Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Telephone People
Some poor fool called while I was in the middle of emailing my editor because I STILL HAD NOTHING IN MY IN BOX from her. Needless to say I was feeling less than kind, but I rushed to answer the phone, swallowing all the ire I had brought up to write the email. It was…
Read MoreAnother Delay!
Again I am running behind. Jo, my editor, is delayed on the second half of the first pass. Not because of a flaw in the story, she says, but because of her own scheduling conflicts. Instead of giving another date and failing to meet that date as well, I am leaving it open, saying I…
Read MoreThe Fan
When you move into a new house and a couple of switches are taped either up or down, it takes awhile to make the time and put forth the effort to take things apart and figure it out. The fan in the bathroom and it’s light was one of those switches, so we have been…
Read MorePrequel: The Report
After the dragon flew away, the settlers were convinced that they had been so nervous they had missed. They convinced themselves that somehow that creature, that dragon had flown away uninjured, not because of her skill or strength; but because all of them had made an error. They were so convinced of their species superiority…
Read MoreWonders
Today was one of those days when you look around and all you can think is, Wow! One of the many things that illicited that response was the icicles dripping from everything. We had one that went from the roof of our vehicle, down the side door, and pooled on the ground. Another big wow…
Read MoreThe Cold Goes On
So it was a whopping -24 today. A bit on the brisk side to be sure. The hair around my face frosted from my breathing when I took the dog for a walk. Jethro the mighty, likes to walk, even in frigid temperatures. The snow is too deep in the yard for him to run…
Read MorePrequel: First Meeting
Storm damage is scary, and the settlers, newly arrived to the planet had no way of knowing that storms like that were normal and the weather all along the coast was prone to high winds and rain. Farther inland the weather also had sudden snows, burst storms came from seemingly out of nowhere, with no…
Read MoreCold
It was not my intention to miss a few days on the blog, but the snow fell, the temperature dropped, snowplows dumped snow at the end of the drive, and Jo sent me a packet for book 7 – so I have been busy. We found the local Costco, yes one of my favorite stores.…
Read MorePrequel: Storm
The landing site had left them close enough to the coast to hike to the shore, but also near fresh water. There were trees, animals, and the weather while not hot, wasn’t cold, although the wind had a cold bite. Contraband tech was brought out and certain people tried charging their PCD’s (personal communication devices)…
Read MoreBook Give-Away
It has been so much fun giving away Grabon’s Nest, I am looking forward to doing something similar in February. Does anybody have a preference as to which book I should mark down for a few days? It probably won’t be until the last weekend of February, but let me know which book you think…
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