Books & Authors - February 2007

What are good ideas for stories to write about? Because I want to write a story but can't find any descent ideas.

2007-02-06 04:22:39 · 4 answers · asked by abu_el_zooz2009 1

In most of the novels written by African Americans until today, there is a great space where sex ought to be; and what usually fills this space is violence (james baldwin) Is this true of Invisble Man?

2007-02-06 04:19:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can anybody help me? Im not looking for your average run-of-the-mill horror author, but somebody who KNOWS what they're talking about..any suggestions?

2007-02-06 04:16:48 · 17 answers · asked by Cassie B 3

has walter mosley ever resided in chicago for any period of time?

2007-02-06 04:10:34 · 1 answers · asked by LINDA C 1

I mean they have to have something more than a good story line and the facsinating world that it is. Can they be considered as good (or serious) literature?

2007-02-06 03:53:58 · 5 answers · asked by mariamofcairo 1

When did shakespearmove to london

2007-02-06 03:48:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I read it when I was in the 7th grade I believe, so is been like almost 30 years for me. It is a woman that falls in love with a man that was injured and he thought he was permanently blind. The woman is a peasant (very ugly too) and he is more of the Elite class and very handsom. She practically takes him by the hand and reads to him and they walk together to a well where they pass the time. She has fallen in love with him and he was beginning to fall in love with her too. Then along came another woman who falls in love with him and him her. He finally gets to see again and he wants to see the peasant girl because she was so kind to him. When he does see her he is turned off by her and rejects her and she goes to the well where they passed the time and she kills herself. Does anybody know the author or the name of this book? I can't remember. It wasn't a big book, it was sort of thin because the story was kind of short, tragic story.

2007-02-06 03:45:32 · 1 answers · asked by Pinolera 6

I absolutely adore her work. Does anyone know how I can email her? I am writing about Octavia Butler, and would like bell's opininon.

2007-02-06 03:44:21 · 2 answers · asked by robynmarie1973 1

2007-02-06 03:42:04 · 4 answers · asked by wen 3

I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter books, and have loved and cherished them for years now. I've awaited each new release with what one can describe as fanatical eagerness! There is no doubt that many of you out there are the same. Personally I find the books wonderful in every way. They’re magical and trapping, even when you are re-reading for the tenth or so time. But what is the secret behind this success? Why do we love J.K Rowling's world so much? What makes the books unique and unlike all others? Surely Magic has a lot do with it, but what's your other explanation?

2007-02-06 03:29:06 · 17 answers · asked by Pichka 2

2007-02-06 03:24:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

How does the text of Anne Frank's diary exemplify issues of identity in Anne? Pushes for an understanding of identity? I'm halfway through this essay and I'm totally blocked. Any ideas that could help me start writing again? (I'm not asking you to write the essay, just bounce ideas of of me that could break this writer's block). Thanks!

2007-02-06 03:17:44 · 2 answers · asked by TBomber 3

2007-02-06 03:15:50 · 3 answers · asked by rockwilderbowy 1

I'm doing a little reasearch and I can't find anything really good. She's the author of: The Silver Kiss, Blood and Chocolate, Alien Secrets, and Freaks alive on the inside. I just need to find out more about HER not her books. Any help is most appreciated.

2007-02-06 03:07:52 · 2 answers · asked by pirate prince 3

It seems that to publish your work, you need a literary agent, but to get a literary agent, you need something published. So is it better to self-publish your work? What is the best way to get your work published? Also, I don't want my work simply published; I'd like to have it seen in bookstores. Or is the marketing part really up to me?

Thanks.

2007-02-06 02:59:17 · 4 answers · asked by livingtowrite 2

I have tried several times to write a short story, but have never finished one. I have plenty of ideas for them, and my writing style isn't bad. The problem is that I get carried away, and I end up having the idea for entire novels, not just short stories. I want to be able to sit down and knock out a story in just an hour or two! Any tips would be great! Thanks

2007-02-06 02:42:21 · 15 answers · asked by Dunk 3

2007-02-06 02:41:50 · 2 answers · asked by ari-pup 7

What does First Lady meant when she said, 'The queen your mother rounds apace: we shall present our services to a fine new prince one of these days' in Act 2 Scene 1?

2007-02-06 02:20:52 · 1 answers · asked by Vienna 3

Someone took the meaning of Emily's poem, wrote her / his own poem with the same basic meaning, and asked for help in improving it. Here's my answer:

There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons —
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes —

Heavenly Hurt, it gives us —
We can find no scar,
But internal difference,
Where the Meanings, are —

None may teach it — Any —
'Tis the Seal Despair —
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the Air —

When it comes, the Landscape listens —
Shadows — hold their breath —
When it goes, 'tis like the Distance
On the look of Death —

Emily Dickinson

2007-02-06 02:19:50 · 1 answers · asked by H. Scot 4

My wife also writes but is nowhere near as famous as me.
The iron gates leading to my house are decorated with bats.
I use the same 2 professions that I have, as the proffesions of the lead charactors in the majoraty of my books.
Many of my books have been made into films.
I have cameo appearances in most of the films that my stories have been made into.
I write short stories as well as novels.
I wrote 3 books under a pen name as an experiment.

2007-02-06 02:18:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-06 01:56:43 · 4 answers · asked by Naomi B 1

Please don't say Amazon! Any good literary websites, books etc, I have looked, but there dosen't seem to be a lot of information on the web.

2007-02-06 01:53:02 · 2 answers · asked by the_happy_green_fish 5

Who is Polixenes talking about when he says, 'He's all my exercise, my mirth, my matter, now my sworn friend and then mine enemy...' in Act 1 scene 2?

2007-02-06 01:38:00 · 1 answers · asked by Vienna 3

how can it be sustained in the church?

2007-02-06 01:34:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw part of the movie with Billie Piper in it and thought it looked good.

2007-02-06 01:20:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-06 01:15:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-06 01:10:17 · 9 answers · asked by ??? 2

2007-02-06 01:05:52 · 6 answers · asked by aland411 1

2007-02-06 01:01:04 · 1 answers · asked by Nancy C 2

a lot of noise would Rowling revive Harry Potter after the Death Eater's Halo?
And do you think the Death Eater with the halo could be Snape?

2007-02-06 01:00:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous