NEW BOOK: Time Travelers: Zone One, a science fiction novel by Elaine North, and two screenplays for the novel. North is also author of Adventures of Nebraska Wade, a western about an elegant black dressmaker traveling in the Wild West; and Election 2000 Enchantment, a romance novel that tells the whole story about the derailed 2000 election.

Elaine North Writer, Editor, Lecturer Author of Time Travelers: Zone One, Adventures of Nebraska Wade and Election 2000 Enchantment

EDITING, WRITING, SECRETARIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY ELAINE NORTH: Edits, Types, Formats - Books, Screenplays, Dissertations, Papers, Resumes; Ghostwriting; & for Small Business e-mail: writerchicago@yahoo.com RECENT BOOKS BY ELAINE NORTH “Time Travelers: Zone One” is a science fiction novel about ten diverse people in 2004 that enjoy fun and adventure journeying through time and space to the past in old England 1692, to Atlantis 2004, the land beneath the ocean; then to the future at year 3500 in a totalitarian society called Zone One where the time travelers are devastated. Two screenplays are written based on the novel: Time Travelers: The Great Magician and Time Travelers: Journey to Zone One. To be published in 2007. “Adventures of Nebraska Wade” is a historical cowboy novel about an elegant black dressmaker who travels throughout the Wild West and experiences intrigue, fun and romance. This novel presents a new, refreshing image for the 19th century black woman as refined, free, smart and high-spirited, instead of the usual downtrodden and slave girl image for that era. Published in 2004. It is the first book of a cowboy trilogy. Book Two of the cowboy trilogy is “Travels in the Western Territories,” and Book Three is “A Lady in the West.” “Election 2000 Enchantment.” Bush! Gore! Nader! This crime, romance novel tells the entire story, all of the day-by-day events, of the 2000 derailed election. Two pretty young ballot recounters experience adventure, intrigue, romance, danger and deception as they meet people that come to Florida due to the derailed election. Published in 2002. * * * * CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE: Editing, Writing, Secretarial Services provided by Elaine North Present Lectures by Elaine North Time Travelers: Zone One synopsis and press release Adventures of Nebraska Wade synopsis and press release Election 2000 Enchantment book review and press release Author Biography and Writing Background Upcoming Author Events Writing Tutoring Services - Learn How to Write Like a Pro! Contact Information * * * * Book Purchase Information You can get a copy of “Election 2000 Enchantment,” by Elaine North at Barnes & Nobles, Other Leading Bookstores Or Order the book at http://www.iUniverse.com, or http://www.amazon.com * * * * PRESENT LECTURES BY ELAINE NORTH Elaine North is available to present motivational lectures entitled: . “How to Write Like a Pro!: The Art of Creative Writing” . “Developing and Writing a Science Fiction Novel” . “Developing and Writing the Cowboy Novel ‘Adventures of Nebraska Wade’ and Other Novels by Elaine North” . “Persistence to Success” . “Lecture by Elaine North” on writing techniques, her books and succeeding in your goals. For Lectures Contact: writerchicago@yahoo.com * * * * NEW BOOK by Elaine North!!! Time Travelers: The Great Magician a science fiction trilogy adventure Time Travelers: The Great Magician, Time Travelers: Zone One, and Time Travelers: Destiny SYNOPSIS-OVERVIEW In Chicago 2004, eccentric scientist, Dr. Danville Chandler, holds a dinner party where he demonstrates his latest invention, which is his MIM machine that sends earth sounds into outer space across the universe. The nine diverse dinner guests thoroughly enjoy transmitting their favorite songs to far away galaxies to be heard by alien beings. But something goes wrong. Dr. Chandler is also working on another invention, a time travel machine, which becomes activated. A fuchsia colored glowing light fills the room, and Dr. Chandler and his guests are transported through a portal to another time and place. They time travel to the past. The ten people from the dinner party are astonished as they find themselves outside on a remote road near London in old England 1692. The time travelers include: Grant Shields, who is a handsome former Air Force pilot, martial arts expert and computer specialist, age 34. Grant’s best friend, Dexter Fuller, is an attractive African-American detective who is also a former Air Force pilot and martial arts expert. Three scientists are among them: Dr. Chandler, Dr. Haku who is Dr. Chandler’s Japanese assistant, a physicist; and a German mathematician, Dr. Hans Oberhof. Two women are among the time travelers: Meg Hollins is a pretty and elegant Chicago socialite who breaks hearts throughout time and space of very interesting men she meets time traveling; and Dexter’s girlfriend, Lisa Wells, is a