Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Humans are People
By the time you are done reading Gordon’s Pride, you understand that the dragons view the humans as beasts and have a certain curiosity about Heron, who they consider to be Grabon’s pet. By the end of book 2 or Heron’s Bonds you know that Grabon and Heron are attempting to educate dragons that humans…
Read MoreMosquitoes
If mosquitoes sucked fat instead of blood, how many of us would lie down and let them take all they wanted? On the other hand, there are people who do not have any body fat to spare… they would be victims of these fat sucking monsters.
Read MorePoisoning the Skeeters
I did not include those small bloodsuckers in my NewEarth world because I do not think they deserve the attention. What a pest they are, even discounting the diseases and health risks, just based on pure annoyance, they are a menace. It is not going to hurt my feelings to poison them and wipe them…
Read MoreTravel Day
During our travel yesterday we came to a traffic clog, with warning messages about an accident. Everyone moved over, lots of backup for what seemed like miles of road. I was sincerely hoping they would have the blood cleaned up before we passed. When we were finally able to see something it was a plane…
Read MoreWeight Limits
I am a big person, come from big people, and we have very little guilt about it, unlike some other big people who spend their lives apologizing and starving themselves to fit in someone else’s idea of size, but I digress. This rant is about weight limits. Why would they have a 200 lb weight…
Read MoreFolding houses
I am showing my age, but do you remember the Jetson’s with their compact cars etc? We were talking about those cool engineered houses where you basically park and hit the button, run like hell to get out of the way, and the house forms; walls, roof, steps, porch, and everything. They are amazing, but…
Read MoreSelf-cleaning Fridge
The fridge needs to be cleaned out… one of my least favorite chores, but putting that off won’t make it more pleasant, that’s for sure. Did you ever wonder why we don’t have self-cleaning fridges? I need one with a fridge frog, able to consume unwanted foods, liquids and spit out containers ready to be…
Read MorePacking and Planning
Yesterday, I joyfully released the 5th book of the NewEarth Series to walk alone in the world. Last night, Shawn and I celebrated and went out for a wonderful dinner. Today we shopped and got things ready for our trip. We leave on Wednesday. First to see my parents, drop off Jethro and mosey on…
Read MorePorter
Porter is an interesting character with some interesting ties to the territory when he shows up chasing LeeAnn at the end of book 4. You have the sense he is destined to stay when Grabon puts him in charge of Zack, but he becomes an important figure in book 5 helping out with things and…
Read More