Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Travel Success
We made the trip with two dogs and survived! The activity level was a little starteling, especially as she bounded to the back, perched on the suitcase for the best view and proceeded to chew on some unknown object. After a few trips to the front with her plan to sit on the dashboard stymied,…
Read MoreFabulous Day!
Book 6 is coming together! Tomorrow we travel, Wednesday we go to see the new house for the inspection, we are taking Sweety to my parents, I finished my edits and everything is falling into place, phew! Oh, and I got this fabulous 5⭐️review on Amazon for Heron’s Bonds! It is an amazing day! Sandy Signing…
Read MoreEquality
In every one of the NewEarth books, equality is a theme. The equal treatment of humans and dragons, the equal treatment of dominants vs nondominants. Even the equal treatment of territory dragons and clan dragons. They debate fair as opposed to equal, they discuss the value and consequences of equality, and they note each difference…
Read MoreGrabon
Can you imagine the responsibility of being the territory dragon? You are not only the judge, jurry, and executioner, you are the voice of reason, kindness, protection and limits. As a territory dragon you make the rules for your territory, you also enforce those rules, recruit your clan and train your fighters. It is is…
Read MoreDavid’s 🎂
My nephew is legally an adult. I remember when we found out Heike was pregnant, much less the day he was born. He is a brilliant kid, not necessarily at school stuff, but he lights up a room. He is social, fun to be around. He helps out his grandparents. He is always willing to…
Read MoreLast Day!
I love giving books away and this has been a good one. The promotion ends at midnight tonight, so be sure to download a copy before then. Heron’s Bonds is a favorite of mine, not only telling the story of Trissy, Jenny, and Mattie, but the formation of Grabon’s clan. You also see Hanna and…
Read MorePuppy Adventures
Sweety and Jethro have become friends and that is a good thing since they are living in the same house. My very special Jethro has never had the opportunity to mentor a puppy and he obviously takes the responsibility seriously. He is doing his best to help her out and keep her out of trouble.…
Read MoreEditing 😟
Do you know the hardest part of editing? It is not seeing all the marks on the pages; over 600 pages for one of my books filled with corrections, suggestions, alternatives and possibilities. I plow through those, reading everything turning the marks on and off, seRch my vocabulary and rephrase without difficulty. It is not…
Read MoreHopeful House
Excitement builds. The building inspection is Wednesday, naturally we are going to be there, and also taking Sweety to her forever home. My parents are interested in adoption. With fingers crossed and breath held we are hoping this is the house of our dreams. Everything looks fantastic. All systems seem to be go. Arrangements are…
Read MoreHeron’s Bonds
How many stories are in each of your books? Someone asked me recently; and I shrugged, because I don’t use a pattern, so it is never the same number. I do tend to have several stories going on at the same time. I always thought that made for an interesting read as long as they…
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