Author Rebecca Black

  Sapphire & The Atlantians The Sapphire Series of Novels This second edition includes eleven new pages and is completely rewritten.  In the colorful heart of Atlantia on the island of Atlantis lives a scrawny teenage girl unaware that she will soon become a hero.   For now, Sapphire lives a secluded life in The Elders’ Compound with old, boring seers.    Her only respite is visiting her grandmother in the forests of Iolite twice a year and when Jasper, her only friend, visits the compound.   For the most part, these last fifteen years have been one boring lesson after another learning the mysteries of science, math, history and the ways of humans.   Little does she know of the gifts she will soon receive for her upcoming sixteenth birthday nor the battle she will fight to save the human world. Children's Fiction Save the Jellywonkers: Help Keep The Oceans Clean Beware the Blackness, A Jellywonker Adventure A Tale of a Bear & Pony: A Yellowstone Adventure.

  As an author of 50+ etiquette books, I was ready for a change and wanted to focus on writing fiction and advice articles.   One day, my daughter challenged me to write a story based on my youngest granddaughter’s nicknames: Sherbear and Simony-Pony.   I embraced this enjoyable challenge wholeheartedly as I imagined all my five grandchildren as forest creatures and a Park Ranger.   Now, you can read about these wonderful creatures and share their adventure too!   The Tale of a Bear & Pony Protect the Wildlife of Yellowstone! Book Trailer "Good friends are like gold, but sometimes difficult to find.  Nevertheless, when a mustang foal is lost and cut off from her family, an unlikely hero steps in to help and instantly befriends her.  This heartwarming story is about Sherbear, a young bear, who finds a frightened mustang foal named Simony-Pony. Ranchers chased Simony-Pony and her family and now she is lost. Sherbear, her friends, and Simony-Pony play and explore as t

Wedding &   Reception Planning The Etiquette Guide for Planning the Perfect Wedding Planning a wedding soon? How about a destination wedding? Do you know where to begin? Are you planning an event your guests will love and remember? Planning a wedding can be exhausting. Worse yet, the process can strain relationships to the breaking point, especially with our ever-growing extended family filled with “exes”. However, if we know how to plan correctly, we take fewer false steps resulting in the entire bridal party following a clear map of the journey. More importantly, if planned with proper etiquette in mind, your wedding could be the event guests rave about for years. Etiquette consultant Rebecca Black has offered wedding planning advice for nearly two decades. Her advice is highly valued, as she is a frequent guest on various television networks, in magazines, and on the Internet. Now you can have her valuable information in the palm of your hand! Articles by Rebecca How to

  Through my many years as a credentialed teacher, I wrote countless lesson plans.  I spent most of my career teaching children and when my students enjoyed the lesson, it was joyful.   So, when I retired and began my etiquette business, I carried on the tradition and wrote lesson plans for each class.  All are created to be used from day one.    Etiquette for the Socially Savvy Teen    Growing Up Socially Savvy     Just for Teens Manners for Children   Organizational Skills Prom Etiquette   Table Manners The Socially Savvy & Organized Teen Lesson Plans The Socially Savvy & Well-Dressed Teen

  As a credentialed teacher, I wrote countless lesson plans.  When I retired and began my etiquette business, I continued the process by writing lesson plans for each workshop.  All are created to be used from day one.     Business   Meal Etiquette Lesson Plans Career Fair Etiquette Lesson Plans Proper Business Attire: Dressing to Succeed Lesson Plans Train the Trainer Lesson Plans Workplace Etiquette Lesson Plans

Through my many years as a credentialed teacher, I wrote countless lesson plans.  So, when I began my etiquette business, I continued the practice for each class.  All are created to be used from day one of purchase. Entertaining Skills 101 Lesson Plans Golf Etiquette Lesson Plans How to Become Socially Savvy Lesson Plans How to Teach Your Children Manners Lesson Plans   How to Tea Lesson Plans Wine Etiquette Lesson Plans To Teach Wedding Planning Lessons for the Newly Engaged Lesson Plans Wedding Planning Lesson Plans Wedding Reception Planning Lesson Plans

  Evolution of the Cyborg Evolution of the Cyborg , with its meandering timelines interspersed with science fact and fiction, is finished and published. I take the reader on a journey of the health and climate issues humans face—including food shortages and pandemics—leading to the necessity of bionic modifications.  It’s a world we are creating today.  Read to learn if the human race survived the  Evolution of the Cyborg .  Find it here . Peek into the first two paragraphs and follow along as our protagonist researches a forbidden subject: Humans. “Humans were biologically inefficient beings compared to most known organisms of Earth.  Specifically, they were exceptionally slow to evolve as a swiftly changing environment overtook them.  Their organs, especially the brain, required a significant amount of nutrients for proper functionality.  With a limited food supply caused by ozone depletion, pollutants, and climate change...”  “Emiko, this database is irrelevant.  Your reasoning?” Si

