Books & Authors - October 2006

2006-10-24 05:20:39 · 5 answers · asked by ♫Pavic♫ 7

I have to write a play and short story for class but I do not know the format, or how to start off writing it. I am looking for suggestions or critques when should the plot or conflict should begin.

2006-10-24 05:20:13 · 1 answers · asked by RedeyeS 1

When we introduce an animal in a story or or an article, should we use THE or A / AN?

Some of what I have read made use of THE while some made use of A / An.

For example, 'the giraffe' is the tallest animal. Why can't we use 'a giraffe' in this sentence?

Thanks for your help.

2006-10-24 05:19:34 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-24 05:14:57 · 20 answers · asked by ♫Pavic♫ 7

2006-10-24 05:11:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-24 04:58:43 · 10 answers · asked by mkg v 1

what do you think of them ?

2006-10-24 04:14:50 · 6 answers · asked by imperfect_serenity 2

2006-10-24 04:13:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Rohit.R.Pai
Pure Blood Prince
Potter maniac

2006-10-24 04:11:27 · 10 answers · asked by Rohith P 1

i dont know if its a stupid question or not, but in the 5th book Serious Black died, but couldnt they have found a way of getting hold of a time-turner and save him just as they did in the 3rd book? i mean, it was a cosiderable salution.

2006-10-24 03:54:04 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-24 03:42:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

While the long grain is softening
in the water, gurgling
over a low stove flame, before
the salted Winter Vegetable is sliced
for breakfast, before the birds,
my mother glides an ivory comb
through her hair, heavy
and black as calligrapher's ink.
She sits at the foot of the bed.
My father watches, listens for
the music of comb
against hair.
My mother combs,
pulls her hair back
tight, rolls it
around two fingers, pins it
in a bun to the back of her head.
For half a hundred years she has done this.
My father likes to see it like this.
He says it is kempt.
But I know
it is because of the way
my mother's hair falls
when he pulls the pins out.
Easily, like the curtains
when they untie them in the evening.

2006-10-24 03:31:19 · 1 answers · asked by sillionw14 1

2006-10-24 03:11:39 · 7 answers · asked by vasanthapadmam 1

Let America be America again.

Let it be the dream it used to be.

Let it be the pioneer on the plain

Seeking a home where he himself is free.



(America never was America to me.)



Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed--

Let it be that great strong land of love

Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme

That any man be crushed by one above.



(It never was America to me.)



O, let my land be a land where Liberty

Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,

But opportunity is real, and life is free,

Equality is in the air we breathe.



(There's never been equality for me,

Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")



Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?

And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?



I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,

I am the ***** bearing slavery's scars.

I am the red man driven from the land,

I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek--

And finding only the same old stupid plan

Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.



I am the young man, full of strength and hope,

Tangled in that ancient endless chain

Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!

Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!

Of work the men! Of take the pay!

Of owning everything for one's own greed!



I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.

I am the worker sold to the machine.

I am the *****, servant to you all.

I am the people, humble, hungry, mean--

Hungry yet today despite the dream.

Beaten yet today--O, Pioneers!

I am the man who never got ahead,

The poorest worker bartered through the years.



Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream

In the Old World while still a serf of kings,

Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,

That even yet its mighty daring sings

In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned

That's made America the land it has become.

O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas

In search of what I meant to be my home--

For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore,

And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea,

And torn from Black Africa's strand I came

To build a "homeland of the free."



The free?



Who said the free? Not me?

Surely not me? The millions on relief today?

The millions shot down when we strike?

The millions who have nothing for our pay?

For all the dreams we've dreamed

And all the songs we've sung

And all the hopes we've held

And all the flags we've hung,

The millions who have nothing for our pay--

Except the dream that's almost dead today.



O, let America be America again--

The land that never has been yet--

And yet must be--the land where every man is free.

The land that's mine--the poor man's, Indian's, *****'s, ME--

Who made America,

Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,

Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,

Must bring back our mighty dream again.



