James L. Rubart has narrated 12 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 13 ratings. The most-rated is How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method.
How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method
Summary
A magical key to unlock your creative wizard Are you writing a novel, but having trouble getting your first draft written? You've heard of "outlining", but that sounds too rigid for you. You've heard of "organic writing", but that seems a bit squishy to you. Take a look at the wildly popular Snowflake Method - a battle-tested series of 10 steps that jump-start your creativity and help you quickly map out your story. All around the world, novelists are using the Snowflake Method right now to ignite their imaginations and get their first drafts down on paper. In this book, you'll follow the story of a fictitious novelist as she learns to tap into the amazing power of the Snowflake Method. Almost magically, she finds her story growing from a simple idea into a deep and powerful novel. And she finds her novel changing her - turning her into a stronger, more courageous person. Zany, over the top, and just plain fun How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method is a "business parable" - a how-to guide written in story form. It's zany. It's over the top. It's just plain fun. Most important, it's effective, because it shows you, rather than telling you. You'll learn by example how to grow your story idea into a sizzling first draft. You'll discover: How to define your "target audience" the right way, so you know exactly how your ideal listeners think and feel. Forget what the experts tell you about "demographics." How to create a dynamite selling tool that will instantly tell people whether they'll love your story or hate it. And you want them to either love it or hate it. How to get inside the skin of every one of your characters - even your villain. Especially your villain. How to find a deep, emotively powerful theme for your story. Do you know the one best point in your novel to unveil your theme - when your listener is most eager to hear it? Why backtracking is good, even essential.
©2014 Randall Ingermanson (P)2017 Randall Ingermanson
Rooms
Summary
One rainy day in Seattle, young software tycoon Micah Taylor receives a cryptic, 25-year-old letter from a great uncle he never knew. It claims a home awaits him on the Oregon coast that will turn his world inside out. Suspecting a prank, Micah arrives at Cannon Beach to discover a stunning, brand-new, 9,000-square-foot house. When bizarre things start happening there, locals tell cynical Micah the place is “spiritual”. But he will slowly discover the home isn’t just spiritual; it’s a physical manifestation of his soul.
©2010 James L. Rubart (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Finding Amanda
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Chef and popular blogger Amanda Johnson hopes publishing her memoir will provide healing and justice. Her estranged husband, contractor and veteran soldier Mark Johnson, tries to talk her out of it, fearing the psychiatrist who seduced her when she was a teen might return to silence her. But Amanda doesn't need advice, certainly not from her judgmental soon-to-be ex-husband. Her overconfidence makes her vulnerable when she travels out of town and runs into the abuser from her past. A kind stranger comes to her rescue and offers her protection. Now Mark must safeguard his wife both from the fiend who threatens her life and from the stranger who threatens their marriage.
©2015 Robin Patchen (P)2017 Robin Patchen
Tate
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What will it cost this bodyguard to save the woman he loves? Bodyguard, Tate Marshall, has always been the family troublemaker. Maybe it's his impulsive propensity to get into the middle of problems that don't belong to him. But once in, he can't stop himself from trying to solve them - and that includes his recent dilemma. He's in love with the woman he's supposed to protect, the beautiful Gloria, "Glo" Jackson, daughter of US Senator and presidential hopeful Reba Jackson. A member of the country band, the Yankee Belles, Glo was targeted in a recent terrorist attack designed to deter her mother from running. Glo is as stubborn as her mother, and Glo isn't about to hide from threats, at least the kind that won't cost her heart. Because she's already paid a terrible price for the war on terror, and she can't let herself love a man who might die, especially because of her. As the campaign heats up and the threats deepen, so does the attraction between Tate and Glo. But when they're discovered and Tate is fired, what will he do to protect the woman he loves? And what will Glo do to keep from losing another man to the costs of war? The gripping second installment of the Marshall Family series.
