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Michael Eves Shaffer

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Michael Eves Shaffer was born on April 1st at one in the morning. Whether the birthday shaped him or he chose that date to represent his life, only the divine really knows. His tastes have always been extremely eclectic as well as his career paths. From his first job as a dishwasher, he went into the Army to become a turbine engine mechanic. After four years, he got out and joined the Army Reserve Military Police. Which immediately deployed for Desert Storm. Returning home, he worked as a bookkeeper for an accounting firm. But adventure still interested him, so rejoined the Army to become a Cavalry Scout. Which meant his job was to go behind enemy lines to observe what they were doing. While stationed in Baumholder, Germany, as part of the ...more

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Spanish Edition

Usually only big authors with big publishing houses get to translate their works into other languages. Mostly because translators charge $.25 per word. In other words, quite a bit more than an editor does. And all they have to do is basically retype the book into a different language.

So I used some online translators. Yes, it's not perfect. But readers should be able to read it fairly well and ge Read more of this blog post »
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