Posts by Julia Schmeelk

 In book 6: Acceptance, the territory develops the challenge field. To clarify, Grabon and Heron spent many cycles fighting challenges in other territories. Heron was known as a fierce pet, fighting by Grabon’s side against teams of challengers. He even fought challenges alone against dragons who were determined to test his skill and suspected that…

Writing fantasy and not having half naked women with weaponry does not automatically place the story in the young adult category. The NewEarth Series is not considered for people under 18 because of the themes, ages of the characters, topics, sexuality, and concerns of the characters. However, I never object to readers, so if someone…

Someone asked me where the idea of a Heartsinger came from, and I have to admit I have no idea. What I do know is that humans, and the dragons I created, have a long history of hiding their emotions from others and from themselves. Those emotions hold a great deal of destructive power and…

Did you know that Hanna has anxiety? Had you noticed that Gordon was ostracized by his peers, Grabon was made fun of and criticized as a youth. Very few of my characters had easy childhoods and if they did, something else happened to them along the way. As a teacher and growing up myself I…

One of the big questions from publishers, writers, readers, publicists is what book does yours resemble. Is it a “Steven King” type? Is it more of a “Feehan” story line? Are your dragons like Pern dragons? What writer do you emulate in style? Those questions always leave me stammering. Well, my stories are certainly not…

Aside from a psychic difference of their being tendrils on the power line, what makes a territory dragon different from a clan dragon? This is a great question. Many dragons are born with the tendrils, choose never to use them to claim a territory. On the other hand, more than 60% of dragons don’t have…