©2019 Susan May Warren (P)2019 Susan May Warren
The Long Journey to Jake Palmer
Summary
What if there was a place where everything wrong in your life could be fixed? Corporate trainer Jake Palmer coaches people to see deeper into themselves - yet he barely knows himself anymore. Recently divorced and weary of the business life, Jake reluctantly agrees to a lake-house vacation with friends, hoping to escape for 10 days. When he arrives, Jake hears the legend of Willow Lake - about a lost corridor that leads to a place where one's deepest longings will be fulfilled. Jake scoffs at the idea, but can't shake a sliver of hope that the corridor is real. And when he meets a man who mutters cryptic speculations about the corridor, Jake is determined to find the path, find himself, and fix his crumbling life. But the journey will become more treacherous with each step Jake takes.
©2016 James L. Rubart (P)2016 Thomas Nelson Publishers
Spirit Bridge
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The Warriors Riding have battled in astounding supernatural realms, set captives free, and awakened thousands of hearts. But now their only chance of survival depends on calling for The Spirit Bridge. Reece, Dana, Brandon, and Marcus have achieved staggering success in the spiritual realm...but each is reeling from vicious attacks. They need rest. A break from the war. But the warlord Zennon is raging and will give them no quarter. The demon holds what he believes to be the trump card - a hidden strategy set in motion before Warriors Riding even began - that will detonate the team from the inside out. And he's just set it loose. The street magician Simon - finally free of Zennon's alternate reality prison - is racing to remember his past before his ignorance obliterates his destiny. Then there's Miyo - a brash young warrior with advanced knowledge of spiritual realities and supernatural armor even Reece doesn't know about. These two will be pivotal in the final war. If only the Warriors knew which side Simon and Miyo are truly on. If only they knew how to fight against Zennon's final assault. The Spirit Bridge is the epic conclusion to acclaimed author James L. Rubart's Well Spring series, which will propel each of the Warriors Riding on a quest of true identity, ultimate freedom, and a final battle that will leave them changed forever.
©2014 Thomas Nelson (P)2014 Thomas Nelson
Cast the First Stone: A Time Travel Thriller (The True Lies of Rembrandt Stone Book 1)
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"Cast the First Stone is a mind-bender of the first order. Fast-paced, strong characters, great twists and Rembrandt Stone is a hero I predict will be grabbing readers around the throat for a long time. This is one to pick up because you won’t want to put it down.” (Ted Dekker, New York Times best-selling author) One case haunts him. One chance to fix the past. One mistake could cost him everything. Ex-Minneapolis Police Detective Rembrandt Stone walked away from a career he loved - just the price of being sure he can come home to the wife and daughter he cherishes. But he can’t shake the deep regret over a case left behind. When his mentor, the former Chief of Homicide dies and leaves Rembrandt with a box of cold cases and a mysterious watch, he finds himself thrust into a world he recognizes - a world from 20 years ago - the same world he’s woken from in a cold sweat a hundred times. But is it a dream, or some kind of twisted reality? If he solves the case that plagues him, and justice is finally served, will it destroy the life he loves? Strap in for a mind-bending, time-travel thrill ride in Book One of this exciting new series, The True Lies of Rembrandt Stone. From the creative pens of USA Today best-selling author Susan May Warren, award-winning author James L. Rubart, and new voice, David Curtis Warren, writing collectively as David James Warren. “Cast the First Stone grabs the crime genre by the collar and shows it a thing or two! With time travel, cold cases, and flawed, relatable characters who feel like old friends, this story hooked me from the very first line. Sleep? Who needs sleep? Give me a True Lies of Rembrandt Stone novel. Masterful writing from three powerhouse storytellers.” (New York Times best-selling author Tosca Lee) "Holy what?! DO NOT MISS THIS STORY! David James Warren kills it with this time-travel story that explores regrets and mistakes and the importance of living in the now. I tried explaining to Rembrandt Stone the dangers of messing with the timeline, but would he listen? Of course, not. This was truly a riveting story that gutted me! Now. Where the fluff is book two?" (Ronie Kendig, author of the best-selling, award-winning The Tox Files)
©2021 TriStone Media (P)2021 TriStone Media Group, LLC
Ford
