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Betsy Dornbusch

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Mystery & Thrillers

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Betsy Dornbusch is a writer and editor. Her books are Quenched, Quencher, Lost Prince, Archive of Fire, and Exile. Her short fiction has appeared in print and online venues such as Sinister Tales, Big Pulp, Story Portal, and Spinetingler, as well as the anthologies Tasty Little Tales and Deadly by the Dozen. She’s been an editor with the ezine Electric Spec for six years and regularly speaks at fan conventions and writers’ conferences. She’s the sole proprietor of Sex Scenes at Starbucks where you can believe most of what she writes. In her free time, she snowboards, air jams at punk rock concerts, and has just started following Rockies baseball, of all things.

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I find myself more and more disappointed in newer writer(s) at large for the primary reason that more and more of our attention is being diverted away from writing, craft, and story.

We spend an inordinate amount of time trying to fix the world via social media when our primary job is to fix it through story. We spend far too much time focused on selling rather than writing.... Read more of this blog post »

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Betsy Dornbusch's Books

Average rating: 3.85 · 71 ratings · 23 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors

	Exile: The First Book of the Seven Eyes 3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sentinel Book 1: Archive of Fire 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Galaxyfest 2012 Omnibus by Sam Stone (Goodreads Author), Josh Mills, Ron Ruelle 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Pulp Winter 2010 by Various, Bill Olver (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Lieder 4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly by the Dozen: 12 Short Stories of Murder & Mayhem by Mark Terry (Editor), Jude Hardin (Goodreads Author), Natasha Fondren 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neverland's Library by Rebecca Lovatt (Editor), Roger Bellini (Editor), Tad Williams (Contributor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — expected publication 2014	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manifesto UF by Tim Marquitz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tyson Mauermann (Editor), Lucy A. Snyder (Goodreads Author) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sentinel: Archive of Fire (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

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Description: An Urban Fantasy featuring twin demidemons rebelling against the demon king Asmodai.

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"Abhinav wrote: "As someone who suffered through verbal bullying in both middle and high school, I agree completely with how you've put this all."

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