Books with author Jim Harris

History is supposed to be dull. Who knew it could also be dangerous?Time-travel should be a fun adventure... right? And yet Kristen and Brad find that being stuck in the past is anything but. The Everhearts are taking part in a battle re-enactment of the American Revolution when they inexplicably find themselves back in 1777—for real. They have no way of knowing how or why they’re there; all they can do is try to get through the day. The siblings meet Rebecca, who needs to deliver a message of vital importance to General Washington. They also team up with a tavern-owner's son in order to escort Rebecca back to Philadelphia. Along the way, they deal with a spymaster, colonial deserters, and British soldiers who keep getting in the way. And they still have to figure out how to get back to their own time....NOTE: Based on review feedback, dialogue in this book has been edited for 'questionable' language. As of November, 2017.

Let’s face it, writing a novel should be fun but many people think it’s hard.What if there was a system that could help you enjoy your writing more??Novel Writing Blueprint is just that book. It will help you to take the grunt work out of the equation, and learn to love the process without dampening your creative spirit or detracting from your voice.This blueprint provides the framework your book needs. It will support and strengthen your writing process and will help you make your writing dreams come true. No matter if you’re working on your first book or you’ve been publishing for years, this book will help you navigate from writing the first line to writing ‘The End’.Inside, you’ll learn everything you need to know about:Prewriting - preparation and approachResearch - how much and how long?Story Goals - the difference between goals and hooksCharacter Development - personality types and how to work with themSettings - how to make them more interestingOutlining - a different method of outlining your book quick and easilyPremise - the core of your storyOutlining overview - the general shape of your bookInitial outline sketch - start simpleFour-Act Structure with the 3 main thresholds - Initiation, Decisions, Response, Realisation, Battle, Friend, SacrificeFocused freewriting - tackling your first draft, writing fast, writing smartEditing - 3 main sweeps and working with a professionalPublishing - brief notes on bringing out your bookAnd more!If you’re ready to level up your novel writing process, try the blueprint for yourself.Interview with the author. What is the main message you’d like your readers to take away from this book?You must write to the end. You must finish your book. To do this, remember: The story is the journey. You set out prepared with a map, supplies, a sturdy rucksack, and an idea of what might it will be like. But somewhere along the way, you encounter obstacles. A landslide, an unexpected river, a bear… You may stumble, you may fall down a crevasse. Your hand may become trapped under a heavy rock. You are trapped. You cry out in anguish. “What can I do to make this work?”This is how it is for all of us. Writers are weird. We love story, but making our own stories is an art. And art, like love, is painful at times.Which means our work is always an internal as well as an external experience. We must step into the mind of a murderer, a warrior, a mother, a child. We must encounter dragons, office politics, Queens, and Dukes. We must fall in love, search for treasure, leave home, assassinate the enemy, seek revenge, suffer grief, betrayal, and injustice. We must lose everything. We must survive that loss. Over and over again.Whether you write genre fiction or literary works of tender existential angst, you are a storyteller. And telling stories can lead to madness. Didn’t your mother warn you of this?But nothing stops you. You know you are a writer if you refuse to give up. You know you can overcome every plot hole, strengthen every character arc, bring every setting alive for your reader. All you need is practise. And a deep understanding of the craft.You are an intrepid artist of your own inner landscape. You will change with each story you write.

Toxic love from a narcissistic partner is like living in a Dark Fairytale. Have you ever had an abusive relationship?Is your relationship turning into a toxic, hellish nightmare?Do you sometimes wonder if you will ever recover from the degrading words and actions you’ve experienced?The answer is that you can. The negative side-effects that you are experiencing are temporary and can be overcome and in her insightful and thoughtful book, The Wolf in Your Bed, Jill Harris will show you:What emotional abuse really look likeWhat the symptoms of traumatic bonding areWhich damaging Dark Fairytale story structure you've been trapped inThe personality type of the wolf in your bedAnd much more…Using the latest research in the therapeutic effects of creative writing, Jill uses this and her background in psychology to take you through a step-by-step healing process like no other. Get in touch with your imaginative and healing self through writing, observe the richness of your own thoughts and feelings, design a powerful map of your world and learn to love your life once more.It can be done and you can do it. The Wolf in Your Bed will help you become a howling success.

Count along as a collection of mischievous puppies breathe new life into the popular "Ten in the Bed" nursery rhyme. These cute little rascals find all sorts of inventive ways to get into trouble in this engaging countdown. Bright illustrations brimming with whimsical details and silly, rhyming text round out a story that's more fun than a barrel of puppies.

