Books & Authors - March 2007

2007-03-03 13:08:49 · 4 answers · asked by helene d 1

I enjoy reading and I tend to lean towards memoirs, magical realism, fantasy, chick lit, and foreign novels. Lately, however, I've been wanting to change the scene a little! Someone recommended erotica, but I've never read one and don't really know any titles or authors of erotic fiction! I looked at my university’s bookstore but (not surprisingly enough) I didn't find anything!

Any suggestions?

Thanks :-)

2007-03-03 13:08:21 · 12 answers · asked by ♥WestlifeForLife♥ 3

does anybody have suggestions for a good book for a 12 year old boy? I like sports books but i don't like sci-fi or midevil. I read the Alex Rider series and loved it. I also just finished "Slider" by Patrick Robinson and i loved it. Any suggestions would be geatly appreciated.

2007-03-03 13:03:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm thinking of writing a book at Lulu.com. Even though I am fifteen years old my level of writing is quite high (at least, for my age. Hehe).

If I were to write it and publish it at Lulu.com, how could I market it? Or at least sell it on Amazon.com or B&N website? Keep in mind that I am fifteen years old.

Any advices would be helpful, including how much the marketing would cost approximately.

Thank you so much! And please answer my other question as well...about publishing at Lulu.com. Thank you! :)

2007-03-03 13:00:48 · 1 answers · asked by meh 2

I am working on a theme of Brooklyn authors. Any catalog or link would be greatly appreciated. I need a few. Who is your favorite?

2007-03-03 12:54:29 · 3 answers · asked by mydva 1

2007-03-03 12:46:47 · 3 answers · asked by helene d 1

2007-03-03 12:43:49 · 1 answers · asked by helene d 1

Chapter 1




Pretzels and cheese. It must have been the best tasting thing at 14. I don’t remember the first time that I had it and I’m really upset about that. I remember mom always taking us to the mall and we would buy them at Sam’s pretzels after getting our Christmas pictures taken. Sitting there was interesting and boring. Even though I felt beautiful I was very careless about the fact that I had to sit there and smile. I never hated it nor did I ever love it. I simply didn’t care. It might have been because I knew that in just a few minutes I would eating pretzels and cheese, even though it was never a few minutes. The warm and soft kind that you can never stop chewing because you keep on putting more in your mouth. We never do that anymore and I wish we did for the ones at school aren’t half as good as the ones at Sam’s. That never mattered though for pretzels and cheese are pretzels and cheese and that’s what matters.
Pretzels and cheese reminded me of Blake on Peachtree lane, because both where satisfying. I adored him for he was beautiful and charming. He lived just up the street from me. I was 1008 Peachtree and he was 1023. My name is Natalie by the way, Natalie Ricotta. I always thought that Blake and Natalie sounded good together, if you know what I mean. My middle name is Nicole and I thanked God that my first name wasn’t Nicole for then our names wouldn’t flow. Blake was 14 and so was I so that’s goes smoothly too. The both of us where two of the few kids who where Alley in 2007. If you where Alley you where part of the gang, the Gasper gang, Gasper Alley. There was Jimmy who was 15. He is black, African-American I mean. He must have the strongest kid muscles ever. Faith is 13 and quite pretty. Her red hair is so long she was thinking about selling it. Tom is youngest at 12. He’s a cute kid if you ask me. He has such great sense of humor; sometimes I find it hard to take him seriously. Vincent also at the age of 13 is the tallest out of us all. When he walks by all the bad smells seem to disintegrate into the air like your loved one driving, reaching the end of the road when you want them to stay with you; from the amount of cologne he sprays. Then there’s Blake with brown hair, the color of his eyes and his tanned skin. With me being last, I’m average height, with brown reddish hair and green eyes, I’m actually beautiful although I always wear a hat so you don’t see my face that easily. At 7pm the gang would tie their shoes and slip on their hats as if we were going to a baseball game. We would tell our parents we were going to hang with friends and leave the house, for that wasn’t a lie. When we told them we were going for ice cream or we were going to the park that was where we hoped God would forgive us.
Each alley would curve onto Jeffery Place and turn over to Albertson Ave. When you reached the bowling alley you where sure to find a hidden street. The street was Gasper that shivered down like a ramp. That was how we came to a name. We called ourselves Alley because of the bowling alley and from Gasper Street. I remember, the road was filled with graffiti and was paved with gray concrete that had patches of black cement to fill in holes. As trees surrounded the path you where sure at any moment you would be swallowed up. Once, you passed the wire with shoes dangling from top you would come to a willow tree and our names would be carved on the bark that looked 100 years old. Some say it was the entrance to the Alley and I believe it too. If you ever found a forest of trees that where willow or oak then you knew you where in Gasper Alley

2007-03-03 12:42:51 · 9 answers · asked by magnolia 4

2007-03-03 12:38:54 · 16 answers · asked by ? 2

A single red rose rests upon a grand piano, reveling in its own delicate beauty. The room contains no walls; its boundaries are limitless. A rich, midnight black is presents throughout the atmosphere. Though the room exists boundless, the rose possesses a divine aura, which blossoms in the eyes of many. It signifies a vast number of things… A petal dropped for Loneliness… A petal shed for Hope… A petal given for Romance… A petal kept for Solitude… Yet, somewhere, amidst all of its meanings, lays a hushed heavenly elegance.

