Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Mia 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…
Read MoreThe Heartsinger
Can you imagine anything worse than realizing that the sister that has been both a challenge to love and a joy is really a killer? She confessed to being responsible for the tragic accident that killed your father a few days ago and left the two of you alone in the cold. Dotty heard it…
Read MoreColors and Markings
In the NewEarth stories, the humans are either light or dark skinned, meaning they are all mixed lineage and race. The recruits that joined EarthCorps expidition and settlement were from all over the globe, spanning all the continents of earth. Making the humans various shades of brown, with brown eyes and brown hair, hardly…
Read MoreOld Dear Friend
A great old friend came by, took us out to dinner before climbing back into his house on wheels and moving on down the road. He had called to say he might be in the area sometime this weekend. To our shock he was here before 4 pm. We visited, laughed, and enjoyed the meal…
Read MoreMice And Packing
During my two years in this house, I have systematically been poisoning the mice. The long term residence and any newcomers from the fields. The general theme of homicide has given me nightmares, but cohabitation with such messy creatures can be unbearable when they have zero respect for personal property. From the time I was…
Read MoreSpider and Toothpaste
It might be spider season, but I was not a happy person while I was brushing my teeth yesterday morning and glanced up at my reflection and saw a spider crawling across my face. With toothpaste in one hand and toothbrush and foam on the other, I smacked myself, only to realize the spider was…
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