Books & Authors - August 2007

2007-08-17 18:18:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've tried to listen to one before and I dunno, I just don't get into it. Because you hear one static voice for every character that speaks. I find I get lost in it, who just said that? Especially when the person doesn't try to change their voice, or when they do change their voice and it's so...laughable. I prefer to read it myself I think, it doesn't put me to sleep that way.

Does it depend on the type of book it is? Romance audio books I bet would be a real drag...but then I'm a visual person anyway, not really an audio person.

What about you?

2007-08-17 17:42:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can you learn from fiction? What do you learn? Is some fiction more intellectually stimulating than others? Can you give examples?

2007-08-17 17:11:57 · 19 answers · asked by sspence966 1

Isn't Harrys invisbility cloak only one and only or are there more? Then how come Crouch junior had one? Luna's dad asked Hermoine something that goes like this "How many cloaks like that have you seen before?"

thnx im just curios!

2007-08-17 17:11:53 · 15 answers · asked by Princess Sarah 2

Which do you prefer? For me, I can type very fast however I go too fast and I end up writing worse. It takes a lot longer to write with pen and paper, and there's a lot of scribbling where I make small corrections...but I think its better in the long run. What do you think?

2007-08-17 17:06:55 · 13 answers · asked by K.K. 5

Will Smith's The Pursuit of Happyness movie is really stunning and i salute great Christ Gardener.I would like to download a written by him in electronic format(eBook).Is it available on the internet for free?please help me.I am desperately searching for it.

2007-08-17 16:57:42 · 7 answers · asked by power.curse 1

Ive been working on mine every now and then for some time now and it seems to me, although one never knows till finished, to be about half done.

I am at the moment just getting everything onto paper and will have some very intensive editting to do later on.

But for now I am wondering if there are any hidden rules to writing such a peice, and secrets I should know about to make it better, any ideas or tips from people who have written things like this before.

I really hope people will want to read it when Im done, its certainly a feel good story and it takes the reader on an amazing journey through the life of someone who we probably all know and wave to every day, but never get to know deeply. There is deception, deep dark family secrets and families in turmoil, there is all kinds of situations including romance, horror and bit of science, drugs, abuse and never ending emotional pain.

Anything I should know so I can be sure I am doing everything I can to make it work?

2007-08-17 16:41:17 · 7 answers · asked by Kira 4

I need to know how to set up the margins and page numbers correctly.

2007-08-17 16:14:27 · 5 answers · asked by Amanda W 1

I'm trying to write a novel and am having trouble getting names. I googled baby names and got some baby name sites that list every name on earth by type origin and etymology, all of which takes years to sort through. I want names that aren't too common yet not so out there that it makes you think that the author is trying to hard. The names are for middle aged people living in Britain with Northern European origins.

Any tips for picking names?

2007-08-17 16:13:11 · 10 answers · asked by rbw_cynical 2

I have a writer's market from 1997 (lol OLD haha) and I think it has a section in it that lists literary agents. Is the guide to literary agents more thorough for the genre you are looking for or what?

I asked this earlier and didn't get an answer for this question, so I'll try again.

2007-08-17 16:04:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

what is the name of the main character in the story where a man falls asleep for like a thousand years when he wakes up his dogs dead *i hope someone Knows*

2007-08-17 16:03:06 · 3 answers · asked by hottmike_1990 1

The both are about the same price...which one has the better value for the dollar?

I asked this a little while ago and didn't get a good answer. So I'll ask again.

2007-08-17 16:01:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that children's books is the hardest, but what about romance? Does anyone know the percentage of publications for that? Like how many are new authors, reprints, and publications by previously published authors?

2007-08-17 15:59:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its the book written by Choderlos de Laclos,, French for Dangerous Liaisons.. Pls help me!

2007-08-17 15:41:06 · 3 answers · asked by Karls 1

I have recently written a children's book. I have no idea how to even start the process of getting it published. Any suggestions??

