Portals to Imagination ~ The Julu Series

Author's Notes: Jack is eleven years old, and is a major character in the Julu series. A prophecy exists stating Jack will be the one to save Jirvania. Until a few short months ago, Jack lived a 'normal' life with his family on Mason's Island, Mystic Connecticut - until finding an opal dragon egg turned his life upside down... Jan: The first thing I'd like to say is thank you. Thank you for saving Jirvania. Jack: Uh, that's a little premature. I haven't saved anything yet. Jan: I believe in you. And I kind of have a hunch you will. Jack: Okay, thanks, I think. Actually I wanted to thank you.  Jan: Really? Jack: Uh, huh. Thanks for bringing my old history professor, Mr. Williams into the story. He was an awesome teacher. Jan: My pleasure. So, Jack, are you enjoying your story so far? Jack: It's pretty cool. I never imagined I'd be flying around on a dragon, that's for sure.  Jan: Can you tell us a little mor...

Welcome to the Julu series blog. I will be posting information on Author Signing events, Giveaways, personal thoughts and reflections, along with "Character Interviews' and information about 'Jirvania' ~ Book Two in the Julu series. Writing and publishing "Julu" has been a fantastic experience. I woke in the middle of the night a few years ago, with the words, "Julu ~ write her story" running through my head. I got up, wrote down the name and went back to sleep. In the morning, I remember asking myself, "Who is Julu?" I've always loved to write, so I sat down a few days later and began to outline some ideas that came into my head. Now, anyone who's ever written a novel knows, characters have this remarkable way of taking over a story and running with it, and that's exactly what the early Julu characters did. When I'm writing chapters in the Julu series, it's more like watching the scenes unfold and writing down...