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Challenge: 2011 Reading Challenge from Goodreads

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Challenges 2011 Reading Challenge Heidi has completed her goal of reading 25 books in 2011! hide 30 of 25 (120%) view books This was a good reading year!! I set the goal of 25 books back in January not knowing if I could make it, and I surprised myself with 30. Why is less than one book a week such a big deal? Because after grad school, I had a difficult time balancing reading and writing...and being overly critical. Every book I picked up would be like an assignment to me, rather than a pleasure. I used to go into critiquer and editor mode immediately upon starting a book, and quite honestly, it never allowed me to see the story for all of the criticisms I had. But this year was a break-through for me. I let head-hopping slide--for the most part. I skipped over grammatical errors and forgave copy editors. I smiled at what I considered silly language and kept my focus on the plot and characters. I reminded myself that, even if I would have

SFFS: Snippet from GREENSHIFT #2

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SFFS Snippet TALES FROM THE AMBASADORA-VERSE: GREENSHIFT Greenshift is a novel set in the Ambasadora-verse one month before Ambasadora begins. DESCRIPTION: David Anlow, a fleet captain forced into early retirement and jaded by an ex-lover, now spends his lonely days shuttling around a group of scientists for hire. Boston Maribu, Mari to her friends, is one of his passengers, a young botanist who is as beautiful as she is naïve and innocent. When Mari asks David to teach her about more than just piloting the Bard , nights on their ship heat up and their feelings for each other mature into a relationship neither expects. But a suspicious new client shows up with wicked plans for Mari, and the soldier inside David comes alive, ready to fight for the young woman who stole his heart. Click on this link for SNIPPET #1. -- SNIPPET #2: Killian and David's brother Ben had had a run-in last year at a bar here at the Hub. What was the name of that overpriced dive? The

SFFS: Snippet #2 from AMBASADORA BOOK 1: Marked by Light

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AMBASADORA BOOK 1: Marked by Light DESCRIPTION: If everyone told you love wasn't real, would you still be willing to die for it? Sara Mendoza is captured, tortured, and falsely accused of treason by the Embassy, but she is given a chance to win back her freedom. She only needs to charm information from one of the fragger leaders, then kill him. But by the time she figures out the Embassy's intel is flawed and that Sean Cryer is her true mark, she's already in love with him. Sean knows why Sara is on his ship from the start, but as a lonely, anti-social doser, he doesn't value his life, only his ideology within the fragger organization. Against his better judgment, he becomes her protector, each day caring more about a future he was always afraid to hope for. SNIPPET #1 -- SNIPPET #2: This little scene begins one of my favorite parts from my SF Romance novel Ambasadora because we'll see how much Sean cares for Sara, even though he knows she was sent to

SFFS: Snippet #1 from AMBASADORA BOOK 1: Marked by Light

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AMBASADORA BOOK 1: Marked by Light DESCRIPTION: If everyone told you love wasn't real, would you still be willing to die for it? Sara Mendoza is captured, tortured, and falsely accused of treason by the Embassy, but she is given a chance to win back her freedom. She only needs to charm information from one of the fragger leaders, then kill him. But by the time she figures out the Embassy's intel is flawed and that Sean Cryer is her true mark, she's already in love with him. Sean knows why Sara is on his ship from the start, but as a lonely, anti-social doser, he doesn't value his life, only his ideology within the fragger organization. Against his better judgment, he becomes her protector, each day caring more about a future he was always afraid to hope for. -- SNIPPET: This is the beginning of my SF Romance novel Ambasadora. "They're watching us again," Sara whispered against the smoothness of Chen's cheek. His soft bergamot scent mixed w

Column: Heidi Ruby Miller's Geek Girl Underground

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Columns Heidi Ruby Miller's Geek Girl Underground I just joined the team at Inveterate Media Junkies (IMJ) as a columnist! Many thanks to Jose Melendez and Ian MacMillan for this wonderful opportunity. They discovered me on Twitter , you know. ;) My column Heidi Ruby Miller's Geek Girl Underground debuts next week with some special guests from the SFR community. Until then, check out IMJ's other awesome columns and contributors , including NYT Bestselling author and fellow Pennwriter Jonathan Maberry and International Bestselling author Jon F. Merz .