Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Collections
By now everyone knows we are packing and moving to the new house. Under normal circumstances I love my collections: pottery, blown glass, carnival glass, ceramics, crystal and even perfume bottles. I have a collection of flowers, vases, all kinds of bells and some really amazing pieces from all over the world. Packing them, I…
Read MoreMia and Pit
After the newly mated pair had recovered their senses once the bond was complete, Mia introduced Pit to her territory dragon, Konos. Pit had met him before, and he expected the older dragon to offer him a place in his clan if for no other reason than to keep Mia’s skills close. He did not…
Read MoreKind Words
The artwork highlighting author Julia Schmeelk’s NewEarth Series compliments her unique world building. It’s fun to see it happen! Julia’s dragons are atypical, powerful, intellectual beings. Their interactions with humans are very different than you might expect! The NewEarth Series is so unique, so detailed, and so well thought out, you will be quite impressed…
Read MoreA Cauldron of Candy
Aside from the cauldron of chocolate treats, we are not decorated for the holiday. Of course we have one of the best excuses, we are in process of moving, packing, going out of our minds. In some ways my house has been Halloweened for the last two weeks. Shifting items, furniture, disappearing items. You can…
Read MoreWhat’s Next
I look around at a sea of boxes, I have one whole room left which probably won’t take long, and then the last of the wall hangings. And then the collectibles. Wrap and pack! I started this entry this morning, got interrupted. We have jumped in and gotten more done, confirmed the pickup of the…
Read MoreMia And Pit
Mia is mate to Pit, but before that, she was a well known storyteller, accepted in a clan and given all the respect and fondness that someone in her position deserves. However, Mia had met Pit, had known him well enough to know he was her possible mate, he had tendrils on his power line…
Read MoreRun Away, Far Away
I have often wondered what awful thing must have happened that made my relatives pack what they could carry in a bag, board a ship, and take off to a country they had only seen in their imagination. Among my relatives there are stories of oppression, of the need to breathe free, to find a…
Read MorePacking to Move
As more and more of our things get wrapped and put in boxes, I am getting tired of moving boxes around. But I am fascinated by how many things I have that are shaped not to fit easily into a rectangular box. At some point, as I was stuffing one last thing in a box…
Read MoreCharacters
With every character I build for the NewEarth Series, I try to leave plenty of space for the reader to add their own interpretation to my descriptions. To that end, I am uninclined to correct the pronunciation of names, or give clear and precise facial descriptions. Athena adds to my descriptions, but she makes an…
Read MoreReviews
With six books from the series now available on Amazon’s shelves, in libraries, available through Barnes and Noble and hopefully on your phone or Kindle, getting reviews becomes even more important. New Readers need to know that people are reading and enjoying these epic fantasy novels as well as the entire series. So if you…
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