Posts by Julia Schmeelk

We all know about “he said, she said” games, and the all time favorite, ” I never heard that, “ game. The truth is, humans are nasty to one another, and as it turns out dragons can be just as bad. In Brom and Mox’s story, The Hunter, Book 7, of the NewEarth series, we…

As anyone who has played in my fictional world on NewEarth can attest, avoiding a species conflict is one of the major goals of the Combined Territories, however they are a clan of fighters and they deter with strength. Watching real world conflicts along with real world destruction has left me feeling sad and hollow.…

As I deal with our crazy world and all the things that make me want to rip out my hair, I was plotting stories in my world of NewEarth as a comforting escape. Since I am teaching again, I realized I don’t have time to sit and rough draft, so instead, I started reading The…

They say first impressions are important, and I am sure the dragons share that particular belief. Imagine that poor dragon, a new territory holder with a small clan of her own, going out to introduce herself to the new arrivals. She landed outside the chaotic mess of their containers, roughly imagining the edge of a…

Have you ever taken a long road trip and wanted to kill your fellow passengers, slowly? Imagine a month or more in a ship racing through space, a cargo ship, with a few modifications for passengers. There were 120 original pioneers that headed out to colonize what they would later call NewEarth. Only 117 survived…

One of the best parts of starting something new is the absolute confusion. The need to learn a thousand new things all at once and knowing it is impossible. So you have a small window with permission to ask away, make mistakes and shrug when it comes to light. after all you are new. Not…