Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Character Charts
We are developing a character chart for NewEarth to assist readers with keeping characters straight in their minds, who is human and who is dragon and who is mated or bonded to who. I think most people will need some help by book 4 Healing, so we are working on that. These are the symbols…
Read MoreBentar Wagons
The reason bentar wagons are so popular on New Earth is because the birds are much smaller than cattle, are quieter, eat less, poop less and move slower. The wagons are smaller and while one bird has a limited weight it can pull, two does a good job. Bentar are generally tame, easy to handle…
Read MorePics for Posts
Does adding the pic for each post make it more interesting? Here we have Brom and Trissy both concealed in the woods while the pinarts prowl. It would have been a challenge, but Brom could have flown out, but Trissy was unsure if she could hold on. Instead, Heron came and got her and ran…
Read MoreConflict Resolution
Grabon seems to hold the belief that he can make the rules in his own territory. What happens if someone challenges that? Should Gordon and even Heron decide that a Grabon is wrong about something, can they challenge his leadership? What kinds of tools does Grabon have to resolve conflicts, aside from dropping an enemy…
Read MoreHess and Tad’s Father
If you were Eldon, a proud Farmer, a father and proud of your clan, would you be happy to see your oldest boys branch out and try something new, something different and something surrounded by so much conflict? Can you imagine the amount of snide and direct comments he has heard about his sons association…
Read MoreCows
Our house is surrounded by cows. Some of them are clever, some are sweet and some are stubborn enough to argue with a tree. It is amazing the range of personality traits one can observe from a cow who wanders the fields, eats grass, hay and feed. She looks after her baby, watches over the…
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Youngsters
When Trissy points her human finger at Grabon and demands a rule preventing any youngster from being expelled from the nest at fifteen, is she influenced by Heron’s understanding and feelings about what happens to maturing dragons? Why does Heron act as if he does not want to be involved in the discussion? Great questions…
Read MoreDry to Wet
The weather is fickle in the Midwest. Dry as dust, flash floods and fluctuating temps can make anyone expand their bag of emergency equipment. It has always been weird, only now it is even weirder. The extreames are growing so we get more. If you think we are confused by shifting patterns imagine the squirrels,…
Read MoreCross Culture
If you have ever found something fascinating in someone else’s culture from food to customs that you chose to add to your own, you understand what is happening between the humans and the dragons in Grabon’s Territory. Personally we have many things we have found and adopted, from a fancy table garbage for dining to…
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