2007-08-17 15:38:34 · 1 answers · asked by noa79 2

is it crime drama/mystery, romance, scifi, humor (political), fantasy, etc,

what would you say it is today? is literature's popularity cyclical in anyway?

2007-08-17 15:30:10 · 6 answers · asked by Antonio Montana Jr. 4

Is it great literature? If yes, in what sense? I'm not asking if the story is interesting or not. I'm wondering whether there is anything innovative or great in its style, in character portrayal, in narrative development, in perspective etc. Or is it just entertainment? If possible, I would be interested in such persons' opinion who have read a lot (of good literature) and are familiar with the basic ideas of what makes good literature. But any opinion is welcome. I haven't read the books so I cannot really form an opinion. Thanks

2007-08-17 15:26:51 · 15 answers · asked by nevermore 1

2007-08-17 15:24:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

at the end of the book when harry faces voldemort he explains to him how he is the true owner of the elder wand but before he became the owner he says the wand had chosen draco as its owner since his wand had been taken from him by harry, i was wondering how he had really figured that out.......

2007-08-17 14:36:47 · 7 answers · asked by braidedbaka024u 1

I have a constant list going of books I want to read and I can get kind of obsessive about finding books. It's like I feel like I should read every book review site out there just because I might miss something. I'm also addicted to librarything.com and the forums there, for the same reason.

How do you pick what you read? Do you just go to the library/bookstore and pick something out? Do you read book reviews? Check the bestseller lists?

2007-08-17 14:36:09 · 10 answers · asked by dparker1920 1

everytime i read a book when i get to the middle, i just stop and pick up another book cause i just do. then a few days or even weeks later i pick up the abandoned book and read it from there. since it's summer still i have the whole day to read but then i never read until near my bed time. how can i focus on finishing the book and utilizing the whole day to read?

2007-08-17 14:18:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oghHff_fRI



i love this one!

2007-08-17 13:57:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 1st child's name is Atticus, from To Kill A Mockingbird.

2007-08-17 13:47:13 · 22 answers · asked by emily1980 2

Hello, I am teaching a first-year comp. class with literature, and I am using the theme of traveling as a way of self-discovery. The novels that I have chosen are A ROOM WITH A VIEW and THE ROAD (I got rid of TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY since students tended to not like it as much as I did). Anyway, I am trying to think of some short stories to round up, and the only one that is popping into my head right now is "Young Goodman Brown". Oh, and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky". Please suggest as many as you can so that I will have a varied lot to choose from. If the class were longer than a semester, I would have added good ol' "Huck" to the mix.

Oh, and the short stories should have some literary merit, i.e., classics.

Thanks.

2007-08-17 13:38:41 · 9 answers · asked by John G 2

I read somewhere that it was good to go out and buy a bulletin board and to tack information and pictures on to it so that when you are writing, you are totally in the zone. So I have a small bulletin board cause I don't have room for anything bigger and a white board for this. Should I cut the outfits I put them in in the chapter and find representations of their homes and stuff even if I don't describe them? Or should I just stick to things that I will describe? What would you do?

2007-08-17 13:37:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok so im planning on writing a book on calories from food and fast food. I was wondering am i aloud to use food calories from anything? or is this copywrite infringement? i want to use fast food companies and restarurants. there are many books printed out there, i just want to know if i can do the same?

2007-08-17 13:15:56 · 1 answers · asked by i'm hungry 2

Dolores Umbridge, Fenrir Grayback, Bellatrix Lestrange, or Lord Voldemort.........Not pleasant choices mind you!

2007-08-17 13:12:10 · 27 answers · asked by Proserpina 2

2007-08-17 13:11:58 · 14 answers · asked by Daliane O 1

I'm going to start reading Sue Grafton's "S is for Silence". I love mysteries and thrillers! Share about your book here!

2007-08-17 13:07:19 · 27 answers · asked by V.G. Grace 5

2007-08-17 12:33:50 · 9 answers · asked by will b 1