Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Joy of Writing
Aside from the whole make-it-up as you go, invent a world, populate it, and set your characters free- god like powers, a writer has a few other joys. One of them is working your but off to tell a story, and later, years later, going back and rediscovering it. I have a bank of books,…
Read MoreBook 8
I worked on the Newsletter and started putting things together for book 8. I completed the story in 2014 and I have done some self-editing, but not in the last year, so I wanted to make sure I sent the best descriptions to Athena, my wonderful talented illustrator, as she begins to work on the…
Read MoreNormal Costume
So am am starting to get ready for an interview, they are looking for someone who can case managing a certain group of students. I am interested in learning more. The school is less than 20 miles from my house, so that will be nice. As far as I know, it will only be for…
Read MoreSpecial Olympics
I am a huge fan of ’Special O’ and all it represents. This weekend we were able to go to a basketball tournament, cheer on the athletes and add to their coufers. It was wildly exciting and we had a great time. I would encourage anyone to join one of these events and help out…
Read MoreBusy Saturday!
Despite the rain and warmer weather, it was above 32, for which we were glad, we needed to clean out the 4-6 inches of packed ice from in front of the garage. Why you ask, frowning in puzzlement? It was melting and flooding the garage. So I packed up our tools, my husband’s amazing scooter…
Read MoreThe Gibbers
The first gibber made his contribution when Kev first speaks to one in Gordon’s Pride and he finds out someone has been in Hanna’s small cottage. Listening to Heron and the boy discuss the small creatures and the gossip they carry from tree to tree, you get the sense that they are the busybodies of…
Read MoreRelationships
What is your favorite relationship that is highlighted in the New Earth Series? Is it the companion bond between Grabon and Heron? Or do you prefer the companion bond between Hess and Tad? Or maybe you prefer the one between Porter and Lars, or even between Jamie and Janie. The companion bond is a life…
Read MoreDystopian and Utopian
In an imperfect world, humans struggle to do the right thing. Is that dystopian? If the world is twisted so it appears idyllic yet is rotted underneath, is that dystopian? A world filled with blood sucking vampires that prey on the innocent, no matter how kind they seem is dystopian. Yet reality is often dystopian…
Read MoreThe Hunter
The story of Brom and Mox is delayed again, I got a note from Jo my poor overstressed editor. She has not had a chance to even look at it for the past week. Her last installment covered only 40 pages. She is hoping that by the end of this month or possibly the middle…
Read MoreHoops
I made the decision to renew my teaching credentials in Illinois, and I could have made myself crazy trying to figure out what to do. Instead, we went over to the country office of education and I walked in and spoke to a group of people. After they got passed looking at my certificate that…
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