Posts by Julia Schmeelk

Has anyone else noticed that phone manners have changed? When I was a child we answered the phone with a family greeting. We were taught to say goodbye before we hung up, my mother insisted that we not announce that someone was in the bathroom and it was considered necessary to cover the speaker when…

As some of you may know, I am currently looking for a day job to pay for my expensive writing habit. I laugh, but I need to sell a lot more books before it pays for art and advertising. That being said, I am not giving up but willing to work to buy more time.…

I know people who refuse to medicate a cold or the flu. I am not sure how they manage, but I firmly believe in treating symptoms. I despise being forced to surrender to some foul bacteria or virus and relinquish my daily plan. That being said, I am guilty of spreading disease. When it is…

Like a ton of other people, I got a new shirt for Christmas. I wore it for the first time yesterday and discovered an odd little problem. I am guessing that most of you have encountered a problem like this with a piece of clothing, it rides up. It is an underlayer shirt, meant to…

Some of you may know that I quit smoking, almost a year ago. I had made a couple of efforts after my heart episode, but the flu last year did the trick. By the time I was well enough to step outside, I hadn’t had a cigarette in 14 days. So while Shawn has cut…

As we get ready to tackle the band new 2019 and pin it down, I recall last year at this time when I had only just released Gordon’s Pride and was getting ready to put out Heron’s Bonds. I have learned a lot since then. About selling books, marketing, formatting, publishing, giving away books and…