Posts by Julia Schmeelk
First Day Off
Since I started training for this job, I went into shadowing an expert, then yesterday I stumbled and fumbled on my own meeting many of my coworkers. It was really great and I think it’s going to be a great experience. Today is my first day off. Since yesterday was Mother’s Day and after being…
Read MoreTraining
Well it isn’t like a teacher inservice, and the skills are almost immediately transferable, but it does move quickly. 4:2 ratio of new to trainers. The new tech is a challenge. Not surprising mine didn’t work. No I didn’t drop it on the floor, but they replaced it soon enough. Today and tomorrow I shadow…
Read MoreFamily
There are many concepts associated with the word family, but the ones I use most often in the NewEarth Series is the idea of loyalty. Some families work, others are broken, some have been damaged by grief and loss, others were strained by distance and shifting loyalties. Families while often looked at as blood relations…
Read MoreNew Day Job
Well the day has finally arrived. I have been tested, checked, researched and today I begin the training. Hopefully it will go well. Naturally I am excited. The headquarters is a far distance, towards the city, and Shawn, my wonderful and ever so patient husband, is going to drive and wait the 4-5 hours so…
Read MoreNew Reviews
I have had a recent windfall of reviews, all positive for the NewEarth Series. It is always a thrill to learn what people think of these stories that have consumed my mind and taken over my heart. Reading about other people’s enchantment with the characters, their interpretations of the stories, or just their enjoyment is…
Read MoreRetirement
A really good friend of mine had his big retirement bash last night. Although we could not fly in to be there, Alaska is a long way for an evening event, we attended with a cyber connection, thanks to another good friend who held up her phone for hours. Thanks Danielle. Chris worked for 35…
Read MoreHumility
As you may have noticed, humility is not a common trait among dragons. It isn’t real common among the humans of NewEarth either, but it is even rarer among the dragons. When it shows up in Brom when his friends go to rescue his daughter, Starseth, it is almost surprising. But under that same streak…
Read MoreReArranging
The last couple of days I have been helping my folks rearrange things so a delivery can be made. Today we did the last of it, removing some safety bars from the doorway. Those safety bars are important for my parents to keep them spirometer falling, to add support as they go up and down…
Read MoreJommy and Thane
This is from NewEarth 8, a story I am sure readers are going to love. Thane of course is a dragon with a past. In the past he was often expelled from other territories for provoking others. He has no tolerance for pomposity and false arrogance. Jommy has escaped from a life of slavery. She…
Read MoreThe Wrong Kind
Every story I write, every bit of the NewEarth Series comes from some experience, some observation that I made about humanity, the natural world and ran it through my imagination and it came pouring out the other end. Generally looking very different than how it began. Mox, mate to Brom, is no different. She is…
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