Empowerment

NewEarth1 - GordonsPride - by Julia Schmeelk

One of the most interesting comments people make about Gordon’s Pride is that Hanna is a downtrodden character who submits too easily and does not stand for herself against Gordon’s overwhelming strength and dominance. As humans when we have been consistently devalued, abandoned and in some cases physically neglected, the response is not usually an…

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World Building

The Youngsters - Red and Star

World Building is the fantasy term for the type of writing involved in creating NewEarth. Sometimes it is refered to as high fantasy and whatever you call it, it is great fun for the writer and hopefully equally adventurous and entertaining for the the reader. The trick of course is to keep a plane from…

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Parking Lot Adventures

We spent a good portion of the day shopping. At one point we were loading the scooter into the back of our Blazer and the cart, filled with goods, started to roll. A bag from a previous stop fell across the loading path for the scooter and needed to be moved. Between Shawn and I…

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Thanks for Reviews

To everyone who has read and left a review on Amazon, thank you!😃😃😃😁 As I may have mentioned once or twice, reviews are really important to independent writers. If you have read one of my books, or any book, please take a minute and write a review.

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Back on Line

NewEarth1 - GordonsPride - by Julia Schmeelk

Wow! 😮 Thanks to everyone for their forbarence, to Bryon for letting us use his WiFi, to readers for their willingness to stick with us and for family and friends in the face of our silence, thanks! We are once again online, now to catch up with everyone will take a few days. Keep reading!

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Howlers and Critters

NewEarth - Fanger

Many of the animals that are hunted by the dragons as food sources are predators. A few of them are herbivores, but that is the primary dietary difference between meat choices between the dragons and the humans. Dragons traditionally did not hunt based on food flavor or texture, humans if given a choice, do.

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Tall Grass Path

On the market grounds as described in Healing, NewEarth4, there is a tall grass path that leads to the storytellers cove. In the picture that Athena drew, you can see the path, as well as the tea stand where everyone pics up a cup of tea on their way into the cove to listen to…

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Outdoor Shower

The medicated bath and bleach rinse was a complete success. We managed to keep poor Jethro relatively calm, considering he hates the very idea of a bath in any shape or form. The hard part was keeping him outside until the bleach dried so it didn’t get on carpets, bedding or anything else. I wonder…

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Snake in the Grass

I was getting things ready to give poor Jethro an outdoor shower with a bleach and water after rinse, recommended by the vet to help him fight this skin infection that has been bothering him, when I skipped to the back of the house to get my fancy spray nozzle with 14 settings on a…

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New Pics

NewEarth 5 - Grabon's Nest by Julia Schmeelk

Athena my incredible artist has been hard at work creating visual scenes to go with various parts of book 5. The cover for Grabon’s Nest is very interesting and somewhat revealing, but I am trying not to give too much away. One of the new scenes is in the market, another in the nest at…

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