lovely African-American history professor. Also with them are Bill Karr, a square conservative lawyer, and Prescott E. Hampton, an investment broker who is obsessed with money and tries to earn money during their time travel journeys which gets them all in trouble. One uninvited guest came to the house the night of the dinner party, Dr. Chandler’s wild and irresponsible nephew, Neave, age 21, who dropped by to borrow money, but also entered the portal that transported them all to the past. When they find a portal that returns them to 2004, they arrive at a mysterious land beneath the ocean, Atlantis. In Atlantis, the time travelers meet Karen Schaffer, a pretty young woman from Philadelphia whose father, a scientist, moved to Atlantis 14 years ago with his family. Now Karen’s parents are dead, she is stranded in Atlantis and joins with the time travelers to find a way to the surface of earth, which is not easy to accomplish. Grant and Karen fall in love. In each place they journey traveling through time, the time travelers must figure out how they can survive, obtain food and shelter, and, foremost, how they can find a portal that will take them back home. The time travelers suffer tremendous anguish and hardships, which are complicated by their unwise decisions. And they are often tricked by people who direct them to portals that take them not to where they want to go. In Time Travelers: Magic Portals, the time travelers meet an evil medieval astronomer in old England. In Atlantis, they encounter the wicked Great Magician of Atlantis, a devious submarine captain who wants to kill them, and a tricky Native American, Pocon. In Atlantis, Grant slays the giant two-headed dragon. In the book is also a powerfully awesome master time traveler from the future, year 3500, who travels to 2004. This novel weaves the major elements of the supernatural into an intriguing story: magic, telepathy, remote viewing on a magic table, contact with other planets and galaxies, UFOs, a secret government black project, a cave passageway from earth’s surface down to Atlantis, giant monstrous beasts, experts on time travel, martial arts, and diverse portals. A few lucky time travelers find portals and get back home early in their journeys; and at first they enjoy some experiences of fun and adventure during time travel. In old England, Meg attends a ball with a nobleman, but she is suspected of being a French spy and flees from the ball like Cinderella. Mad scientist Dr. Chandler loves the experience of witnessing time travel, and doesn’t care when they return home. Grant is the natural leader of the time travelers, keeping them focused on getting home. Time Travelers: The Great Magician is book one of a science fiction trilogy. The author has written screenplays for all three books. In the second book-screenplay, Time Travelers: Zone One, they journey to the future, year 3500. The time travelers are at a place called Zone One, which is a totalitarian society where the rulers live in Satellite City, a gigantic satellite in outer space from which they oppressively rule over the masses down on earth. In Zone One, the time travelers are devastated. In the third book-screenplay for this science fiction trilogy, Time Travelers: Destiny, the time travelers go to Mars and find a highly advanced society there, and are there when Earth attacks Mars in a great war. * * * * P R E S S R E L E A S E NEW BOOK: Time Travelers: The Great Magician a science fiction novel by Elaine North Chicago—May 18, 2008—Time Travelers: The Great Magician is a science fiction novel by Elaine North that weaves all the major elements of the supernatural into an intriguing story. This novel includes remote viewing, magic, telepathy, transmitting earth music to other galaxies, a cave passageway from earth’s surface down to Atlantis, martial arts, portals, and experts on time travel. The time travel story begins in Chicago 2004. Eccentric scientist, Dr. Danville Chandler, holds a dinner party where he demonstrates his latest invention, his MIM machine, which transmits earth sounds to outer space to other planets and galaxies across the universe. Dr. Chandler’s nine diverse dinner guests thoroughly enjoy sending their favorite songs – classical, jazz and popular tunes - into outer space to be heard by alien beings in far away galaxies. But something goes wrong. Dr. Chandler has also invented a time travel machine, and the MIM sound machine activates the time travel machine. A fuchsia colored glowing mist fills the room, and Dr. Chandler and his guests are transported through a portal to another time and place. They time travel to the past. The time travelers journey to old England 1692. After their initial shock about being here, the time travelers enjoy merry old England. The author depicted 17th century England colorfully by blending all major aspects of that culture into the story, including: a playhouse, royalty, a