Posts by Julia Schmeelk

The idea of being equal yet different is a huge part of the NewEarth world. Hanna may have been traumatized, but she is equally important, and equally valued to everyone else. Gordon may have the most visible, vibrating power, but he is equally valued as anyone else. Not more, not less. The same is true…

How many of you have used guilt as a weapon? It’s not one of my favorites when dealing with most people, but it has been known to come in handy from time to time. I’ve been editing The Hunter, getting it ready, and there is a big guilt scene in one part. The reader gets…

After many false starts and lots of rattled nerves, Jo, my first and favorite editor is back to work on book 7. It has been so long and I felt that the story might have gotten scattered and disjointed, I have been taking some time to go through it. Under the circumstances, with our pandemic…

The thing about Grabon’s Nest that makes it different from most romances, isn’t that Pia is a dragon, although that might raise a few eyebrows. Of course, Grabon is also a dragon, so that shouldn’t really signify. It isn’t the color bigotry- as humans we see that along with false myths about people who might…

Watching the news, following the pandemic, because really what choice do we have, I gave myself a giggle wondering how Gordon and his Farmer’s wisdom would deal with covid19 and all the idiocy that surfaces around a disaster here on old earth. Here are a few of my thoughts… feel free to add your own.…