He Took My Sister! A Joy Bell Mystery Her mother died when she and her baby sister were young, and her father followed shortly after remarrying.   Joy and her eleven-year-old sister, Lily, barely survive their stepmother's daily rage.    Stepmother Maude works the night shift and drinks heavily afterward until early morning.  Resentful and  truculent,  she makes their lives almost unbearable.   If not for her protective neighbor, adults at school, and a new friend, Joy would be miserable.   In this book, Joy’s sister is kidnapped.   Circumstances lead to Joy, her neighbor, and Mateo—her new friend—as the only ones to hunt down the kidnapper before Lily disappears forever.   What follows is a short excerpt.   “Stepping back slightly, she takes Joy’s face in her hand and asks again, “Why?   Why didn’t you come to me?”   Tearing up, Joy quietly  responds , “I didn’t want to intervene, but I could see myself in that boy’s eyes.   He was powerless against those bullies.   As a

Forward With her boyfriend Alex living the life of a wealthy art gallery owner in Portland and her best friend Jasper in Atlantis, this year has been trying and lonely.  That’s not to say Sapphire is alone.  For the first time in her life, she’s surrounded by a multitude of loved ones living safely in her parent’s central Oregon Compound.  Many of the new residents are half-human refugees from Atlantis and the human world; many possess unique gifts.  Never had Sapphire dreamed of being the leader and sole protector of such a large, diverse group of people.    In the hottest days of summer, the three reunite for her seventeen birthday and find that last year’s battles with Arion were a mere warmup for this year’s war in Atlantis.   He is returning and this time he is not alone.     More From this Trilogy Sapphire & the Atlantians Return of The Tui Siri: Book 3

  Return of The Tui Siri Book Three of The Sapphire Series of Novels Forward “Yes, Sapphire.  The Tui Siri have returned, and they want it all: you, your loved ones, all half-breeds, Atlantis, and the human world.  We need you, Sapphire.  There’s never been a better leader in our history and we’ve run out of time.” Until Sapphire heard these ominous words, she’d been living life as an amnesiac university student creating clean renewable energy for her uncle’s corporation.  Her world was small, with very few loved ones and responsibilities.  Now, she remembers it all: the battles, death, boyfriend, and best friend.  Worst of all, she now realizes she must return as the leader to save all life: human and Atlantian.

Sapphire and The Atlantians: War in Atlantis Chapter 17 What follows is an exceptionally dark excerpt from book two in the Sapphire and The Atlantians Series of Novels: War in Atlantis. This scene is extremely dark, so please stop reading if it is too violent for you.  The darkness is necessary to foreshadow a few elements at the end of this book and the beginning of the next.  Backstory First, a little backstory.  Atlantians have gifts: empathy (more than simple telepathy), telekinesis, seeing (future and past), and healing.  Sapphire is surprisingly gifted (you'll have to read the books to learn more about her gifts).  Arion, an extremely gifted empath, can alter thoughts and memories.  Moreover, he can alter a person's reality.  In a nutshell, he is evil—deliciously evil. In the following, scene for this book, Sapphire, our female protagonist, is weary after many days of no sleep.  Consequently, she stumbles into a quiet room to take a short nap before the next b

  Beware the Blackness; A Jellywonker Adventure Jellywonker Adventures Book 2! Jellywonkers are unique, colorful sea creatures.    Besides cleaning the ocean floor and seamounts, Jellywonkers love to learn and travel.   Beware the Blackness is a story about a Jellywonker named Ted venturing with his friend Humphrey, a humpback whale, to the waters of Alaska.   There, they meet up with their friend Maud, a pelican.   Together they discover an oil spill, which threatens the beauty and health of all creatures sharing these waters.     Each Jellywonker Adventure is more than just an enjoyable story for young children; each is an educational tome including factoids and a call for action.   In this particular book, we learn about geography and cold-water sea creatures.   We also learn how to help save the ocean.   Save the Oceans! Save the Jellywonkers! About Your Author Rebecca Black is an author of 50+ books.   As an etiquette expert and consultant with more than 20 years of

  I enjoyed my many years of presenting workshops and teaching private classes for children and teen s.  Writing books for each topic was a natural progression.  Each book is a labor of love and reflects my decades of teaching. Dating Etiquette Electronic Etiquette Etiquette for the Socially Savvy Teen Organizational Skills for Teens Prom Etiquette   Peruse Fiction Sapphire & the Atlantians    Sapphire and Atlantians: War in Atlantis Return of The Tui Siri: Book 3

  A good business workshop is made better with good material.  With great material, the workshop is, well, even better.  I wrote most of my books to give my private students and workshop attendees material to complement my classes.   Some, I wrote when I noticed a need.  All include excellent advice.   Business   Meeting   Etiquette   Cultural   Awareness International Business Travel Etiquette Train the Trainer Guide Workplace Etiquette

  Etiquette Books for Most Occasions! When I see a need, I feel a responsibility to attempt to fill it.  In a nutshell, this is one of the biggest reasons I began my etiquette business.  The same reasoning applies to why I’ve written such a wide variety of etiquette books.   Here they are:    Cultural   Awareness Dining Etiquette   Electronic Etiquette   Entertaining Skills 101   Etiquette for the Socially Savvy Adult    Golf Etiquette How to Dress for All Occasions   How to Teach Your Children Manners How to Eat Sushi Properly Navigating Important Events . .. Reach Your Potential   Societal Rage Wedding & Reception Planning   Wine Etiquette Check out our:   Business Etiquette Books