pub, Oxford, a little cottage where the time travelers live, as well as orphans running through the street. From old England, the time travelers journey to Atlantis 2004. Elaine North’s version of Atlantis is most believable. It is extraordinary how the author describes a whole setting and rich society for the land below the ocean, which includes a strange beach down there that covers with water at night. Also well depicted are the flamboyant temple and powerful magic of the Great Magician in Atlantis. Intriguing characters enrich this science fiction novel. The time travelers include two former Air Force pilots that are age 34, three scientists, two women, a rich investor, a square conservative lawyer, and a wild and irresponsible young man, age 21. The time travelers have diverse ethnicities with a Japanese, a European, an African American couple, and six white Americans. Dr. Danville Chandler is obsessed with his theory on time travel. He marvels at the thought of being on a journey to another time and place. For Danville, these time travel journeys are all an experiment for his scientific research and inquiry. Yet, the other time travelers feel quite anguished and lost, and often fear the threat of gloom and doom, about being on these time travel journeys. The main character in Time Travelers is Grant Shields, a notably handsome computer specialist and former Air Force pilot. Grant is a sensitive and intelligent man, who exhibits natural leadership skills as he makes major decisions for the time travelers about how they will proceed and survive during their journeys to other times. Grant’s best friend, Dexter Fuller, is an attractive African-American detective who is also a former Air Force pilot. Meg Hollins is a pretty and elegant Chicago socialite who was fascinated with topics about the supernatural, until she experiences it. Meg breaks hearts throughout time and space among the very interesting men that she meets time traveling. Prescott is a rich investor among the time travelers, who is obsessed with money, makes attempts to earn money at the places they travel, and gets the time travelers in trouble. In fact, several of the time travelers cause troubles for them all by doing some out right stupid things. Danville’s nephew, Neave, who stopped by the house that night to borrow money, also entered the portal time traveling with them all. Neave seeks out women as they time travel and is the funny guy in the group. Both Grant and Dexter are experts at martial arts, which is good for helping them out of scraps. There are some suspenseful marital arts confrontations in the novel. At each place they journey traveling through time, the time travelers must figure out how they are going to survive there and, of course, how they can get back to 2004. To return to 2004, they must find a portal that will take them there. Elaine North presents a definition for portals: “Portals are supernatural locations at certain places on earth, mostly in caves and on mountains. When someone enters a portal location, they time travel to the past, the future, or to a planet in another galaxy.” But the time travelers are often tricked by people who direct them to portals that take them not where they want to go. On their time travel adventures, they meet an evil medieval astronomer in old England. They encounter the wicked and sadistic Great Magician of Atlantis. And they are misled by the deceptive Native American, Pocon, who visits Atlantis from the surface of earth. The time travelers also meet a powerfully awesome master time traveler from the future who travels to 2004. Traveling through time to strange lands is not easy. The time travelers suffer hardships and anguish as they long to get back home. At first there are some experiences of fun and adventure for the time travelers in old England 1692, then they witness the wonders of Atlantis, the land lost under the ocean. But when they arrive in year 3500 at Zone One, the time travelers squat in an abandoned building in the Old City of Zone One, hiding. They are in constant fear here. The time travelers are devastated in Zone One. * * * SYNOPSIS-OVERVIEW The Historic Cowboy Trilogy, by Elaine North “ADVENTURES OF NEBRASKA WADE,” “TRAVELS IN THE WESTERN TERRITORIES,” and “A LADY IN THE WEST” The Nebraska Wade trilogy is a black cowboy adventure based on historical background with a great love story. It is the story of Nebraska Wade, an elegant black dressmaker, who travels throughout the Wild West searching for her husband. This cowboy story is written in three volumes, a trilogy, which include: ADVENTURES OF NEBRASKA WADE, TRAVELS IN THE WESTERN TERRITORIES, and A LADY IN THE WEST. The trilogy depicts dynamic and highly successful free black people in the western territories in the 19th century. The novels span from 1854 to 1895. Nebraska, who is known as Braska, evolves from an innocent girl on the plains to a sophisticated woman