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"Susie writes a delightful story!" (NYT best-selling author Dee Henderson) Susan May Warren is the USA Today best-selling, Christy and RITA award-winning novelist of more than 65 novels, including the best-selling Montana Rescue and Montana Fire series. Family? Country? Or the woman he loves? Navy SEAL Ford Marshall isn’t the kind to stand by and let a woman get hurt - especially when it involves his twin sister, RJ. So, when she makes the news, accused of sparking an international incident, he doesn’t care what it takes - he’s going to find her and bring her home. But he might need a little help, so he calls on the woman who has had his back during the last three years - Petty Officer Scarlett Hathaway, former communications expert turned rescue-swimmer candidate. She’ll help him get into the country, watch his back, and...well, they might be able to have one last mission together before she leaves for a new life - a life he very much wants to be a part of now that she is off his team. Maybe, he can convince her to give them a chance to kindle the spark that’s simmered between them for years. Scarlett Hathaway isn’t sure what future she wants - not when she suddenly has to care for her little brother. Maybe she should quit the Navy and start a life with the man she can’t seem to get out of her heart. So, yes, she’ll help Ford find his sister. And maybe, along the way, figure out if they have a future. But finding RJ somewhere in the vastness of Russia with the FSB chasing them will push Scarlett beyond even her courage and make her question everything she thought she wanted...including Ford. What will it cost her to love a man who saves the world? And when Ford is asked to choose between saving his sister, saving the world from a war, and rescuing the woman he loves, can he live with his decision? The third book in the Montana Marshalls series will leave you breathless! "Action, drama, adventure, flawed individuals, and emotional and spiritual challenges are hallmarks of Warren's books." (Christian Library Journal) "Warren has a knack for creating captivating and relatable characters that pull the reader deep into the story." (Radiant Lit)
©2019 Susan May Warren (P)2020 Susan May Warren
Knox: The Montana Marshalls
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Can she outrun her past into the arms of a Montana rancher? Montana rancher Knox Marshall's danger years are behind him. A former bull rider, he now runs the Marshall family ranch, raising champion bucking bulls for the National Professional Bullrider's Expo (NBR-X). But although he's successful and wealthy, at 30, he can't help but wonder if his best years are behind him. His life is stable, expected and…boring. Kelsey Jones just wants a safe life, a family, a home. Well, at least when she's offstage. Onstage, she's the beautiful rising star of the country trio the Yankee Belles. Onstage, she becomes the person she longs to be, vivacious and confident, not the mess she knows she is inside, the result of a violent attack years earlier. But certainly, the more success she has, the more she outruns her past, success that includes becoming NBR-X's next country act. Knox and Kelsey's paths collide when an explosion at an NBR-X event traps them in the rubble. Now victims of a random trauma, they have to figure out how to put their lives back together. For Kelsey, it awakens her nightmares, and for Knox, it ignites in him an obsession to find the bomber. Problem is…someone is after Kelsey, and when her past follows her into Knox's life, threatening his family and legacy, he'll have to choose between saving the people he loves, or becoming the protector he's always longed to be. The exciting ignition of the Montana Marshall series.
©2019 Susan May Warrene (P)2019 Susan May Warren
Women of the Bible: The Victorious, the Victims, the Virtuous, and the Vicious
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What does the Bible say about women? Plenty. The Bible has story after story about fascinating women. They’re more nuanced than men, have profound insights people often overlook, and can teach wisdom that everyone needs to hear. Ideal for personal reflection or group Bible study, Women of the Bible is an excellent listen with stimulating stories that are interesting, informative, and entertaining. As a bonus, each woman’s story ends with thought-provoking questions for private introspection or group discussion. Then dig deeper by examining related Bible passages to expand your understanding. It’s time for a change. It’s time for a fresh perspective. It’s time for every woman—and man—to discover powerful, life-changing truths from Women of the Bible. In Women of the Bible, Peter DeHaan, PhD, digs deep into these Bible stories to uncover how these remarkable women rise above their circumstances in a society that pushes them down. You’ll discover how to celebrate your victories, embrace your virtue, have more compassion for the world’s victims, avoid the errors of the vicious, and be inspired to pursue a more meaningful life. Explore fresh insights about faith, hope, and love. This easy-to-read book is an essential Bible study resource that looks at these awe-inspiring women. Read Women of the Bible and spark a profound transformation.
