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Colors and Markings

By Julia Schmeelk | April 24, 2019

If you have seen any of Athena’s amazing illustrations of my characters, you might have noticed that dragons have a number of very interesting colors and markings. Mia tells a good story about how those colors and markings came about, but much like skin color here on earth, it is inherited and doesn’t mean very…

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Sri Lanka

By Julia Schmeelk | April 22, 2019

It sickens and saddens my heart to hear of any group that believes that by murdering groups of people they can make a political point and back it up with influence and fear. It never proves anything but that they are monsters, with no respect for life, not even their own. Killing to make a…

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Interesting Interview

By Julia Schmeelk | April 22, 2019

It was an old respected company, but they had many positions to fill seeing as how they were opening a number of new offices. Instead of the usual one to one interview, or even as a candidate facing a team, this was eight candidates or applicants sitting in a room for a presentation. The presenter…

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Heron’s Bonds Review

By Julia Schmeelk | April 21, 2019

This wonderful reader gave Heron’s Bonds 5 magnificent 🌟 ”The story of New Earth continues with Heron, and how he finds his mate, Trissie, along with Trissie’s four year old sister. How they struggle to be a loving couple while adjusting to being so close to another person, not just physically, but mentally as well.…

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Opportunity Usually Knocks

By Julia Schmeelk | April 17, 2019

I think I blogged about the solar power system we are having installed at my folks house. Well last night a help wanted advertisement for that company came across my desk. I applied, sending in my resume. Today I had the first interview over the phone. Wednesday I have another interview. Sometimes opportunity knocks down…

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My Cup is Filling Up

By Julia Schmeelk | April 17, 2019

In case you didn’t hear me shouting for joy, or catch a glimpse of me doing an outrageous happy dance, I got a new review for Gordon’s Pride. For those keeping track, it is the 13th for Gordon and Hanna’s story. 5🌟’s Loved this start to the New Earth Series. “This sci-fi is very different…

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Dragon Anatomy

By Julia Schmeelk | April 16, 2019

I love it when people ask questions about the structure of my dragons. It means that I created a people that can live and breathe in the imagination. For a writer there is no greater compliment. Yes, dragons have five fingers and toes similar to humans, only in the case of dragons, two of them…

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April Snow Showers

By Julia Schmeelk | April 14, 2019

Our plan for the day was to watch my very talented niece sing and dance her way across a stage. Instead we coped with 8+ inches of heavy, wet, sticky snow. Driving was impossible, as too many people found out. Fortunately we were able to hunker down and stay put. My parents ventured forth in…

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My Library

By Julia Schmeelk | April 13, 2019

My newly painted library looks like a fountain of books exploded, but it is all part of the sorting process. So far I am pulling thirty authors and making collections of their books and locating them in different places. Once all the boxes are opened, those thirty authors will be situated and I can start…

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Job Hunt Continues

By Julia Schmeelk | April 12, 2019

I keep filling out applications. Some interesting opportunities are around. One of them is working for a company that produces and sells educational supplies. I applied for development positions. There are jobs, don’t get me wrong, but I want to work close to home. No more than 30 minutes by car, so in an emergency…

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Library -My Own

By Julia Schmeelk | April 12, 2019

I believe I may have mentioned that we own a few books. Well today, thanks in large part to our friend Jack Walsh who painted downstairs, and my dad who donated the boards to get us started, I began setting up the library. It is a long drawn out process, but to begin is a…

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A New Book

By Julia Schmeelk | April 11, 2019

I do a lot of reading. My taste spans many different genres but yesterday I bought a book, the 17th in that series. I have read them all but this one is Cross Breed by Lora Leigh. It is fantasy romance with genetically modified ‘breeds’ of differing kinds. Naturally I read it, all 300 some…

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