Words are things, and small drops of ink,
Falling like dew upon a thought, produce
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
Lord Byron "Don Juan"
| "Doing business in Russia is like doing business anywhere else... but different." |
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from Walking on Ice |
Andresen
started a telecom company in 1992 and lived there for six years, managing the
task in the stumbling progress of an emerging New Russia. He is still involved
with his second company. He doesn't gloss over the challenges, which are
daunting at times, but finds hope in the younger generation - the many
resourceful and dedicated Russian friends who made it all possible. The venture
was successful, providing advanced services to major foreign and Russian
businesses, and to diplomatic offices, including the American Embassy. He and
his company won several awards in recognition for this work.
Walking on Ice - An American Businessman in Russia
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Other books and writer's bio for Frederick R. Andresen:cters and
personal experience in cultural conflict during forty years of foreign residence
and travel with special interest in Russia (six years residence,) Europe
(Central, Eastern, Western,) Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. Essays published
in domestic and foreign magazines (Good Housekeeping, others.)
Major works in progress:
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The Lady with an Ostrich Feather Fan - a quest through the ages for
identity and fulfillment and the eternal search for home.
The power of love connects a
descendant line of courageous women to protect the famous Yusupov Rembrandts
from the threats of European revolutions, obsessive men, and American law, until
the paintings find their permanent home in a famous American museum.
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The Fabergé Clock - an action/romance novel set in present day Russia.
The last member of a prominent Russian pre-Revolutionary family returns to reclaim her past,
to find her true self, and to solve an old family mystery. She finds
nothing is as it seems, her protector cannot be trusted, her life love
is found in a stranger, and burdens become lifesavers.
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Dos Gringos - During the Mexican Revolution, two unemployed
immigrants, a single-minded Norwegian and a drifting Irishman,
meet in a bar and are hired by an Eastern con man to fix a gold
mine in Mexico with parts which, they discover too late,
purposely don't fit. Their mutual distrust fades in the face of
guns from the warring sides, both wanting the gold. They must
work together to accomplish their goal, save each other to
survive, and escape back to Texas.
Study and conferences: Over twenty years in workshops at Taos, St.
Petersburg, Russia, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Maui, Santa
Barbara, and others. Studied with leading authors including John
Dufresne, Bryce Courtenay, Max Byrd. Screen writing with Tom
Schlesinger, Robert McKee, others.