Posts by Julia Schmeelk

Challenging visitors often merit a name, most some form of description, and a few are simply background noise. Having lived in a tourist destination, my personal industry not being involved with the many visitors to our town, that is how they all seemed, unless they caused a problem. I applied the same principal to Grabon’s…

12 of the oldest, wisest and most powerful dragons on the continent are on the council. Each continent on the planet has its own council. Their job is to interpret the planet’s rules and set and enforce their own for all dragons to follow. Each territory dragon then sets the rules for their individual territory.…

We are going to be adding to the chart, but obviously only main characters are going to be listed. As the territory grows, as Grabon’s clan grows, as its place among the humans and the dragons grow, the number of characters becomes amazing. Athena my artist is working on an expansion, she is experimenting with…

In the beginning, the humans develop a sense that the newfound power they have is coming from the planet. They make references to the power of the planet. Among the humans there are theories about how the power came to be in the humans, in the animals, in the plants. Little by little, as their…

A frequently asked question is: does Brom ever get his own story? I think that’s a sneaky way of asking if he ever finds his mate, but the answer is yes! Look for Brom’s story… called The Hunter coming soon.

In most books that include dragons, they don’t focus on the dragon’s needs, but then they aren’t true characters. In Grabon’s Nest, he and Pia are the main characters, it is their romance. The same is true in the upcoming book Acceptance, the main characters are Lars, Porter, and Hipita. My dragons have all kinds…

The first book of the NewEarth Series is all about the characters. It is about Hanna, the goldcrafter with poor self confidence and a skill that leaves everyone else speechless. It is Gordon, ostracized because the amount of psychic power he has is intimidating to most humans, even those in his own family. It is…

One of my favorite creative exercises is trying to think like one of my dragons and insult someone. Maybe you make noises like a gibber, or you have slugs in your brain. It should be easy to understand the intent of the insult and it should make everyone smile. You are as big as a…