Arts & Humanities - 22 February 2007

2007-02-22 20:23:24 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

In the name of all that is common sense, where in the world do these peopel get the idea they have been published? What I mean is, there is a HUGE difference between having a bunch of rotten little poems you wrote published on some lame web site (that is vanity printing NOT real publishing) and actually sending a competent manuscript into a publisher (a real publisher in say, NYC, or similar) and getting PAID for your work! Those web sites and vanity presses take everyone's work! No real publisher publishes poetry today anyway. I have run into more people on Yahoo who say, hey, you don't know anything, because I am a published poet. These people are on some lame website for pete's sake, or have paid to have their cheesy little book printed up. That is NOT real publishing. Is everyone crazy? I think people had better realize there is a difference between real publishing versus on line nonsense. Also, many seem to feel they will be the next JK Rowling or John Grisham. Hello?

2007-02-22 20:23:09 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

Scott F Fitzsgerald.

John Steinbeck.

Steven King.

Charles Dickens.

Nevil Shute.

Rosamonde Pilcher.

Robert Tressell.

And why?

2007-02-22 20:19:49 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

I have done everything but beg you to post some of your work. Dont keep me waiting. I can't wait to see how great your really are!!

2007-02-22 20:17:30 · 1 answers · asked by Jenny 1 in Books & Authors

Not sure why exactly, but I found the movie kind of confusing and they left out aspects of the book, which is normal for any book to movie conversion. What are your thoughts?

2007-02-22 20:13:32 · 4 answers · asked by gotham158 3 in Books & Authors

2007-02-22 20:08:05 · 2 answers · asked by emmiejizzie 1 in Genealogy

If you kill whales, i hope you go pale,
As you slowly sharpen your ready for the kill i hope you spill your empty heart full of tears onto the whale as you go pale!

2007-02-22 20:06:21 · 2 answers · asked by Katja ie tattybow 1 in Other - Arts & Humanities

I would like your honest suggestions/criticism on how I can improve.
Personally, I would have preferred having more light on the bear's face but our guide told us where to sit, no walking around and it wasn't like I could ask them to pose for me.

Also, I didn't use a tripod (shame on me) because it had been raining for at least two hours and I had all to do but keep my camera dry. The sun finally came out for some of them...

2007-02-22 19:56:23 · 10 answers · asked by Incognito 6 in Photography

If you kill whales, i hope you go pale,
As you slowly sharpen your ready for the kill i hope you spill your empty heart full of tears onto the whale as you go pale!

2007-02-22 19:56:09 · 9 answers · asked by Katja ie tattybow 1 in Books & Authors

2007-02-22 19:55:07 · 17 answers · asked by kishor ruparelia 2 in History

For so many years I have seen a picture of children holding flowers. Everything is black and white except for the flower. I have four year old twins and would love to be able to create some great photos for my new house like that. Thank you so much!

2007-02-22 19:53:54 · 7 answers · asked by Allesha 1 in Photography

Through family history research, we have found that the name has Viking origins, I have also been told that the original name is Bagenholt, but I'm uncertain of the correct spelling of Bagenholt.

2007-02-22 19:42:56 · 2 answers · asked by Tom B 2 in Genealogy

I need to know this by Sunday so that I can answer the final question that I have from the Josh Bernstein group where I can win a prize. I don't understand how to search her name on the ancetory websites, and I've already tried that two times. I've also looked on en.wikipedia.org, and looked up her and John White. But that was a bust. So if anyone can help me, please do.

2007-02-22 19:32:35 · 5 answers · asked by tiggirl19 1 in Genealogy

The print has a date 1772, and was engraved by Thomas Watford. who was the sitter John Paterson?

2007-02-22 19:32:12 · 2 answers · asked by felix 1 in Painting

2007-02-22 19:23:52 · 6 answers · asked by act as if no one is watching 1 in Books & Authors

Preface

This story for young adults (teens) and is about a man that has done nothing and is falsely convicted as we think… the president was killed and it is shown what your average person may/may not do in a case of being accused. Who do you know that may be a drunk reject from the area called society? If it was you call the hotline 1800 837 540 thank you.
Now Hugh Clyde was a shopkeeper with a pet dog wife and 9-year-old son.
We have investigated the area for drugs and the only person on them is… (we are not allowed to describe this information to the open public sorry.)





