Posts by Julia Schmeelk
My Cup is Filling Up
In case you didn’t hear me shouting for joy, or catch a glimpse of me doing an outrageous happy dance, I got a new review for Gordon’s Pride. For those keeping track, it is the 13th for Gordon and Hanna’s story. 5🌟’s Loved this start to the New Earth Series. “This sci-fi is very different…
Read MoreDragon Anatomy
I love it when people ask questions about the structure of my dragons. It means that I created a people that can live and breathe in the imagination. For a writer there is no greater compliment. Yes, dragons have five fingers and toes similar to humans, only in the case of dragons, two of them…
Read MoreApril Snow Showers
Our plan for the day was to watch my very talented niece sing and dance her way across a stage. Instead we coped with 8+ inches of heavy, wet, sticky snow. Driving was impossible, as too many people found out. Fortunately we were able to hunker down and stay put. My parents ventured forth in…
Read MoreMy Library
My newly painted library looks like a fountain of books exploded, but it is all part of the sorting process. So far I am pulling thirty authors and making collections of their books and locating them in different places. Once all the boxes are opened, those thirty authors will be situated and I can start…
Read MoreJob Hunt Continues
I keep filling out applications. Some interesting opportunities are around. One of them is working for a company that produces and sells educational supplies. I applied for development positions. There are jobs, don’t get me wrong, but I want to work close to home. No more than 30 minutes by car, so in an emergency…
Read MoreLibrary -My Own
I believe I may have mentioned that we own a few books. Well today, thanks in large part to our friend Jack Walsh who painted downstairs, and my dad who donated the boards to get us started, I began setting up the library. It is a long drawn out process, but to begin is a…
Read MoreA New Book
I do a lot of reading. My taste spans many different genres but yesterday I bought a book, the 17th in that series. I have read them all but this one is Cross Breed by Lora Leigh. It is fantasy romance with genetically modified ‘breeds’ of differing kinds. Naturally I read it, all 300 some…
Read MoreGenerational
I was talking to my mother about my blog post about scrounging and finding the perfect pile of wood, only to discover that it was inhabited by rattle snakes. 😟 I concluded by reminding her that my husband and I have found some amazing things over the years. It turns out, the scrounging bug is…
Read MoreScrounging
As people spring clean their houses, many of them drag out unwanted items and pile them by the road, making a feast of possibilities for veteran scroungers. Shawn and I have always made use of such opportunities, just as I dig through our things and drag out our own pile of unwanted items. It is…
Read MoreA Beautiful Day!
I was hoping Jo, my editor, would have a packet for me leading towards the release of book 7, The Hunter, but it looks like her work may be still stalled. Instead, I spent a good portion of the day outside. When I wasn’t outside I was with my dad. We are having fun planning…
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