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2007-03-03 12:34:11 · 6 answers · asked by Kiara 5

I've already done alliteration, rhyme, symbolism, and repetition. By the way, I'm doing Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance, so don't suggest onamanepeia (sp?) lol

2007-03-03 12:32:12 · 1 answers · asked by Jennifer S 3

2007-03-03 12:23:50 · 2 answers · asked by HachiKun 1

i also read the abridged version of the Conte of Monte Cristo. I also began the Man in the iron mask, but grew bored so i quit it! other classics i enjoyed are the Merry Adventures of Robin Hood and Pride and Prejudice!! any suggestions???

2007-03-03 12:16:49 · 5 answers · asked by Papagena 6

Do you have a college degree? If so, what was your major?

If one has a talent for writing, do you feel that it is imperative to have a college education to become a published author?

2007-03-03 12:16:13 · 5 answers · asked by Cindy 1

Sometimes I think the whole world has gone crazy, but then again maybe it's just me. Everyone wishes for the perfect life. Some people get it, I'm not one of those people. I was sitting on a plane as it soared over the glistening water of the vast Atlantic. London, England is where I am headed. To live with my dad whom I had visited every summer since I was four years old. I'd been to London every summer for thirteen years. I love London, I truly do, but it just isn't the place for me. I don't feel like I would ever get my perfect life, or my happily ever after there. The busy streets, the brain-racketting noises, they're great. Except you get used to them, maybe even too used to them. I really didn't know what to expect in London though I had been there for a month, every year, for thirteen years. Even though it seemed like I had it all worked out in my mind, London was so different from Phoenix.

2007-03-03 12:15:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-03 11:56:37 · 9 answers · asked by Abiel A 2

I am writing a novel about a guy who accidentaly steals a ring (he found it on the ground and didn't think it belonged to anyone) and gives it to his girlfriend as an engagement ring. She soons starts to experience weird dreams in which the original owner of the ring appears and demands the ring back. She later finds out that the owner of the ring died and thinks the guy killed her for the ring so she dumps him. The guy soon falls into depression because he knew he didn't kill anyone and decides that the only way to get rid of the ring is to throw it away in a river. The story later ends with the guy and the girl realizing how stupid they were about letting a piece of jewlery ruin their relationship and they get back together again.
Does this type of story sound cliche? Would you read a book like this? This is merely an outline.

2007-03-03 11:54:07 · 7 answers · asked by Erica L 5

2007-03-03 11:40:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need a 150-200 page book (depends on how small the type is) that will take me a couple of days to read, thats fantasy, interesting, and wil be easy to do a project on. If I can find it at Barnes and Nobel, that would be great. Please list any books that pass all of these requirments, thanks! Your help is greatly appreciated!

2007-03-03 11:38:50 · 12 answers · asked by Laura M 1

Someone asked me and I am not sure. It would say 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 (example - numbers may be different). Thanks!

2007-03-03 11:22:05 · 2 answers · asked by Arlene P 2

I know there are sites with rumors, but i want facts to the new book ( july 2007). I heard someone say a person will do magic who has not done it before. Thanks to all harry potter fans

2007-03-03 11:14:19 · 6 answers · asked by Moony Black 3

2007-03-03 11:00:41 · 1 answers · asked by girly07 1

I'm looking for ones that are fairly long and captivating.

2007-03-03 10:58:37 · 24 answers · asked by patchy_the_pumpkin_3579 1

2007-03-03 10:53:19 · 4 answers · asked by Catherine D 1

2007-03-03 10:50:17 · 2 answers · asked by JERIC 1

Who knows about it? I'm on the 4th almost 5th book!

2007-03-03 10:49:27 · 2 answers · asked by Pumpkin Headed Murderer 2

A single red rose rests upon a grand piano, reveling in its own delicate beauty. The room contains no walls; its boundaries are limitless. A rich, midnight black is presents throughout the atmosphere. Though the room exists boundless, the rose possesses a divine aura, which blossoms in the eyes of many. It signifies a vast number of things… A petal dropped for Loneliness… A petal shed for Hope… A petal given for Romance… A petal kept for Solitude… Yet, somewhere, amidst all of its meanings, lays a hushed heavenly elegance.

http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_TN/0018-0505-0907-5444_TN.jpg
______________________________...

Please give me an honest critique. Yes, I realize the rose is classic and may seem to you overused.. Put that aside and pretend the rose is still meaningful to you if you feel this way. The paragraph is meant to describe and evoke a feeling about the essence of the photgraph...

Please be honest in what you think.. Thank you!!

2007-03-03 10:48:46 · 7 answers · asked by Kiara 5

2007-03-03 10:48:21 · 28 answers · asked by David M 1

2007-03-03 10:47:39 · 3 answers · asked by JERIC 1

This may or may not be a stupid question but I am kind of stuck. I would love to write a book or something but I don't know what to write about. I think I want to write about a life event that has happened to me in my life but I'm not sure how to orginize it. So that's basically two questions there but oh well. What to write about and how to orginize what I'm going to write?

2007-03-03 10:32:27 · 7 answers · asked by Sara V 3