©2018 Peter DeHaan (P)2021 Peter DeHaan
How to Write a Dynamite Scene Using the Snowflake Method
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Want to write a dynamite novel? The secret to writing a dynamite novel is to first write a dynamite scene. Because if you can write one terrific scene, you can write a hundred. And that's a novel. This is a short book, with just one goal - to teach you the simple principles you can use right now to design a powerful scene before you write it. If you've already written your novel, you can use these same principles to make each scene better. About the book How to Write a Dynamite Scene Using the Snowflake Method will give you the power tools you need to write scenes that move your reader's emotions. You'll learn: The one thing your reader most desperately wants. And why. How to decide which character should have the point of view. The two kinds of scenes designed to give your reader a powerful emotional experience - and how to know which to use. Five ways to test that your lead character's goal in each scene is perfect. How to end every scene so it leaves your reader wanting more. Why dilemmas are good, and how to know when they're ruining your story. Four ways to know that your character's decision will drive your story forward. How to know when a scene is broken - and how to fix it.
©2018 Randall Ingermanson (P)2018 Randall Ingermanson
Wyatt
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He’s lost her twice…. He’s not going to lose her again.... NHL Hockey Goalie Wyatt Marshall has everything - fame, money, and a thriving career. But he’s hiding the two things that matter most...a career-ending injury and his broken heart. He’s been in love with Coco Stanley since she walked into his life at age 14, a foster child for the Marshall family. She stole his heart years later, when, after a secret tryst, she returned to her home country of Russia. But she won’t let him back into her life — and he can’t figure out why. She’s harboring a secret that could cost lives.... Coco Stanley is tired of living her life undercover. Or at least, with an assumed name, always pretending to be someone she’s not. And that’s not the only secret she’s harboring. If Wyatt discovers the real reason she left him, it might just destroy him. She’s resigned herself to loving him from afar.... But when he discovers she’s in danger.... Wyatt is horrified when he learns Coco has been shot and left in Russia, her fate unknown. There is nothing — nothing — that will stop him from finding her. So what if he’s not one of his super-heroic brothers, not a Ranger, not a SEAL.... Wyatt is a hockey goalie, a special kind of crazy brave. Except, is he brave enough to face the secret Coco is keeping, or will it destroy everything he’s hoped for? What will it cost them to save her? What Wyatt and Coco don’t know is that revenge is stalking her and bringing her home just might cost them their long-awaited happy ending. Continue the breath-taking Montana Marshalls series! "Action, drama, adventure, flawed individuals and emotional and spiritual challenges are hallmarks of Warren's books." (Christian Library Journal) "Warren has a knack for creating captivating and relatable characters that pull the reader deep into the story." (Radiant Lit) The Montana Marshalls (family series) Book 1: Knox Book 2: Tate Book 3: Ford Book 4: Wyatt Book 5: Ruby Jane Other books by Susan May Warren Montana Fire Book 1: Where There's Smoke (Summer of Fire) Book 2: Playing with Fire (Summer of Fire) Book 3: Burnin' For You (Summer of Fire) Book 4: Oh, The Weather Outside is Frightful (Christmas novella) Book 5: I'll Be There (Montana Fire/Deep Haven crossover) Book 6: Light My Fire (Summer of the Burning Sky) Book 7: The Heat Is On (Summer of the Burning Sky) Book 8: Some Like It Hot (Summer of the Burning Sky) Book 9: You Don't Have to Be a Star (spin-off) Montana Rescue Book 1: If Ever I Would Leave You (novella prequel) Book 2: Wild Montana Skies Book 3: Rescue Me Book 4: A Matter of Trust Book 5: Crossfire (a novella) Book 6: Troubled Waters Book 7: Storm Front Book 8: Wait for Me Team Hope (Search and Rescue series) Book 1: Waiting for Dawn (novella prequel) Book 2: Flee the Night Book 3: Escape to Morning Book 4: Expect the Sunrise Noble Legacy (Montana Ranch Trilogy) Book 1: Reclaiming Nick Book 2: Taming Rafe Book 3: Finding Stefanie
©2019 Susan May Warren (P)2020 Susan May Warren