Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Gibbers
So the thing to remember about the gibbers is they travel from tree to tree up high, on the ground and carry the news. Someone who has the ability to send a message through the gibbers could send it all across a continent if someone on the other end could also get a message from…
Read MoreTechnology
Everyday I learn something new, something interesting and unfortunately, something should have realized before. Today I figured out how to include an image with a post. Of course the reader has to hit the post to see it in full size, but I bet you guys catch on to that faster than I did. Of…
Read MoreBrom
You get to meet him in book 2, he has a reputation for being a bit of a trouble maker. He hangs with the other rebellious trouble makers and he’s been a friend of Grabon’s for a long time. Brom has a problem, one he has kept mostly to himself, but his friends know what…
Read MoreNice words…
As a writer there is no greater compliment than having a reader leave a review. The first review for Heron’s Bonds was left on Amazon and of course we have six reviews for Gordon’s Pride on Amazon. If you enjoy the story and want to compliment the author, leave a review, I guarantee you they…
Read MoreBefore the Sun
Some mornings the world is more visible before the sun rises. In that quiet moment, the light from the moon on the snow, reflecting back on a dark sky, slowly catching color from a distant dawn, all seems clear. Then a few moments later, shadows shift and reality returns and the world is as confusing…
Read MoreThe Flu
It is amazing how something like the flu can affect your thinking, planning and routines. My husband and I tend to assess what we have, medicine wise, go over liquids and comfort foods and assess if we need to get supplies or if we can last halfway or if we can hold out. If a…
Read MoreCrying over Characters
One of the strangest parts of being a writer is that these characters that I build become very real to me and I laugh over their triumphs and cry over their failures and sometimes what happens to them breaks my heart. In Gordon’s Pride I shed my first tear when Hanna tries to hand Gordon…
Read MoreAwkward Meeting
The scene where Trissy and Hanna meet for the first time, when Heron and Gordon leave them alone in Hanna’s kitchen, is so intense with unspoken voices. It reminded me of my first time alone with my sister-in-law, so much to say and no graceful way to even begin. Both women had things to say…
Read MoreKimmi
Can you imagine Kimmi’s reaction to Brom finding Jenny by using energy the way he does? I don’t mean her outward reaction, but her internal one. One of the reasons that Hanna and Gordon, Trissy and Heron find her difficult in the beginning is because she believes herself to be superior. She and Thorn believe…
Read MoreSnow!
Since leaving Alaska and moving to Missouri I have missed the snow. Not so much the ice or winds, but the snow. We got a dose of it up by Chicago when we visited with my parents, but it has been strangely absent from our landscape. This morning I woke to a world of white,…
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