in the city in the trilogy. In “Adventures of Nebraska Wade,” Book One of the cowboy trilogy, Braska grows up on the plains raised by her grandfather, a runaway slave, who is a fur trapper that teaches her a world of wisdom. When Braska comes of age, she moves to Lincoln and becomes involved with her ruthless cowgirl cousin, Sally Ann, selling whiskey to the indians. In Lincoln she meets Henry Holmes, an intelligent and sensitive man, who is an adventurer that negotiates treaties with the indians for the white man. They get married and enjoy adventure together traveling throughout the Wild West. This novel includes outlaws, lawmen, cavalrymen, preachers, saloon women, Civil War soldiers, a phony nobleman, and dudes from back East. In Book Two of the trilogy, “Travels in the Western Territories,” during the Trail of Tears, Braska becomes lost from Henry, and spends the rest of her life searching for him. Trying to get to Denver, Braska becomes lost in the wilderness with some indians and almost dies. She encounters black intellectuals who address the race crisis in America after emancipation, and meets a handsome rascally trickster black cowboy, one of the fastest guns in Arizona Territory. Nebraska has a son by Henry and two children by the cowboy. Continuing her search for Henry, in San Francisco, Braska is in elite black society, when she meets a black lady, who is a famous artist in the city and is also reckless and promiscuous. Two men want to marry Braska in San Francisco. One is a most elegant, debonair and classy black man, who owns the largest black owned advertising agency west of the Mississippi River. The other is a white man, whose family is wealthy from the Gold Rush, and his aristocratic mother, who rides in a golden carriage, takes underhanded means to stop any marriage. Braska attends a black ball, meets with a back to Africa movement in Oakland, and lives a life full of intrigue and danger in San Francisco. A devastating earthquake ends Braska’s fun in San Francisco, and she continues her search for Henry. In Chicago, she encounters the treacherous political scene, and meets a conservative inventor, who takes her on a trip to London and Paris in the frolicking 1880s. Additional characters and events in the cowboy trilogy include bank robbers, bandits, train robbers, soldiers, cattle rustlers, gamblers, saloon women, detectives, preachers, gold prospectors and dudes from back east. The cowboy trilogy is eloquent, hilarious and action packed with brawls, duels and shootouts. * * * * P R E S S R E L E A S E Historical Black Cowboy Novel Depicts Free Blacks in the Western Territories Book One of a Cowboy Trilogy, by Elaine North Chicago--May 22, 2004--The latest novel by Elaine North is “Adventures of Nebraska Wade,” which is the first book of a black cowboy trilogy. The three books depict the life of Nebraska Wade, an elegant black dressmaker, who experiences fun, intrigue and romance as she travels throughout the Wild West. Everyone calls her Braska. During her travels in the three books, Braska evolves from an innocent girl on the plains to a sophisticated woman in the city. The cowboy trilogy is based on historical facts and has a great love story. Research for this cowboy story included more than a hundred books. The trilogy depicts the dynamic free African-Americans in the western territories in the nineteenth century. “Travels in the Western Territories” is Book Two of the Nebraska Wade cowboy trilogy. In this second book, Braska searches throughout the Wild West for her husband, and nearly dies in the wilderness with the indians while trying to get to Denver. Braska encounters black intellectuals who address the racial crisis in the United States directly after emancipation, and she meets a handsome rascally trickster black cowboy, who is one of the fastest guns in Arizona Territory. In Book Three of the trilogy, “A Lady in the West,” the elegant dressmaker travels to sophisticated San Francisco where she meets debonair black gents of the Old West and other intriguing black and white characters of California in the late nineteenth century. In “A Lady in the West,” Braska also travels to Chicago, and visits London and Paris in the frolicking 1880s. Images for black women in the nineteenth century has been that of a woman with a rag on her head scrubbing somebody’s floor. With the character Nebraska Wade, Elaine North presents a free, high-spirited, polished and elegant black lady, which is an image never before clearly depicted for nineteenth century black women. By illustrating dynamic blacks of the western territories, another more positive facet of the African-American experience in the nineteenth century can be seen, something other than slavery. During her research for the cowboy trilogy, Elaine North learned that the first governor of California was a black man; a black man owned the ritziest hotel in the West, in Denver, where the