Books & Authors - June 2006

2006-06-14 15:28:45 · 7 answers · asked by freespiritedtaye 2

I'm not asking about the best books you've read,or the best characteres,but about the ones you wished to be(or thought you were??...)and the stories you lived whilst reading and wished(thought??...) you were actually there.Not only happy stories.I,for one,used to identify with children who suffered or had difficult lives.

A few characteres (including real people-I love real stories!) and books that are big part of the best part of my life,in no particular order:

Mary~"The Secret Garden"~Frances Hodgson Burnett
Jo~"Little Women"~L.M.Alcott
Laura Ingalls Wilder~All Books
Ane Frank
David Copperfield and Oliver Twist~Charles Dickens
Cedric~"Little Lord Fauntleroy"~Frances Hodgson Burnett
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn~Mark Twain
Mary Poppins~P.L.Travers
Heidi~~Johanna Spyri
Sans Famille~Hector Henry Malot
Le Comte De Monte-Christo-Alexandre Dumas

I'm sure I'll think of more,as soon as I submit the question...;)

Thank you for sharing your life with me!:)

2006-06-14 15:03:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-14 14:26:03 · 10 answers · asked by Mummy of 2 7

2006-06-14 13:45:44 · 4 answers · asked by Audrey 2

2006-06-14 13:44:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-14 13:24:10 · 5 answers · asked by ? 1

So far all I've got was 3.141592654. What about you?

2006-06-14 13:23:48 · 7 answers · asked by TYP3 R 2

i love writing stories and poetry and i've been told im really good at it. Ive been awarded things for my poems and my stories from school. i want to either have a career in music or creative writing. im not too sure which to pick. Are there any details about creative writing? like colleges? or pay?

2006-06-14 13:22:15 · 5 answers · asked by foamy 2

She usually starts a new one in May/June, but I wondered if the whole James Frey thing has soured her on the club.

2006-06-14 13:07:54 · 3 answers · asked by monkey mom 2

what are some good books for a 12 year old to read? i like sports and can read good.

2006-06-14 12:31:36 · 13 answers · asked by corbin909 4

As far as I know the author only has one book published, translated from the original Spanish. The English title is the Shadow of the Wind. If he has written other books, please le me know.

2006-06-14 12:25:47 · 3 answers · asked by karrenia_rune 2

Email me and I'll tell you how!

2006-06-14 12:14:59 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

My problem is that i think up this totally awsume plot and then when i start getting everythig down on paper i get bored half way through, or the plot just drops off can anyone help me with this?

2006-06-14 12:11:20 · 10 answers · asked by clever_name_here 1

I don't understand why everyone is all upset about that book 'a million little peices'. They say the author made up a few things that didn't actually happen. I always thought that all novels about peoples lives contained some things or characters that are made up (but the main theme is true). Isn't that why all of those 'true story' books are all in the fiction section at the bookstore. I just don't understand why everyone is all upset about it.

2006-06-14 12:04:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

In a story I am writing, I have one main plot that the whole book is focused on , but since the main charachter is not immediatly connected iwth the plot, knows of it thorugh a friend, I need to come up wiht his own struggle to go through. any ideas?

2006-06-14 11:47:26 · 5 answers · asked by Kurious_Kat 3

I am looking for a book that tells about a jeweler who makes jeweled scarab beetles and hides them all over. The people who find them get to keep them. They are worth anywhere from $250,000 to $750,000. In the book he gives you clues as to where they can be found. Has anyone ever heard about this? He makes and hides 10 each year and has the book of clues come out after he has hidden the scarabs. Please help.

2006-06-14 11:38:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've heard you can tell someones personality/moods through their handwriting. It's used in some cases for profiling criminals. I was wondering if anyone knows any good books on how to?

2006-06-14 11:29:56 · 4 answers · asked by Milo 3

we only were told glinda the good witches first name, but she also had a good witch sister as did the wicked witch. I am pretty sure Piper, Phoebe and Page is not their names!

2006-06-14 11:25:21 · 4 answers · asked by pamelamypamela 1

2006-06-14 11:11:13 · 3 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7

2006-06-14 11:10:33 · 1 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7

The problem is that I come up with wonderfully descriptive, animated characters - but the plot is very slow for me to develop. I can't seem to get my characters involved in any action. This is such a problem! I have the character, but not the plot!

