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Characters
Someone recently asked me if any of my characters surprise me. I thought it was an interesting question as they always do. If I attempt to direct them instead on let them play out, I end up with stilted choppy writing that no one wants to read. However if the question was which character surprises…
Read MorePlanting Tomatoes
🍅 The favorite plant of mine, I plant multiple varieties and watch them flower and bloom with anticipation every year. This year I am trying some gardening tarp to see if it reduces weeds. I am also going to use an essential oils spray to ward off tomato horn worms. My plants have been growing for…
Read MoreThanks 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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New Cards
We are getting ready to go to Denver for the big RWA, Romance Writers of America, conference. A common practice is to exchange cards with real contact info among other authors, editors, and publishers. These cards have more information than you give a fan or reader which has the website url, in my case JuliaSchmeelk.com.…
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Back on Line
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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Utopian Literature
Most people are fans of the dystopian story, one that paints a world in one way twisted so badly that it highlights a weakness in society, whether it is the mob mentality of Lord of the Flies or the corrupting influence of technology and inattention of Ferinheight 451, the purpose of dystopian lit is to…
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Grabon’s Nest
Just about anyone will tell you that I am a work horse. I work a different pace from others and I have always been comfortable with that. If that means I do more, who cares, but lately it is causing some problems. Finding the pacing for working with my editor is a challenge. I like…
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Lunch Spot
One of the hardest things that we found about relocating is finding new stomping grounds. You have to find a new coffee house, a new lunch place, a favorite table at the library. There is a spot that has pie and ice cream and another that is good for pastry and cake. Chances are there…
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Zack
Zack is a human teenager, who due to circumstances you have to read for yourself in book 4, Healing, ends up a permanent resident in Grabon’s Nest. He is young, but not helpless, coming into his own abilities and learning to manage his overwhelming power. In time, he adjusts and becomes a powerful figure in…
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Herding the Calf
We were watching a movie, mostly in an attempt to keep my inner bitch contained while we wait. I am not the best at waiting, especially when things are running behind. At the moment we are waiting on my editor, the arrival of the modem, the working internet to finalize arrangements for a trip, results…
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Lightning
Shawn and I were standing at the front door watching the storm when lightning hit the house on Thursday morning. We jumped, poor Jerhro jumped and the cows huddled in the corner jumped. Every hair stood on end and we all looked somewhat ridiculous as the power flashed out. We were lucky, the house is…
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Medicated Bath
The vet recommended a weekly medicated bath for poor Jethro with a dilute bleach and baking soda rinse. So we use the garden hose for an outside shower, but with all these infected sores all over his body he can’t really be toweled dry. After 15 hours yesterday he was still damp in places. They…
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