HTML Code:Let’s face it, Writing a novel should be easy and fun but many people think it’s hard!.What if there was a system that could help you enjoy your writing more??Novel Writing Blueprint Workbook is the companion journal to the Novel Writing Blueprint helping you to come back to your love of storytelling. It will help you to take the grunt work out of the equation, and learn to love the process without dampening your creative spirit or detracting from your voice.This blueprint provides the framework your book needs. It will support and strengthen your writing process and will help you make your writing dreams come true. No matter if you’re working on your first book or you’ve been publishing for years, this book will help you navigate from writing the first line to writing ‘The End’.Inside, you’ll learn everything you need to know about:Prewriting - preparation and approachResearch - how much and how long?Story Goals - the difference between goals and hooksCharacter Development - personality types and how to work with themSettings - how to make them more interestingOutlining - a different method of outlining your book quick and easilyPremise - the core of your storyOutlining overview - the general shape of your bookInitial outline sketch - start simpleFour-Act Structure with the 3 main thresholds - Initiation, Decisions, Response, Realisation, Battle, Friend, SacrificeFocused freewriting - tackling your first draft, writing fast, writing smartEditing - 3 main sweeps and working with a professionalPublishing - brief notes on bringing out your bookAnd more!If you’re ready to level up your novel writing process, try the blueprint for yourself.

Twelve-year-old Josh and his father arrive in the very small, run-down town of Oasis, Arizona for the summer — Josh’s father for work and Josh for fun. But Oasis is poorly named. It’s hot, dry, and certainly not much fun. As Josh explores the dusty little town, he uncovers a heartbreaking story that has paralyzed the entire community — the previous summer, in hopes of finding a long lost shipment of gold, three kids set out across the desert never to return. Amidst this gloomy place Josh discovers a few kindred outcasts who are also willing to resist the dreary routine. When this secluded group stumbles upon a map of their own, they do the unthinkable — they go after the treasure themselves. With an inept search party on their trail, and plagued by storms, crooks, and the land itself, they slowly make their way to the heart of the desert. Will they find the lost gold, meet the same fate as the missing kids, or discover something completely unexpected?

History is supposed to be dull. Who knew it could also be dangerous? Time-travel should be a fun adventure... right? And yet Kristen and Brad find that being stuck in the past is anything but. The Everhearts are taking part in a battle re-enactment from the American Revolutionary War battle re-enactment when they inexplicably find themselves back in 1777, on the eve of a battle for independence and liberty. They have no way of knowing what’s going on; all they can do is try to get through the day. The siblings meet Rebecca, who needs to deliver a message of vital importance to the revered General Washington. They also team up with a tavern-owner's son in order to escort Rebecca back to Philadelphia. In the rush along the way, they deal with a spymaster, colonial deserters, and British soldiers who keep getting in the way. And they still have to figure out how to get back to their own time....American history comes alive! Recommended for ages 11 and up.NOTE: Based on review feedback, dialogue in this book has been edited for 'questionable' language. As of November, 2017.

HTML Code: Let’s face it, Writing a novel should be easy and fun but many people think it’s hard!.What if there was a system that could help you enjoy your writing more??Novel Writing Blueprint Workbook is the companion journal to the Novel Writing Blueprint helping you to come back to your love of storytelling. It will help you to take the grunt work out of the equation, and learn to love the process without dampening your creative spirit or detracting from your voice.This blueprint provides the framework your book needs. It will support and strengthen your writing process and will help you make your writing dreams come true. No matter if you’re working on your first book or you’ve been publishing for years, this book will help you navigate from writing the first line to writing ‘The End’.Inside, you’ll learn everything you need to know about:Prewriting - preparation and approachResearch - how much and how long?Story Goals - the difference between goals and hooksCharacter Development - personality types and how to work with themSettings - how to make them more interestingOutlining - a different method of outlining your book quick and easilyPremise - the core of your storyOutlining overview - the general shape of your bookInitial outline sketch - start simpleFour-Act Structure with the 3 main thresholds - Initiation, Decisions, Response, Realisation, Battle, Friend, SacrificeFocused freewriting - tackling your first draft, writing fast, writing smartEditing - 3 main sweeps and working with a professionalPublishing - brief notes on bringing out your bookAnd more!If you’re ready to level up your novel writing process, try the blueprint for yourself.