HEIDI RUBY MILLER

TEASER TUESDAY STARRIE: From the World of Ambasadora The hologram projected on the windscreen blinked out and the controls went stiff in Naela's hands. Their world fell silent. The darkening sky was suddenly illuminated by shimmering waves of pink and green. In the more evolved human part of Naela's brain she reveled as they hung suspended in the beauty of the deadly aurora. But her primal, animalistic urges soon screamed for attention when the craft's nose dipped and they entered freefall. A few loose items rolled forward and bumped into Naela's foot. “Char,” Ben shouted into his co-com. “Matt. Dreadfire Team. Anyone copy?” Naela attempted to control the pitch of the craft by pulling up on the manual yoke, but snow splatters bloomed against the windscreen as they yawed into the approaching storm. “Is there a secondary yoke?” Ben said. “Behind the black panel in front of you.” Her conversational tone punctuated the quiet cocooning them. There should have...

TWEET LOVE Just finished STARRIE by @heidirubymiller - WOW, what a fantastic sci fi romance! #scifi #SFR #spaceopera @Dog_Star_Books — Rhonda Mason (@RMasonWriter) June 18, 2015

EVENTS Space Opera 2 - JULY 6-12 Since I'm doing an international giveaway for a paperback ( MARKED BY LIGHT or GREENSHIFT ) and an ebook ( MARKED BY LIGHT or GREENSHIFT ), I'm sharing a couple of cocktail-related excerpts from the ambasadora-verse and the recipes to go with them. The chance to enter the giveaway is at the bottom. Enjoy! FROM GREENSHIFT: Mari slid her arm through David's. "Nothing a drunken coffee won't fix. Do you want one?" Say no. He'd had more than enough alcohol tonight. Another drink and his judgment might be impaired. That was one of the reasons he didn't take the stims she offered from the med suite. "What kind of bourbon do you have?" he asked. "Koley's Reserve. What else?" She winked. "You're kidding." He let his skepticism show. "Do you know how difficult that is to get? It's only made in the Koley Mountains, and in very small batches." Even as an Arm...

EVENTS This past June was by far the busiest residency I've had at Seton Hill since my own graduation back in 2007. Busy, but fun! Congratulations to all the graduates, including my seven mentees: Amy Culey , Jenni Dillard , Sheri Queen Fleming , Caroline Gessner , Catherine Oswald , K. W. Taylor , and Chris Wilk . Below are a just a few photos of my time at the combined residency and alum-run In Your Write Mind conference. THANK YOU, KENYA WRIGHT, FOR THIS ONE. IT'S THE ONLY PHOTO OF JASON AND ME TOGETHER!

TWEET LOVE I'm reading a novel by @heidirubymiller that has a character with my name. I fear for Char's life like it's my own. https://t.co/9LqVH7MKL9 — Char Duff (@CharPrincessa) June 3, 2015

NEWS Greenshift (From the World of Ambasadora) is currently at SFR Station . Browse by sub-genre , pairing type , author , and series to find the romantic science fiction read you're in the mood for today!

MENTIONS Paul R. Hewlett , middle grade author of the entertaining Lionel Snodgrass series , talks about the worldbuilding in the Ambasadora books during a recent interview with Lisa A. Tortorello at The Moose Room . You can also find out about his latest work Lionel Goes to Camp ! And to check out the first book in the Ambasadora series, Marked by Light, and some reviews, visit Amazon.