Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Special Tea
If you are like me and enjoy a hot cup of tea at all times of the day, but enjoy spicing it up a bit, here are a few ideas: hot black tea, I prefer teatley, but Lipton or another brand will do, and a splash of 7up or any other 🍋 lime soda. hot…
Read MoreCharacter Driven
One of my favorite reviews was only 3⭐️ For Gordon’s Pride, but it said after you get past the dragons and the mystery of why people are trying to kill Hanna, Gordon’s Pride takes on the quality of “Little House On the Prairie” type of interaction. That is a nice way of saying all the…
Read More5 ⭐️ Review for Acceptance
5.0 out of 5 starsAwsome December 2, 2018 Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase Awsome story telling each book gets better than the previous ones. You can easily become so immersed that you might actually believe dragons are real I love reviews, and thanks thanks so much to this wonderful reader.
Read MoreThe Boxes
Decorating for the holidays after a serious move is always a challenge, but when you have to dig through stacked boxes to get to the ones labeled CHRISTMAS, it takes on a whole new level. I am tempted to empty all the boxes on my way to the ones marked for the holiday, but I…
Read MoreComplaint
Why can’t the world work according to the schedule in my head? If it did the house would take 5 minutes to clean, a great book would last six hours and a good book only five. If the world worked according to my rules fixing things would be fast and enjoying them would take time.…
Read More7 Seconds
A new house, new challenges, and new observations of human impatience. An understanding of the inner workings of toilets comes with age, or curiosity, I’m not sure which; but in any case, most people have fiddled with the back of a toilet at one time or another. We have a slow flushing toilet in the…
Read MoreYoungsters
I remember the day I realized I was going to be writing about baby dragons as well as human youngsters. I was really excited and started building developmental charts on how they matured and age approximations of when they changed and aquiered skills. Being a teacher in real life I think influenced my view, but…
Read MoreCharacter Confusion
When I began writing the series, I had no intention of writing a series, much less an interwoven series with so many characters that the average reader needed a chart to keep track of everyone and what species they are. By the third book, most people are looking for clues to confirm the idea that…
Read MorePorter
Porter came to the territory as a disgruntled human representative, hunting down LeeAnn and almost as soon as he decided to stay, he took on the task of helping out Zack. Little by little as he tries out different tasks Porter changes, his understanding grows and expands until he thinks he is able to represent…
Read MoreStrength
There are many different types of strength depicted in the NewEarth Series. The first being power and connection to the planet, then physical strength and size, third would be emotional fortitude and survival of trauma and grief, and next, the ability to rebuild and reinvent a life utterly destroyed by unpredictable events. Another strength is…
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