2006-06-14 10:57:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Nabokov said that: "good readers are rereaders." How do you get the most out of literature? Do you read scholarly sources, take notes, look for other readers? Do you apply the works to your life? Do you take notes in the margin?

2006-06-14 10:41:52 · 10 answers · asked by Snickles 2

I am in need of reading material. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks. It can be anything.

2006-06-14 09:52:02 · 11 answers · asked by teambargain 6

hello. can you think of a poem for this? something cute, sentimental for him. i am his only daughter so i wanted to do something special for him. thank you for your help!!
-Dawn

2006-06-14 09:47:47 · 2 answers · asked by nawnndawn 4

They are the most awesome books I've ever read,, I can't put them down!! Just seeing if there is a fan base for her out there.

2006-06-14 09:33:49 · 5 answers · asked by itsjustme 2

2006-06-14 09:29:49 · 18 answers · asked by winterwillow2000 3

I have a three in one copy of 3 of his novels. Trainspotting, The Acid House and Marabou Stork Nightmares. My fave is Marabou Stork Nightmares. No one else seems to rate that one. Does anybody else like it? What's your fave Welsh book and why? Glory to the Hibbes by the way!

2006-06-14 09:07:40 · 7 answers · asked by Melok 4

They were a set of beautiful books. From what I remember, they came in threes. They were written in epistlary form. I want to buy them for a friend. can anyone help me?

2006-06-14 09:00:14 · 6 answers · asked by August 79 1

The Son, the Father, and the Game

In the mornings his father played him The Beatles
And it was as if he tapped hit tiny toddler toes against the edges of his miniature world.
Lining his crib were plush basketballs and baseballs
That he clung to with sleepy fingers.
Some nights when Dad watched the Red Sox
He would bring The Boy downstairs and hold him
Until the game was over. He would take The Boy back
Upstairs and gently tuck him in.

A few years later, The Boy would watch his father
As he ate large bowls of ice cream and cussed when an error was made in the game on TV.
He saw this and wished to be that age because it was way easier than being seven,
An idea that he clung to with anxious fingers.
Some nights, though, dad would give in to The Boy
And let him stay up late and eat as much ice cream as he could
While they watched baseball. But when the game was over
It was straight to bed for The Boy.

A short amount of time after that, The Boy began dating
And leaving the house on love-struck mission that left the father alone to watch the Red Sox.
When The Boy came home, he would ask, uninterested, how the game went,
A ritual he clung onto with monotonous fingers.
Some nights The Boy would stay at home and watch the game,
But he would argue with his father about anything and everything.
When they finished fighting, they’d sit in silence until the game was over
And then they went their separate ways.

During The Boys college years he would gather his friends
And they would happily watch a game The Boy was taught by his father to love.
They would all congregate an hour before the game started
A meeting he held onto with fond fingers.
Some nights The Boy would escape the crowd to call his father when good plays were made
And they would talk about the game and life, sometimes for hours on end.
They would ask how one another was and make small talk, but when the game was over
They would hang up and both go to bed.

Long after The Boy had graduated and he was no long just a boy,
His father died and a funeral was held on the edge of the town in which The Boy grew up.
The Boy stood by the casket and remembered the games and conversations,
Memories he held onto with salty fingers.
That night The Boy would find himself in the familiar living room of his childhood
Where he and his father would go to escape life and to watch the Red Sox play.
He turned on the game and watched it in its entirety, but when it ended
He shut off the TV and slept on the same couch his father had lied on.

When The Boy became The Father and had his own boy,
He lined the crib with plush baseballs and basketballs. When his son grew older they stayed up late
And ate ice cream together into the late parts of the night.
A tradition he clung onto with paternal fingers.
On the later nights when his son went out on dates, The Father stayed watched alone
And when they fought The Father took to silence and let the game mend the situation.
They would sit in the living room in complete silence until the game was over
And the Father and his son both went to bed.

2006-06-14 08:52:58 · 10 answers · asked by hoop_t_star 3

I would love to read for a living...I know I could be an editor and critique but I don't live in New York to do that. Is there another avenue? Does anyone know?

2006-06-14 08:23:01 · 18 answers · asked by CJay1115 1