president would stay; and that a large number of cowboys were black; these are facts that are little known. In 2002, Elaine North’s novel “Election 2000 Enchantment” was published. It is a fun-filled adventure of two young women in Miami-Dade County, who become ballot recounters during the Florida 2000 election crisis. The young women experience intrigue, romance, passion, danger and deception as they meet some of the many people from across the country that converge upon Florida due to the derailed election. Both young women are 21. Jennifer McCloud is a pretty white brunette, and Robin Booth is a lovely, slender African-American. Jennifer becomes romantically involved with a dashing young New York reporter, and Robin has a courtship with a tall handsome young black attorney from Chicago. Jennifer and Robin also meet a habitual criminal and thief, Dick Johnson. The thief has come to Florida to con money from people by telling the lie that he can steal votes from the ballot hand recount to help a candidate win. The thief tries to use the girls in his scam. The entire story of the 2000 Florida election crisis, all of the day-by-day events and details, is depicted through the lives of the characters in “Election 2000 Enchantment.” Elaine North has written six books. North studied photojournalism at Los Angeles City College, and worked as an advertising and award winning newspaper photojournalist in the 1980s. In 1991, Elaine earned her history degree at the University of Illinois, where she conducted extensive history and Russian literature research projects. Elaine North has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the U.S., and to Africa and Japan. North speaks English, French and German, and has lived in Geneva, Switzerland working as a secretary at an international organization. She has also worked as a corporate secretary in New York City. Elaine North was born in Chicago, and has wanted to become a writer since age twelve. While a teenager, she read extensively and already had her heart set on traveling. In the last twenty years, her hobbies have become reading the greatest writers and intensely studying Webster’s dictionary, which have been valuable to her pursuit to master creative writing as a fine art. The author prefers nineteenth century Russian and English writers. North strives for clarity and smooth word flow in her novels, which enhance her writing with eloquence. Each chapter of Elaine North’s novels can be enjoyed as a short story. Presently, Elaine North resides in Chicago where she is completing a non-fiction book. It is a relationship/marriage guide that teaches women how to use tough love and feminine charms in the game of love to get the man of their dreams and the good relationship they desire. To contact the writer e-mail: writerchicago@yahoo.com * * * * BOOK REVIEW of “Election 2000 Enchantment,” by Elaine North “Election 2000 Crisis in Florida Told in a Crime, Romance Novel” With all the upheaval and mystery that abounded during the 2000 presidential election crisis in Florida, author and historian, Elaine North, has written ELECTION 2000 ENCHANTMENT, a fun-filled crime, romance novel about the 36-day presidential election crisis. The entire election crisis, each day-by-day event, is clearly depicted through the characters in ELECTION 2000 ENCHANTMENT. The novel takes place in the resort town of Honeyside, in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Jennifer McCloud and Robin Booth are friends, both 21, who proudly become ballot hand recounters when presidential election 2000 becomes derailed. Jennifer is white and had put in a lot of hours volunteering for Bush. Robin is an African American, who is a waitress at a chic jet set nightclub called the Space Ocean in the resort town. Both Jennifer and Robin attend college, and they meet a variety of interesting people that come to Florida due to the election crisis. Jennifer becomes romantically involved with Alan Scott, a dashing young democrat television news reporter from New York, and Robin meets a tall handsome young democrat black attorney, Damon Shuttlesworth, from Chicago. In San Quentin, California, on Election Day, Dick Johnson, a habitual criminal and thief, is released from prison. The thief descends upon Florida to steal ballots and con money from people by telling the lie that he can steal votes from the hand recount to help a candidate win. Dick Johnson befriends Jennifer and Robin and plots to use them in his scam. The girls are overworked and weary from recounting mounds of ballots, and Johnson makes them feel important by telling them that they should be honored for hand counting ballots and saving the country. The thief fools the girls into believing that he is a rich man. He takes Jennifer and Robin to fancy restaurants, buys them expensive jewelry, and lies to them raving about the many movie stars, royalty and politicians he knows. Dick Johnson steals