HEIDI RUBY MILLER

RESEARCH This is the reference section from my class "Tomorrow's Kiss" about Science Fiction Romance for Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction MFA Program . ~~~ CLICK ON THE LINKS OR SCROLL DOWN: SFR PUBLISHERS AUTHORS QUOTED BOOKS MENTIONED LINKS TO FIND SFR ~~~ SFR PUBLISHERS Ace/Roc - http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/specialinterests/scifi/submission.html Baen - http://www.baen.com / Bantam Dell - http://bantam-dell.atrandom.com / Berkeley/Jove - http://berkleyjoveauthors.com / Carina Press - http://carinapress.com/blog/submission-guidelines / Champagne Book Group - http://www.champagnebooks.com / Crescent Moon Press - http://www.crescentmoonpress.com/ Crimson Romance - http://www.crimsonromance.com Desert Breeze Publishing - http://www.desertbreezepublishing.com / Dog Star Books - http://dogstarbooks.blogspot.com/ Eirelander Publishing - http://www.eirelanderpublishing.com/ Ellora's Cave - http://www.ellorascave...

STARRIE 2.0 Enjoy some Science Fiction Adventure from the Ambasadora-verse! I'm posting my novel Starrie in order starting from chapter one. This is post eight and the beginning of chapter two. It has been edited for content and space per the SFR Brigade Presents guidelines. Read the rest of the story so far here. And, check out other wonderful posts at the SFR Brigade . STARRIE (FROM THE WORLD OF AMBASADORA) by Heidi Ruby Miller Naela's ears rang as music blasted through the mind minstrel's speakers. Its turquoise laser danced in erratic waves over her head and naked torso. The leather straps lashing her to the bed sliced into her wrists, her ankles, and her throat with each movement. She had always hated the smell of wet leather. She hated it more as it mixed with the pungent scent of her blood. Stavros still jumped around the stone bedroom like a dosed-up fragger, screaming and pounding his fist against his head and his chest in repeated rhythm. He was sp...

Books Greenshift is here! This is a new novel set in the Ambasadora-verse . It's the first of many stand alone stories which don't necessarily follow the main arc of the epic Ambasadora series. Greenshift takes place 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. And here are the stops along my Virtual Book Tour (VBT). Some of them w...

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 SNIPPET #6 SNIPPET #7 -- She couldn't see anything but the sea and sky reflected in the dark glass, but she could hear m...

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 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 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...

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 ...

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 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. -- SNIPPET #1: "David's a better pilot than that last guy," Mari said, gripping the handle of a knife from the galley. She'd been nervously trying to engage Sean in conve...