Now Available on Kindle - Vol. 2

Dear Readers,

Vol. 2 of the Star Traveler Series, The Heirs of Henu is now available on Kindle.

http://www.amazon.com/Heirs-Henu-Traveler-Series-ebook/dp/B00D4EVL5M/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1370577983&sr=1-3&keywords=theresa+snyder

Synopsis:

Volume 2 finds Jake and Arr restless after a little less than a year on the Henu planet. Their uneasiness at being planet bound is only heightened by a trip to one of Jake's ‘surprise’ birthday parties. The guys find their problem of how to get back into action, without going back into the life of a mercenary, solved by the Henu and their bountiful planet.

But, reopening the trade route for the Henu grown spices runs afoul of one of Tim O'Malley's missions gone critically awry. Jake’s surrogate dad has inadvertently pulled Jake and Arr into a life or death situation that can only be thwarted by assistance from a Galactic Forces Mobile Tactical Team, M.T. #2424.

Meet the crew of M.T. #2424:

Captain Targus, Pilot, Species: Walhmite, Height: 7’8”, Information of Note: Graduated top of his class at the Galactic Academy. Captain of his own vessel at 24 yrs of age. Highly intelligent, thoughtful, considerate, but don’t make him angry.

Sergeant Coal, Computer Expert (EC), Species: Realdat, Height: 7’4”, Information of Note: Species all look the same and can only recognize one another by their vivid and intricate tattoos. Coal could make an Intergalactic Network Computer information flat cook you breakfast if he so desired.

Doctor Damion Mitchell, Medical Expert (ME), Species: Human, Height: 6’4” (minimum height for a Galactic Officer). Information of Note: Child prodigy, given special dispensation to attend medical school at 12 yrs of age. Entered the Galactic Academy at 15 graduated at 16, something never accomplished before or since.

Now Available on Kindle

Fantasy Readers

Vol. 1 of The Farloft Chronicles 

James & the Dragon 

Now available on Kindle.

Great middle-schooler book.
Nice quick read adult fantasy escape. 

Check it out.

http://www.amazon.com/James-Dragon-Farloft-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B00D4F3WWQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1370267802&sr=1-3&keywords=theresa+snyder

Author's Note

Dear Readers,

I read something recently that was forwarded to me via a ‘Tweet.’ The link was to ‘Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling.’ Rule #8 hit me like a blaster between the eyes.

#8: Finish your story, let go even if it's not perfect. In an ideal world you have both, but move on. Do better next time.

Recently I posted my first novel “The Helavite War” on Kindle for you to read. This volume was originally written in 1990. I have never had a child, but I imagine I was as proud of this volume as a first-time mother. I labored over it. I endeavored to proof it and fine tune it. In 1991 I wrote the second volume of the Star Traveler Series, “The Heirs of Henu.” By the time I was halfway through that book, I knew I was going to write a trilogy. I finished the third volume “Old Friends/New Enemies” in 1992.

But I kept going back to the first volume - endlessly tweaking it.

I felt I found my writer’s voice by the third volume. I wanted to improve the first book. I did an extensive rewrite. I changed long passages of prose to dialogue because by now my characters had found their voices.

A reader told me if I thought I found my voice in volume three then I learned to sing in volume four. I was encouraged. I wanted to take the characters I had grown to love further. So between 1990 and 1995 I wrote a volume a year resulting in six books of the Star Traveler Series.

And then I deserted it. My mind was brimming with more ideas for the series. More volumes were planned (outlined in a drawer), but I still believed I could rewrite the first novel and make it better, stronger, cleaner.

So the series sat untouched for seventeen years on my shelf. The soft copy moved from computer to computer through an endless number of software upgrades. Meanwhile, I wrote five middle-school fantasies. I wrote a bi-weekly, non-fiction column for four years for the local newspaper. I created and wrote the blog you are currently reading.

February 2012, I started the seventh volume of the Star Traveler Series and after 68 pages I was back at the first volume tweaking again. I was obsessing even after a layoff of over seventeen years. I needed to move on or I would never get another volume of the series completed.

So, I threw up my hands. I decided I was finished fiddling with volume one. I let go. It’s not perfect, but I hope you will find the characters compelling enough to come back and visit them again as I post the succeeding five volumes of the series to Kindle.

I know you will enjoy reading the First Draft of the Seventh Volume of the Star Traveler Series, “The Beast Within” as I post it here over the next few months.

I let go and moved on. The completion of Volume Seven is the result.  Hopefully, I did better this time.   –Theresa Snyder- 

Join me here tomorrow for the next episode of "The Beast Within."

Thank you!

Together we hit a milepost today. 

5,000 readers on this blog.

Thank you for coming, for staying, for reading and returning
over the last two years.

My Readers are the BEST!

We 3 Now Available on Kindle

Dear Readers,

If you have been reading my Non-fiction site "We 3" I am pleased to inform you, it is now available on Kindle for the reasonable download price of $2.99.

http://www.amazon.com/We-3-ebook/dp/B00CBPTAA8/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1365865712&sr=1-2&keywords=we+3

We 3 is a collection of stories – sometimes touching, sometimes hilarious, always authentic – about a baby boomer (me) caring for her aging parents. First printed as a monthly column in the Gresham Outlook between 2003 – 2008, they were collected in book-form in 2007 (Mt. Hood Community College Press).

 

If you are reading my Sci-fi please stay tuned. It will soon be available on Kindle as well. All 6 volumes.

And if that wasn't enough good news... Keep your eye on this site. Three more posts to conclude "Special Delivery" then I will be giving you a glimpse of my 7th Sci-fi novel in progress.

Happy Reading!

Star Travelers - Update

Greetings All,

I have been working on the Star Traveler Companion. I have added a helpful Star Chart, Lineage Charts, a Walh Family Tree, and a bit of frivolity with a collage of who I would cast if I was going to make the Star Traveler Series into a movie. Scroll down on the left side to the link and check it out. More to come including a glossary of people, places and things.

Star Trader Update - New Site

Hello Everyone, You will find a new site attached to the blog today. 3su has acquired her own site. Check out the right side banner under 'Star Traveler Series.' Her adventures as a Star Trader have been re-posted as individual story arches for your enjoyment. If you missed some of her exploits check them out here. They are listed numerically starting with 001 and then titled according to storyline. Her continuing/current adventure will always appear on this site first. When they are completed they will be moved to the Star Trader Update site for future reference. Thanks for your readership. I love that we can share these adventures together.