Romance, Language, & Territory Names

An image of dragons and humans playing together

Each novel in the NewEarth Series holds at least one romance, or forming of the mating bond, but it is not all focused on the mating pair, it is a continuation of the building of the territory. Each novel adds another piece to the expanding territory so that a whole new culture and society is…

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NewEarth Mating Bonds

My epic fantasy NewEarth Series has dragons, humans, and a planet with a mind of her own. She, the planet, is busy matching up the dragons and now the humans because she knows that a mated dragon is more stable and motivated to protect her and her interests. In some cases the matches make perfect…

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Book 7

NewEarth7 - The Hunter

A month ago I sent book 7 off to the editor knowing I would be editing in a sea of boxes in order to get the book done and ready for a January 10, 2019 release date. Jo, my very talented editor, was having family tragedy of her own at the time and was attending…

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Mia and Pit

Mia

After the newly mated pair had recovered their senses once the bond was complete, Mia introduced Pit to her territory dragon, Konos. Pit had met him before, and he expected the older dragon to offer him a place in his clan if for no other reason than to keep Mia’s skills close. He did not…

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Mia And Pit

Mia

Mia is mate to Pit, but before that, she was a well known storyteller, accepted in a clan and given all the respect and fondness that someone in her position deserves. However, Mia had met Pit, had known him well enough to know he was her possible mate, he had tendrils on his power line…

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Characters

With every character I build for the NewEarth Series, I try to leave plenty of space for the reader to add their own interpretation to my descriptions. To that end, I am uninclined to correct the pronunciation of names, or give clear and precise facial descriptions. Athena adds to my descriptions, but she makes an…

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The Heartsinger

NewEarth3 - The Heartsinger - by Julia Schmeelk

Can you imagine anything worse than realizing that the sister that has been both a challenge to love and a joy is really a killer? She confessed to being responsible for the tragic accident that killed your father a few days ago and left the two of you alone in the cold. Dotty heard it…

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Colors and Markings

The Six Dragons of Grabon's Territory

In the NewEarth stories, the humans are either light or dark skinned, meaning they are all mixed lineage and race. The recruits that joined    EarthCorps expidition and settlement were from all over the globe, spanning all the continents of earth. Making the humans various shades of brown, with brown eyes and brown hair, hardly…

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Challenges *book 6 info

NE6 -Acceptance

 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…

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Age Categories

fishing

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…

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