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Porter
Porter is an interesting character with some interesting ties to the territory when he shows up chasing LeeAnn at the end of book 4. You have the sense he is destined to stay when Grabon puts him in charge of Zack, but he becomes an important figure in book 5 helping out with things and…
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Waiting on Kindle
Grabon’s Nest is going out in the world. All the steps are taken, the last form and blank filled in, the kindle version will go live as soon as Amazon deems it ready. The print versions on sale now! The kindle is hopefully soon to follow, watch Amazon and of course my website, JuliaSchmeelk.com for…
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What would you take?
If you are like me, I take five sets of clothes for a three day trip and a full separate bag of toiletries, first aid, meds, tweezers, scissors etc. I have never been accused of traveling light. I find the idea of being caught without something I need more of a sign of poor planning…
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Book 5 update
Still no approval to move onward to the next step, so we continue to wait. This is the hard unpredictable part of it all and the reason it is impossible for me to say it will all go through on a given date unless I set the date way ahead. Be patient, I will visually…
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CP Sheppard Author
The Author of Flint of Dreams wrote the following about Gordon’s Pride. “Julia Schmeelk Author This book is excellent! You are very good at merging dialogue and narration to create a whole new world. Gordon and Hannah are a fascinating pair, each with unique qualities and powers. The dragon race is also very interesting. Great…
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Approval
Let me walk people through the steps for approval for one of my books to go live. step 1 write book step 2 beta readers step 3 multiple rounds of editing step 4 formatting step 5 CreateSpace build back cover (Athena designs front) step 6 submit files for approval step 7 book gets filed and…
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My Garden Grows
I am not a neat tidy row kind of gardener. I like to plant things in an amongst other things, not on barren stripped ground that gets sun baked and stripped of nutrients. Sometimes that works well, sometimes it doesn’t but it saves me a lot of time with weeding. I only pluck out anything…
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Primitive Living
I have been lucky enough in my life to live with indoor running water, both hot and cold; but I have known other people who could not afford such luxuries. None of them were environmentalists, by the way, they were all poor. The same is true of those who had no electric service. It was…
Read More💥 Fireworks 💥
We had a great time with our own display as well as watching others. The colors were brilliant, the booms loud and the smell of spent gunpowder are somehow all tangled up in the idea of freedom in America. Like many of our neighbors we took some care not to start a fire. We also…
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