Sure, call me any ugly name you choose--

The steel of freedom does not stain.

From those who live like leeches on the people's lives,

We must take back our land again,

America!



O, yes,

I say it plain,

America never was America to me,

And yet I swear this oath--

America will be!



Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,

The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,

We, the people, must redeem

The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.

The mountains and the endless plain--

All, all the stretch of these great green states--

And make America again!

2006-10-24 02:23:52 · 3 answers · asked by sillionw14 1

and why do you think so? :)

2006-10-24 02:07:20 · 13 answers · asked by Ella 1

Stupid question.... but I need accuracy and confirmation. Thanks.

2006-10-24 01:55:43 · 5 answers · asked by Harty H 1

How do you pronounce Chaucer's romance Troilus and Criseyde?

2006-10-24 01:52:57 · 1 answers · asked by laskigal 2

If the father's name is "Mr. Brown" how would people refer to his son as?? If the father and son are together, you can't refer to the son as "Mr. Brown" or else the father might think you were calling him. But then, if you were to call the son by his Christian name ( let's say it's John) It'd be alright if you knew John, and so calling him john would be alright and all -- but when you're not acquainted well with John, I'm under the impression that it would be rather rude to call a guy by his Christian name (well, in the 18th century, it was considered so...and this is the problem occuring in a fiction I'm writing). So do you just call the son of Mr. Brown as "Mr. John"??? Or..."Mr. John Brown"???Or what???

2006-10-24 01:48:21 · 19 answers · asked by J.Welkin 1

2006-10-24 01:41:30 · 5 answers · asked by Linnygirl 5

I'd like to know about significant details on his life, works and influence. Anything you think is important please,thanks!!! =) (urgent for my interview which is really really soon)

2006-10-24 01:22:49 · 5 answers · asked by Harty H 1

2006-10-24 01:16:54 · 25 answers · asked by ♫Pavic♫ 7

lol i wish i had the imagination of j.k.rowling

2006-10-24 00:46:39 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

or, do you have any interesting theories of your own?

2006-10-24 00:31:44 · 16 answers · asked by Cap'n Donna 7

where can i find lovers for old things like that.

2006-10-24 00:01:50 · 6 answers · asked by bootylicious 1

2006-10-23 23:30:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi people!

I was browsing the net, being a writing lover that I am, and I stumbled upon this new project that can be found at this site:

http://www.theinternettime.org

I found it to be amazing!! The idea is great and I'm even inclined to give them some help...

My question is though... have you guys seen they have some codes on the first pages of the book. For example:

"They both start smelling if you don't sell them quick. Indeed, in order to sell the stinking goods, we use the stinkiest online market in the world (which is 13 59 5 6 )"

I haven't got a CLUE of what they mean, I think it's some sort of a code, but... can anyone give me a hand with it? I mean... what the heck is it, what are we supposed to do to find out?

Either way, you guys should check the project, it's very interesting!

Cheers,

Lara.

2006-10-23 23:15:29 · 1 answers · asked by Lara B 1

The Kinsey Milhone ones - A is for Alibi, B is for Burglar...etc. I'm not really expecting a lot of answers here, but I love these books and would love to see if there are any fellow fans.

2006-10-23 23:12:43 · 7 answers · asked by Hello Dave 6

2006-10-23 22:43:33 · 37 answers · asked by los 7

Or are currently reading it? (it's by Robert Jordan) Just curious... want to know if there are other fans out there. :)

2006-10-23 22:38:54 · 3 answers · asked by kristalshyt 3

When "The Da Vinci Code" hit the big-time, there was a lot of talk about what makes a bestseller, with some people giving very specific ingredients, e.g. a religious mystery, a chase, teaching of fact, etc. With this in mind, what do you think are the top five ingredients of a bestseller novel (other than the name of a bestselling author on the cover)?

Thanks!

2006-10-23 21:47:33 · 15 answers · asked by jess0910 2