Julia’s Latest Posts

For those who have been following my job hunt, my interview and later observation went great, but the school decided to restructure making use of staff already on board. Back to the drawing board, but wiser. We hope to have some new options by Friday. The challenge of course is I want to retain my…

The convenience of auto pay is not to be dismissed. It is easy to sign up, it requires very little maintenance and it ensures to both you and the company that the money will arrive on time. The drawback is when you discontinue services. We moved in November and our old phone and internet provider…

Getting a new job, moving, gardening, and getting older, puts a certain strain on the body. I have to be careful anyway not to become too sedentary, spending so much time at the computer. Using the Wii Fit in the past has allowed me to create a work out routine that was fast, easy to…

On March 11th – 13th I am listing the kindle version of Gordon’s Pride for FREE. Why do I do it? I want to increase readership, get people to write reviews, and spread the word about this amazing new series. How does it work? You go on Amazon, Put in the Schmeelk name and look…

I had the wonderful opportunity to observe a middle school therapeutic program. It was really wonderful to see the staff working so well together and the kids were all working to improve their levels or “status” and gain privileges. Everyone was really kind and supportive. As far as whether I get hired, it will depend…

On Twitter with the limited number of characters allowed for a post and the extensive #writers-community, they have originated some games that highlight main characters, plot twists, opening lines, genre merges and more. I would invite everyone to check out the amazing works being produced by the writing community as they are all struggling to…

The search has been exhaustive, but I have made several positive steps. I managed to get in with a broker firm for specific types of jobs. Sunbelt Staffing operates as a contractor; paid by schools, hospitals, and institutions for vetting and placing people in those hard to fill positions. So I work for Sunbelt, retain…

My name is Julia Schmeelk and I write my own books. In the world of Indie Publishing, there seems to be a rash of plagiarism, also an entire culture of people writing for others, collecting a fee per word. (These are called ghost writers and are usually grossly underpaid and under valued) I am not…

I was paging through Facebook and Twitter, as I do from time to time, and I came across a woman asking about characters with disabilities. I answered that the NewEarth Series has at least one disabilities described in each book, a challenge that a character, human or dragon, has to work with and she asked…

Aside from the whole make-it-up as you go, invent a world, populate it, and set your characters free- god like powers, a writer has a few other joys. One of them is working your but off to tell a story, and later, years later, going back and rediscovering it. I have a bank of books,…