type of writing involved in creating NewEarth. Sometimes it is refered to as high fantasy and whatever you call it, it is great fun for the writer and hopefully equally adventurous and entertaining for the the reader. The trick of course is to keep a plane from…

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New Characters

NewEarth Character Map

As we get into book 5 of the series and I begin work on book 6 getting it ready for an October release date, the number of characters a reader is keeping track of becomes overwhelming. That’s why we are working hard to come up with the best kind and form of character map. If…

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An Old Favorite

I am rereading Thea Harrison’s Elder Races Series. Has anyone else read her stuff. She does an amazing job of blending the fantasy and our current world. She is an amazing author, builds fine, strong characters and blends, myths, legends and her own special brand of fantasy with a healthy dollop of passion and history.…

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Car 🚘 Trouble

Julia Schmeelk - Author of the NewEarth Book Series

Yesterday we heard a funny noise, but it stopped. Today Shawn was sitting on the porch smoking when looking at the truck he noticed that one wheel was not straight. The mechanic is on his way with a tow truck to decide if it is drivable. As convenient as vehicles are, I sometimes wish I…

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Feedback Time

The Six Dragons of Grabon's Territory

I included a character map in the beginning of Healing book 4. Did people find it helpful? Would it be better placed at the end? Should I have not include characters from that book? Feedback is appreciated. On the website is a character map- pictorial, have people found that to be helpful? Should I keep…

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The Market and Dragons

It is not that dragons don’t trade, it is not that they aren’t industrious, but they don’t trade and sell goods like humans with a drive and abandon towards consumerism. However, the idea has appeal as we find out as dragon’s come from all over the continent to participate in the Dragon Market in Grabon’s…

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Parking Lot Adventures

We spent a good portion of the day shopping. At one point we were loading the scooter into the back of our Blazer and the cart, filled with goods, started to roll. A bag from a previous stop fell across the loading path for the scooter and needed to be moved. Between Shawn and I…

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Characters

NewEarth Character Map

Someone recently asked me if any of my characters surprise me. I thought it was an interesting question as they always do. If I attempt to direct them instead on let them play out, I end up with stilted choppy writing that no one wants to read. However if the question was which character surprises…

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Planting Tomatoes

🍅 The favorite plant of mine, I plant multiple varieties and watch them flower and bloom with anticipation every year. This year I am trying some gardening tarp to see if it reduces weeds. I am also going to use an essential oils spray to ward off tomato horn worms. My plants have been growing for…

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