Fresh off the Starship
by Ann Crawford
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GENRE: Women's fiction / humor
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BLURB:
Love to laugh? You'll enjoy this feel-good tale.
A starbeing skyrockets to Earth from the other side of forever with a specific assignment:
to help steer humanity away from the collision course it's on. But we all know how travel can get
drastically diverted--instead of landing in Washington, D.C., where she could assist on a grand
geopolitical scale, she ends up in...Kansas!
Wrong place, right time? Join our shero on this whimsical journey as she pursues her purpose as well
as discovers the beauty of life and love on Earth.
A starbeing skyrockets to Earth from the other side of forever with a specific assignment:
to help steer humanity away from the collision course it's on. But we all know how travel can get
drastically diverted--instead of landing in Washington, D.C., where she could assist on a grand
geopolitical scale, she ends up in...Kansas!
Wrong place, right time? Join our shero on this whimsical journey as she pursues her purpose as well
as discovers the beauty of life and love on Earth.
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EXCERPT
She catches a glimpse of herself in the full-length mirror and lets out a gasp of surprise.
She looks down at her body and then back at her reflection. She turns to the right, then to the left,
then even more to the right, and then even more to the left.
She looks down at her body and then back at her reflection. She turns to the right, then to the left,
then even more to the right, and then even more to the left.
She gazes at her long limbs and then at the gentle curves and soft swells with interesting shapes,
patterns and varying colors. She’d seen the human form during her training, but it’s quite different
seeing it in person, literally, as a person.
patterns and varying colors. She’d seen the human form during her training, but it’s quite different
seeing it in person, literally, as a person.
This vehicle is amazingly beautiful!
The morning starlight casts her in a golden glow. She turns and looks over her shoulder to see the
back of her in the mirror. Her long, light-brown-colored hair falls down her back like a veil.
back of her in the mirror. Her long, light-brown-colored hair falls down her back like a veil.
It’s one thing to study human beings. It’s a whole other thing altogether to be encased in this gorgeous
piece of Creation.
piece of Creation.
She wanders down the hall to the bathroom. She examines the tub and the faucets,
remembering coming across such objects in her Googling and Youtubing. She starts filling the tub,
adjusting the temperature to something that feels good, and climbs in.
remembering coming across such objects in her Googling and Youtubing. She starts filling the tub,
adjusting the temperature to something that feels good, and climbs in.
Holy Heaven!
Not only is the water pressing against her, head to toe, a sensory pleasure in itself, she also runs her
hands over this luscious body thing of hers. Nothing in her eternal life had ever felt like this.
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!”
hands over this luscious body thing of hers. Nothing in her eternal life had ever felt like this.
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!”
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Guest Post
Topic: Would you (the author) ever want to travel through space and/or time? Why or why not?
time. I’ve been to 70 countries (and counting), including 2 complete
circumnavigations of the globe, as well as all 50 states, so I definitely have
the travel bug going. And that bug would certainly include traveling the
universe and other dimensions and whatever else is out there if it was
possible.
I’d also love to go forward and backward in time…well, maybe not
too much backward because I’m a real fan of indoor plumbing. My travels in
third-world countries have given me a real appreciation for that, LOL. We in
the Western world are often so spoiled, and we don’t even know it. That’s not to
chide—just to lift up some everyday things we don’t often consider as luxuries.
I’d love to meet my future self and see how it all worked out.
I’d love to meet the future selves of my husband and stepchildren and see how
it all worked out for them, too. I’d love to see how we all figured out how to
create a better world and clean up the planet. I know we will.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
I'm a fun-loving, world-traveling, high-flying, deep-diving, and living-to-the-max author of eight books.
When I'm not flying planes, scuba diving, climbing every mountain (on the back of my husband’s
motorcycle) or riding the world’s fastest roller coasters, you can find me in my writing nest with a view
of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains out the window. I've lived all over--from both oceans white with foam,
to the prairie, and now to the mountain. Yes, a little backwards, but what the hey.
When I'm not flying planes, scuba diving, climbing every mountain (on the back of my husband’s
motorcycle) or riding the world’s fastest roller coasters, you can find me in my writing nest with a view
of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains out the window. I've lived all over--from both oceans white with foam,
to the prairie, and now to the mountain. Yes, a little backwards, but what the hey.
My bestselling and award-winning novels go as high and deep as I do—they’re profound yet funny;
playful although poignant; heart-opening and heart-lifting; thought-provoking and inspiring;
and edgy while universal. I'm also a screenwriter and award-winning filmmaker and humanitarian.
playful although poignant; heart-opening and heart-lifting; thought-provoking and inspiring;
and edgy while universal. I'm also a screenwriter and award-winning filmmaker and humanitarian.
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The book will be on sale for only $0.99.
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
Ann Crawford will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn
winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome!
DeleteHow many hours a day do you spend writing?
ReplyDeleteHi Bernie. Oh, it varies on how in the flow I am. It can be as short as an hour for a low-flow day or as many as 8 for a really in-the-flow day. A usual day is about 3 hours.
DeleteHappy Friday, thanks for the great post and awesome giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good read.
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds great and I appreciate getting to hear about it. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday!
ReplyDeleteHow much did the book change from when you first started writing to the conclusion?
ReplyDeleteHi. It didn’t change much because I basically wrote most of it in about 2 months....so there wasn’t much time for it to change!
DeleteAt which age did you publish your first book?
ReplyDeleteHi again. I had my first agent (a well-known one) for my very first book when I was 26. I had my first published book (the third one I wrote) when I was 40. I got sidetracked by filmmaking in the meantime in there, but that was a wonderful experience, too. That book, on Visioning, was written in 2 weeks and I had some 12-hour writing days, but I don’t get on those marathon writing runs any more. That was a singular experience!
DeleteHi! Thank you so much for the great comments, everyone, and thank you for hosting, Jasmine. I was out of town in a retreat in Friday, so thank you for your patience with me. :)
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