NewEarth Series - Gordon and Grabon

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Heron’s Emotions

By Julia Schmeelk | January 25, 2018

Why does Heron go to such lengths to try and conceal his emotions from Trissy? Is it because of survivors guilt over the fires when he was a young man? Is it because of his feelings for Grabon and some of the other dragons? Is it because of the emotions that come into play because…

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Dragons

By Julia Schmeelk | January 25, 2018

While many people have rigid ideas of what a dragon should be, my own thoughts on the subject have always been a bit more fluid. In the beginning I considered having them have long hair, manes, and a less solid body type, but with six appendages, one set being wings. In the end I kept…

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Hanna’s washing trick

By Julia Schmeelk | January 24, 2018

In book 2 Hanna shows Trissy the trick and it turns out with practice she can do it as well. Maybe she doesn’t get as much water out as quickly, but it still lessens the drying time and amount of work it takes to wash clothing. Trissy’s reaction is of course, I wish I had…

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The Slide

By Julia Schmeelk | January 24, 2018

The idea of a slide was taken of course from the idea of an outhouse, you will see a variety of plumbing ideas as the series developes. Eliminating waste and depositing it somewhere gave me an interesting puzzle as I designed nests and built the culture of the dragons.

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Five Friends

By Julia Schmeelk | January 24, 2018

Grabon’s five friends come in to visit, to check out Grabon’s newly claimed territory knowing that in the past they challenged him to claim a territory and they would settle down and become the foundation of his clan. Whether they thought he would take forever to complete the task, or if they were hoping he…

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Griss

By Julia Schmeelk | January 23, 2018

The big red dragon who makes brews of all kinds had never intended to become a brewmaster like his sire because he has a different talent and thought he would have to choose between the two. Because of Grabon’s acceptance and willingness to see beyond the one role traditions of most dragons, Griss’ world opened…

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Earthquakes

By Julia Schmeelk | January 23, 2018

We have many friends in Alaska and this morning early, they were shaken awake by a seismic event. Sirens blared, the ground shook, and  the threat of battering waves of sea water forced them from their homes into designated safe zones. Fortunately they are all safe, sane and hopefully sleeping by now. I do not…

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Characters

By Julia Schmeelk | January 23, 2018

One of the problems starting in book 2 or Heron’s Bonds is keeping all the characters straight. As time goes on we’ll provide some charts and things, but my wonderful artist has provided a bit of a visual. Let me know if that helps.

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Post a review

By Julia Schmeelk | January 22, 2018

Did you know that the best way to thank a writer is to post a review of their book on Amazon? Based on the number of reviews on their site, Amazon will either promote a book or not. By adding a review, you add to the count that gets an author’s work promoted.

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Book 2

By Julia Schmeelk | January 22, 2018

You can see why we have the books all numbered as there are so many, but they also have nicknames. 1 is Pride, 2 is Heron and Trissy. As we publish more of the others I’ll give you the other nicknames. As people read Heron’s Bonds, I hate to put something in the blog that…

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Chicken Dog

By Julia Schmeelk | January 22, 2018

Our poor Jethro has a thing about thunder and lighting. It comes about because where he grew up ( he is 11) in Alaska there were plenty of storms, but no crashing noises from the sky or accompanying light shows. During the storms here, he acts as if Velcro had fastened him to us and…

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Gordon’s Reaction

By Julia Schmeelk | January 22, 2018

If you were Gordon and had seen your relatives treating Grabon and the others with anything less than respect would you have spoken up before Grabon and Heron noticed there was a problem? As soon as he realized that Trissy noticed, did you expect him to jump from his stool and throw them all out…

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