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SFFS: Snippet from GREENSHIFT #6

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SFFS Snippet A TALE 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. SNIPPET #1 SNIPPET #2 SNIPPET #3 SNIPPET #4 SNIPPET #5 -- "I'm not the flirting type," Sean mumbled. "No kidding." Even after they kissed that time he

SFFS: Snippet from GREENSHIFT #5

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SFFS Snippet A TALE 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. SNIPPET #1 SNIPPET #2 SNIPPET #3 SNIPPET #4 -- SNIPPET #5: "I know you didn't like the last guy," Mari said. "Neither did I." She sucked in a breath when one o

SFFS: Snippet from GREENSHIFT #4

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SFFS Snippet A TALE 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. SNIPPET #1. SNIPPET #2. SNIPPET #3. -- SNIPPET #4: Many Armadans underestimated contractors—David didn't. They might not have as much bulk, but their martial arts training gave t

Many Genres One Craft Wins First Place at London Book Festival

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I am pleased to announce that the writing guide I co-edited with Michael A. Arnzen , Many Genres, One Craft , won first place in General Non-Fiction at the 2011 London Book Festival ! This is our second award for the book and comes on the heels of last month's honor from The Writer magazine, which named Many Genres #5 in Ten of 2011's Terrific Writing Books ! Congratulations to all the contributors and our publisher Headline Books, Inc. for making this book such a big success.

SFFS: Snippet from GREENSHIFT #3

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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. Click on this link for SNIPPET #2. -- SNIPPET #3: The fleet jab got under David's skin—he'd only taken the early retirement a few months ago