credit cards, a Rolex watch, six cars and everything else he desires. In Chapter 13, “The Thief in the Night,” Johnson steals ballots and a voting machine. Jennifer and Robin encounter fun and adventure as they experience all important events of the election crisis. When republicans storm the Miami-Dade county building to stop the hand recount, Jennifer and Robin are there. They cheer with a crowd when they see the Ryder truck speeding along the highway taking ballots to Tallahassee, with no idea that Dick Johnson is trailing them. All of the 24 chapters in ELECTION 2000 ENCHANTMENT are well developed and some read as richly as short stories. Chapter 19, “The Proud Day in Washington, D.C.,” is one of the funniest chapters, when Dick Johnson treats Jennifer and Robin to a plane trip to Washington to protest at the big U.S. Supreme Court hearing. As Jennifer and Robin protests, Dick Johnson steals a truck and tries to steal a statue of President Madison, but ends up fleeing from the police and hiding, which causes Jennifer and Robin to become stranded in Washington after the protest. The love affairs in ELECTION 2000 ENCHANTMENT are sensitive and passionate. The main topic of the book is the election, yet the writer artfully blends the romances and the crimes of Dick Johnson with the election crisis, as they all evolve. Damon and Robin have a sweet romance until she tells him that she voted for Ralph Nader, and they argue and break up. Jennifer has many opportunities to interact with Alan while he is working as a reporter on the election. In Chapter 12, “Election Love,” Jennifer and Alan realize that they have fallen in love and wonder if the end of the election will be the end of their affair. Minor characters in ELECTION 2000 ENCHANTMENT include Jennifer’s two nerd little brothers, Wyler, age 17, who is trying to build a voting machine to enter the Perfect Voting Machine Contest, and 12 year old Truman, who is also a genius and analyzes the details of the election crisis like an expert. Robin’s mother, Sandra Booth, is a most vivid minor character, one that could be a major character. Sandra Booth is a staunch democrat, who constantly complains about what is happening with the election. Sandra is a dynamic, strong black woman, who uses all kinds of sophisticated manipulative strategies to get Damon to marry Robin. Elaine North is an eloquent writer and charming storyteller. North earned her degree in history from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she conducted extensive history and literature research projects. North was born in Chicago, has traveled extensively and speaks three languages. She has lived in Geneva, Switzerland, working as a bilingual secretary at an international organization, and has worked as a corporate secretary in New York City. North was an advertising and frequently published newspaper photojournalist in the 1980s. Elaine North resides in Chicago where she has a business editing books, screenplays and business proposals. Elaine North has written six books. Profound Thinking Ezine, January 2004. * * * * Book Purchase Information You can get a copy of “Election 2000 Enchantment,” by Elaine North at Barnes & Nobles, Other Leading Bookstores Or Order the book at http://www.iUniverse.com, or http://www.amazon.com * * * * NEWS RELEASE Election 2000 - the Crime, Romance Novel! “Election 2000 Enchantment,” by Elaine North Chicago--April 12, 2004--A crime, romance novel has been written about the presidential election 2000 crisis in Florida. While thirty-six famous attorneys wrote history books about the election crisis in Florida in 2000, author and historian Elaine North has written a crime, romance novel that blends all the events, politicians, protesters and other aspects of the 2000 election crisis in Florida into an intriguing fiction novel. “Election 2000 Enchantment” is a fun-filled adventure of two young women, who become ballot recounters during the election crisis. The entire election crisis, each day-by-day event, is clearly depicted through the lives of the characters in the novel. The young women encounter intrigue, romance, passion, danger and deception as they meet some of the many people from across the country that converge upon Florida due to the derailed presidential election. Both young women are 21. Jennifer McCloud is a pretty white brunette, and Robin Booth is a lovely African American. Jennifer becomes romantically involved with a dashing young New York television reporter, and Robin has a courtship with a tall handsome young black attorney from Chicago. Jennifer and Robin also meet a habitual criminal and thief, Dick Johnson. The thief has come to Florida to con money from people by telling the lie that he can steal votes from the hand ballot recount to help a candidate win. The thief tries to use the girls in his scam. This is the sixth book written by Elaine North, who is an entrepreneur with an editing