Julia’s Latest Posts
The Trip
Have you ever taken a long road trip and wanted to kill your fellow passengers, slowly? Imagine a month or more in a ship racing through space, a cargo ship, with a few modifications for passengers. There were 120 original pioneers that headed out to colonize what they would later call NewEarth. Only 117 survived…
Read MoreNew Job Jitters
One of the best parts of starting something new is the absolute confusion. The need to learn a thousand new things all at once and knowing it is impossible. So you have a small window with permission to ask away, make mistakes and shrug when it comes to light. after all you are new. Not…
Read MoreThe Adventure Continues
I choose to find the good. It sounds simple and clean, but of course it isn’t. I write fairytales, not because I can’t see the bad, or because I think I am magically protected from it, but because bad is there. People need hope, they need to see the good. Once you start looking for…
Read MorePower Through
Recently I have been working in sales. As a writer, working in sales is amazing, you see and learn so much about humans and what drives them in all their moods. But seriously, the most mind bending thing I learned was not to try so hard. Any one who knows me, knows that I am…
Read MoreTech Challenges
One of the best parts of the modern world is our technology. This includes from our medicine to our machines to our computers. I don’t know about you, but it seems impossible to understand everything, and to keep everything working all the time takes experts. Knowing what pills to take for what condition would fill…
Read MoreHumans
One of the interesting facts about the humans in my stories: most have brown skin, some have brown hair, most are curly haired. Heron has silver hair brought on by grief, Trissy has two symmetrical silver streaks, also brought on by grief. While my dragons have a multitude of markings, horns, ridges, and features highlighted…
Read MoreProgress
Someone recently asked me if I was worried abut what someone else might think about a decision I made. It made me stop and think, not because I was concerned about what they would think, but because it was an interesting point. Other people have always judged me, often harshly, usually with no understanding of…
Read MorePolitics Aside
It is very easy to get caught up in political ideology, especially when our world is made up of sides, shades of light and darkness for every issue. People in power always deceive, always mislead, and curry the favor of the rich, powerful, and connected. Often to the detriment of those with less. My truth…
Read MoreOpportunity
In all my stories, opportunity and choice are huge factors. Dragons face opportunities and choices and so do humans. One of the reasons I am so fond of opportunities is because I take advantage of them in my own life. Do you take advantage of opportunities when they come your way?
Read MoreFairytales
Writing utopian novels for adults is interesting. When I tell people I write adult themed fairytales, the smirk they get let’s me know they are envisioning puff porn with some old themes or names. I usually laugh and tell them it is all about dragons and humans learning to get along in a combined society.…
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