Discussion on NewEarth

When readers first meet Lars he is a visitor while the clan is doing a fast harvest ahead of a swarm of varasious bugs. He helps organize other visitors to gather berries and onion, mushrooms, and tubers as food sources that the humans use and the dragons of Grabon’s clan eat as well. All that…

Not every journey in my books is a quest, and not every quest is depicted as a journey. A reader asked me if I was deliberately writing quests into my stories, or if it happened by accident. I managed to swallow my tea and not spew it over my iPad. Don’t get me wrong it…

While Gordon and Hanna are fostering the mating bond between them, Gordon is anticipating each milestone. Shared emotions, shared sensations, and among the last in their case, shared dreams. When it doesn’t happen on schedule, Gordon is concerned and speaks to Heron. His fear is that something is wrong. Heron basically tells him to be…

Between human cultures, food is the great equalizer. It is the same with dragons who come into Grabon’s territory. Dragons may not be familiar with human customs of hospitality and the offering of food and drink, but they can certainly appreciate it. The idea that most dragons do not eat for texture or flavor, but…

Grabon has many friends, but when he realizes that Rok, Pit, Thane, Brom, and Griss are flying into his territory he is suddenly nervous. He has a few reasons and even as humans we can understand them. First off these are older, tough dragons who have watched him mature and always half threatened, half teased…

Being a single parent among the dragons is unheard of. In dragon culture if a youngster is conceived and birthed to a nonmated pair, it is left in the care of the territory dragon. If a female rejects her offspring, it is left in the care of a territory dragon. If a youngster is too…

🤔 In the NewEarth Series there is a general understanding that any individuals thinking can get twisted easily. It is up to their friends and clan members to untwist them. An example of this is thinking that your needs are more important than someone else’s simply because they are yours. The belief that one individual…

Building a new planet using nothing but imagination is a wonderful kind of freedom for the writer. Having an opportunity to work with an artist like a Athena Tivnan who manages to capture my animals and plants, humans and dragons so perfectly is a joy. Visit JuliaSchmeelk.com and take a look at the art gallery…

There are many physical differences between humans and dragons, yet they catch many of the same diseases, and can be treated with the same brews and energy. They are different about how they mature  and when; but humans sexually mature first, as do dragons. Later they physically, intellectually, and emotionally mature. Dragons fly, humans walk,…

There are a number of friendships that were established before the stories got started and many others that developed while readers were involved. The relationships between Grabon and his friends Brom, Rok, Pit, Thane and Griss were strong before they joined him in the territory, but they grew and expanded once the truth about his…