business, earned a history degree from the University of Illinois, and has traveled extensively globally. * * * * AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHY AND WRITING BACKGROUND ELAINE NORTH author of the novel Time Travelers: Zone One and two screenplays based on the novel also author of Election 2000 Enchantment and Adventures of Nebraska Wade Elaine North has written six books. The latest work by Elaine North is a science fiction novel, Time Travelers: Zone One, and North has written two screenplays based on the science fiction novel: Time Travelers: The Great Magician and Time Travelers: Journey to Zone One. North is also author of Adventures of Nebraska Wade, a historical cowboy novel about an elegant black dressmaker who travels throughout the Wild West experiencing intrigue, fun and romance. Published in 2004, this western novel presents a totally new, refreshing image for the 19th century black woman as refined, free, smart and high spirited, instead of the old downtrodden and slave girl images typically depicted for black women of that era. In 2002, North’s novel Election 2000 Enchantment was published. It is a crime romance novel that tells the whole story, each day-by-day detail and event, of the 2000 election crisis in Florida. North was born in Chicago, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the U.S., and to Africa and Japan. The author speaks three languages. She has lived abroad twice: in Geneva, Switzerland where she worked as a secretary at an international organization, and in Nigeria working as a photographer. Elaine North has also worked as a corporate secretary in New York City. Elaine North earned her history degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she conducted extensive history and literature research projects. North graduated from Dunbar Vocational High School in Chicago. She studied photojournalism at Los Angeles City College, and worked as an advertising and frequently published newspaper photojournalist in the 1980s, which gave her the opportunity to attend FESTAC international arts event in Nigeria. Presently, Elaine North resides in Chicago, where she is an entrepreneur with a business editing books, screenplays, dissertations and business proposals. Elaine North has one daughter who is a doctor. Elaine North’s work in progress is a non-fiction book. It is a relationship guide that teaches women how to use tough love and feminine charm in the game of love to get the relationship they desire with the man of their dreams. March 5, 2007 For more info visit the author’s website: www.elainenorth.com * * * * To Interview the Author. Elaine North welcomes book reviews, and is available for interviews and lectures. If you want to interview Elaine North on the topics of: How to Write a Novel, African-Americans in the Wild West, Marriage and Relationships, or the novels “Adventures of Nebraska Wade” or “Election 2000 Enchantment,” contact Elaine North by e-mail at writerchicago@yahoo.com * * * * Link your website to this website. This website address is http://www.elainenorth.com * * * * Learn How to Write Like a Pro! Creative Writing Tutoring, Mentoring and Critiquing by Elaine North are available to individual writers. . Learn how to write dialogue, settings, action, openings, narratives and outlines. . Learn concepts of writing, including character development, plot and conflict development, writing treatments, point of view, finding writing ideas and getting published. E-Mail: writerchicago@yahoo.com * * * * Writing Services Available. Presently, Elaine North is available to edit books, screenplays, dissertations; ghostwriting, research and prepare grants of all kinds, as well as write proposals, speeches, business plans, and newsletters. Contact Elaine North at E-Mail writerchicago@yahoo.com. For more information visit the website: www.elainenorth.com “Providing Expert Services with Integrity for 20 Years” * * * * Lectures by Elaine North: Contact writerchicago@yahoo.com * * * * To the Reader: E-Mail the author, Elaine North, at authorelainenorth@yahoo.com and let her know what you think about her novels. Join the Author’s Mailing List. If you would like to be on Elaine North’s mailing list to get updates on new books, tour schedule and other information, e-mail: authorelainenorth@yahoo.com. Make the subject of your e-mail “Mailing List,” and include your name, e-mail address, occupation and the city where you live. * * * * Book Purchase Information You can get a copy of “Election 2000 Enchantment,” by Elaine North at Barnes & Nobles, Other Leading Bookstores Or Order the book at http://www.iUniverse.com, or http://www.amazon.com * * * * Titles: TIME TRAVELERS: THE GREAT MAGICIA N, ADVENTURES OF NEBRASKA WADE, and Election 2000 Enchantment Author: Elaine North Contact Info: E-Mail: authorelainenorth@yahoo.com, Address: P.O. Box 803662, Chicago, IL 60680, Website: http://www.elainenorth.com