Chapter 1

He was dead, really dead. The president has actually been killed. It spread through town like a rocket, that he had been run over by a drunken truck driver (most probably on drugs) with spiked wheels and a rim like a razor.
I had been on the curb when he got killed for I had been going to work (I work at the corner shop.)

2007-02-22 19:23:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

arts

2007-02-22 19:16:38 · 4 answers · asked by sisa_eh03 1 in Drawing & Illustration

2007-02-22 19:15:18 · 3 answers · asked by debtosh c 1 in Philosophy

any new things that rowling has let slip

2007-02-22 19:12:52 · 3 answers · asked by Not this time 1 in Books & Authors

How long did it take Frodo and Sam to get to Mordor in LOTR?

2007-02-22 19:04:37 · 4 answers · asked by papillion123 4 in Books & Authors

2007-02-22 19:02:11 · 22 answers · asked by irma J 1 in Philosophy

i got accepted and i want to know if the theater department is any good...thanks!!!

2007-02-22 18:49:47 · 2 answers · asked by *A* 2 in Theater & Acting

2007-02-22 18:49:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

2007-02-22 18:45:49 · 14 answers · asked by melbournewooferblue 4 in History

No jokes or insults please.
I want to know how I can talk to go, know him, and have a relationship with him.

2007-02-22 18:40:43 · 24 answers · asked by le_disko 2 in Philosophy

I have already read all of Sophie Kinsella's books (the shopaholic ones & her other 2 books) and I read Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner. Do you have any other good chic lit book recommendations?

2007-02-22 18:39:29 · 5 answers · asked by Bride2Be 8/30/08 5 in Books & Authors

2007-02-22 18:39:13 · 2 answers · asked by hill billy 1 in Books & Authors

Many librarians are attempting to ban a recent Newbery Award-winning children's book because it uses the word 'scrotum' - in reference to a dog.

Here is the context in which the word is used (from a recent news article):

"The Higher Power of Lucky" is the story of a 10-year-old girl in rural California and her quest for "Higher Power." The opening chapter includes a passage about a man "who had drunk half a gallon of rum listening to Johnny Cash all morning in his parked '62 Cadillac, then fallen out of the car when he saw a rattlesnake on the passenger seat biting his dog, Roy, on the scrotum."

Wow. I'm not even sure how that could lead to a human anatomy lesson. It's a frickin' dog's scrotum. And the guy in the passage is drunk! (But apparently that part's OK.) Censors need to get their heads out of their a.sses and let people use their own intelligence and judgment rather than deciding for them what they do and don't need to know.

2007-02-22 18:38:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

If Christians--I mean the Jewish people who BECAME Christians-- TOTALLY accepted the Bible as the WORD OF GOD, and all that, then WHY didn't they accept the interpretation of EVERYONE who was Jewish had, when they said that Jesus, while a great man, was NOT the son of God.
I mean, if you TOTALLY believe the Bible, then you ought to believe the way most people who believe it interpret it, don't you?
Jesus MAY have BEEN the son of God (I am NOT disputing THAT, OK?!). What I am asking is: HISTORICALLY, they should have respected the rabbis at the time, shoudn't they have?! Why so much dissent?! If you GROW UP believing something (and without a TV or Internet), aren't you TOTALLY devoted to that belief?! Where did these people "get off" totally disregarding their own societal upbringing?! What caused that?!

2007-02-22 18:38:09 · 5 answers · asked by joe m 2 in History

I'm gonna be writing a story. These are the kinds of charcters that i will include in my story: Orphan, Priest, Doctor, Foster parents. These are the emotions that i would like to portray: confused, alone, hurt, enraged, trapped, horrified, ashamed, helpless and deperate. I don't have a setting. If you all could help me out that would be great. Please don't answer if you're gonna just try to screw me up. Thanks!

2007-02-22 18:37:59 · 4 answers · asked by Vanessa Boyd 2 in Books & Authors