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In Many Genres, One Craft, award-winning author Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller gather the voices of today's top genre writers and writing instructors alongside their published students. It fosters the writing process in a way that focuses almost exclusively on writing the novel. Using a compilation of instructional articles penned by well-known authors affiliated with Seton Hill University's acclaimed MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction, the book emphasizes how to write genre novels and commercially appealing fiction. The articles are modeled after actual "learning modules" that have successfully taught students in the program how to reach a wider audience for over a decade.
Eighteen award-winning, veteran, and emerging authors bring you seventeen unique dragon tales that defy tradition. Winged serpents as large as continents, as well as those tiny enough to perch on the fingertip of a young girl. Dragons who inhabit the Wild West, Victorian London, Brooklyn, and a post-apocalyptic Earth. Scaly beasts who fight in the boxing ring, celebrate Christmas, and conquer the vast void of outer space. There are rockstars who meddle with dragon magic, clever and conniving shapeshifters, and powerfully exotic hybrids. Science fiction, urban fantasy, mystery, western, epic fantasy, YA fantasy...no matter the setting or the genre--here be dragons! Join Asimov's Readers Award...
Greenshift is a tale set within the world of Ambasadora. Mari's rare eye color makes her a pariah within Upper Caste society, which is why she prefers plants to people...except David, the former Armadan captain who shuttles scientists around on a refurbished pleasure cruiser. But someone else is interested in Mari and her distinctive look-an obsessed psychopath who tortures and murders women for pleasure. When the killer chooses Mari as his next victim, the soldier inside David comes alive, but it is Mari who must fight for her own life and prove she isn't as fragile as the flowers she nurtures.
Mermaids. Pirates. Flying ships. Creatures from the deep. Embark upon a journey across leagues of unimaginable adventure. Ride the waves to mystery and magic in this anthology of 28 stories, including tales by "New York Times" bestseller Elaine Cunningham, Paul S. Kemp, Patrick Thomas, and James M. Ward, with an all-new story featuring Halcyon Blithe.
A biography of Doc Savage, the golden giant who fought his way valiantly through 181 adventures in his fight against crime.
Convicted of treason and sentenced to be executed, Bo Barron is the last person who should be infiltrating a Sub-socia weapons auction. But when her father is kidnapped and the ransom demand is the schematics to an experimental weapon, she has no choice but to go under cover with her uncle to get it. Nobody counted on former-government-agent-turned-holofeature-hero Blade Devon's infatuation with her. A botched assassination under the guise of a bar brawl leaves Bo blind and Blade wondering if there isn't more to this job than he was led to believe. Never able to resist playing the hero, Blade tends her injuries and delves deeper into the intrigue only to find this mission isn't about a weapon at all. It's about two Sovrans' maneuvering for control, with Bo and Blade as their pawns. All Bo and Blade have to do is figure out how to survive the game they didn't know they were playing. The catch is, no one and nothing are what they seem...
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is the perfect introduction to the very best books of childhood: those books that have a special place in the heart of every reader. It introduces a wonderfully rich world of literature to parents and their children, offering both new titles and much-loved classics that many generations have read and enjoyed. From wordless picture books and books introducing the first words and sounds of the alphabet through to hard-hitting and edgy teenage fiction, the titles featured in this book reflect the wealth of reading opportunities for children.Browsing the titles in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up will take you on a journey of discovery into fantasy, adventure, history, contermporary life, and much more. These books will enable you to travel to some of the most famous imaginary worlds such as Narnia, Middle Earth, and Hogwart's School. And the route taken may be pretty strange, too. You may fall down a rabbit hole, as Alice does on her way to Wonderland, or go through the back of a wardrobe to reach the snowy wastes of Narnia.
The entire universe is playing a dangerous game of deception, one winner won the ultimate prize...betrayal. And when a new evil seeks the Gods' destruction to form a new world order, the Gods turn to one man. At one time, Alex was the Guardian, protector of the Gods until a certain treachery claimed his soul. Now resurrected by the very Gods who destroyed him, Alex must decide to overcome his past and save humanity or take up his swords and be the universe's final destruction. The safe haven Cassie created for herself is turned upside down when Alex stumbles across her path. Her home destroyed and her life threatened, Cassie fights alongside Alex in order to convince him the Gods are worth protecting. At the same time, she must battle her own emotions towards Alex and learn to overcome her years-old inner demons that have been shredding every bit of confidence she had in herself and her powers.
First work originally published: c2010. 2nd work originally published: c2011.
We are the words we chose. The I CAN alphabets will show you the power that words contain. You can feel good, right here, right now. Why not let words shift you into a state of peace and well-being? Letter by letter, you can change your world and feel so good you might just burst wide open and b-l-o-o-m! From the acclaimed creators of pictureless ebooks, Wednesday Word Day on Facebook, and the top-rated AlphaTapp comes the first volume of their best positive, inspiring alphabet books. Let this book transport you to a new place, each time you open a page. It is pure delight to remember the power of your ABCs. Why not use a tool you know well to l-i-f-t you to where you want to be? Once again, White and Peters use their uncanny knack for combining frolicking fun with learning and enlightenment to create a gift for their community.