Books & Authors - September 2007

I have heard the rumour many times that Graham Greene played Russian roulette as a young man. Anyone know what the exact truth is behind this rumour?

2007-09-14 23:30:14 · 4 answers · asked by daniel 1

Story Name: The Red Book

Status: In-Progress
# of Chapters: 1
Rating: T+
Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama/General
Character(s): Andrew
Summary: Andrew's parents died when she was young and now she has been given the house and everything in it that once belonged to her parents? In the house is a red book that no one believes exists. Can Andrew find the book that holds a secret beyond words?

Pease note that I know the summary sucks. I'm still trying to come up with abetter 1. I'm only 14 and new at this whole original story writting thing. I've got a lot of ideas and not much time to write them all. So I do apoligize for misspellings and whatever. Thanks.
For more information about this story please go to http://www.freewebs.com/reelynne/originalstories.htm

2007-09-14 21:54:37 · 8 answers · asked by Ree Lynne 2

2007-09-14 21:11:34 · 13 answers · asked by Hardeepak 2

2007-09-14 20:53:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 1942 17th edition of "The house at pooh corner" by A. A. Milne. Opposite the dedication page is a list of the editions and when they were published, but also the words "printed in great britain" and above them a symbol. I can't find a picture, but it looks like a grand archway, with a tree behind it. Can anyone tell me where this symbol came from, and why it is associated with printing in Britain?

(i'll try and add a picture as soon as i find one).

2007-09-14 20:15:12 · 1 answers · asked by Kit Fang 7

First, I LOVE the Twilight series!!! Stephenie Meyer rocks!!!!!!! But I have some questions about the books that I hope you people could answer for me.

1. I heard there are going to be book 4 and 5. One of them.. Midnight Sun, I think.. Is the whole book going to be from Edwards point of view?

2. Is there going to be a movie made out of these books?

3. What happened to Jacob at the end of Eclipse?

4. Was Bree killed?

5. Hum hum The EYES. So, the eyes are red when it's a new born and as the years pass they get lighter and turn golden, right? And they go black when the vampire is hungry(or thirsty, whatever), right?

Um... I don't want to see any replies that say
'go to the website' because it's not working with my computer. boo..
Also, please don't say 'isn't it obvious?' since it's not. To me.

Thank you!

2007-09-14 18:46:33 · 6 answers · asked by ? 2

Please list country and century as said in the story.

2007-09-14 18:14:12 · 1 answers · asked by Bri 3

I would like everything explained in simple english.

2007-09-14 18:11:19 · 9 answers · asked by Brew 1

Need some help finding symbolism in the story

2007-09-14 17:55:44 · 4 answers · asked by scandalousxsgv 2

Is there any2 else that loves this book

2007-09-14 17:48:18 · 8 answers · asked by Bob Joe Momma 2

Check it out at http://piratesonthegreatsea.blogspot.com

2007-09-14 17:39:03 · 2 answers · asked by Nintendoboy 1

what do you guys think?

2007-09-14 17:35:43 · 11 answers · asked by gem2477 3

2007-09-14 17:24:49 · 5 answers · asked by tooqerq 6

I've always thought that English-speakers have it easy: our greatest writer wrote plays, so you can experience Shakespeare just by sitting in front of the telly. Spaniards and Spanish-speakers, on the other hand, who wanted to experience the greatest work in their language, would have to get a copy of Don Quixote and put in the effort of reading 400 year-old prose. What percentage do or have done so? Is Cervantes taught in school?

2007-09-14 17:21:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here are some books I have read can u identifyl them from this info?

This story begins with in the walls of a castle with the birth of a mouse???

The young prince was known here and there (and just about everywhere where els)

Not every 13 year old girl is accused of murder brought to trail and found guilty
Eh tree-ear have you hundered well today?

2007-09-14 17:14:12 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

which part of the book, or certain occurences in the book, do u find have elements of prejudism? please help me!

2007-09-14 17:10:20 · 0 answers · asked by julia e 2

This is not a 'snobbish' question. Just looking for some informed opinion. I consider myself above average in detecting the quality of a writer's style--maybe because I had a job for two years micro-analyzing the work of writers like V. Woolf, J. Baldwin, E.B. White, Joan Didion: in other words, writers who are considered masters of prose. I also learned a lot from my family who were naturally gifted as writers. Question is--and it doesn't matter if you think the writers I've cited are masters of style--is the audience for 'quality' writing diminishing? Are books like Hannibal and DaVinci Code--albeit they have good stories--the prototypes for what will be considered 'good' writing by most people? Is 'quality writing' going the way of theatre as an art form? There's a line from a Paul Simon song "Is the Theatre Really Dead?" I'd say it basically it. What about literary writing? Is it appreciated outside of a few literature professors who specialize in the stuff?

2007-09-14 16:49:14 · 10 answers · asked by holacarinados 4

I need a good idea for a joke to put in a short comic strip that's about Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. If any of you have read it you know it's not very exciting so it's hard to find anything that I can put in my comic. Even if you haven't read it if you have some extra time and could look on the web for me that would be fantastic. Thanks in advance!

2007-09-14 16:37:25 · 3 answers · asked by missouri 3

Would you reccomend this book? Do you think it is considered/should be considered a classic? It's classified as Adult Fantasy. Is that just because it's a fantasy novel for adults or does it have explicit content? Would you say the writing style/plot was gothic/dark in anyway?

2007-09-14 15:41:49 · 3 answers · asked by Penelope 2

in my book a character is going to write a poem about her "sad" life.....i can think of anything to write....any help?

2007-09-14 15:30:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-14 15:29:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Story Name: Bad luck Can Be A Good Thing
Status: In-Progress
# of Chapters: 1
Rating: T+
Genre: Drama/Action/Adventure/Romance/General
Character(s): Dylan, Thomas, Joey, Jennifer,
Summery: Jennifer has a secret that she would rather no one know. Joey knows her secrets and wants to tell her 2 teamates. Now how is she going to deal with this? What is this secret? And why are Dylan and thomas being nice to her?

If you'd like more information on this then please go to http://www.freewebs.com/reelynne/originalstories.htm

2007-09-14 15:09:19 · 5 answers · asked by Ree Lynne 2

It's about this young proper girl about 15 in england i think who is put on a ship that is taking her to her father's. There are like pirates on the ship and she meets the captain who seems like the only one that's proper and sensible but he's really evil and i think he kills crew members. Ne ways the girl thinks he's very nice until she finds out he's evil and somehow i think he dies and at the end she gets home to her proper family and none of her family believes her and thinks she has developed bad habits and is sent to her room. Then she runs back to the ship and sails with them for the rest of her days.

2007-09-14 14:52:05 · 3 answers · asked by popsicle230 2

I really want to write a book,I love writing and reading! But I need some inspiration! I don't want you to give me your ideas,just tell me about something you experienced as a kid or recently. Please!!! The one the gets my attention and insipires me the most will get ten points.



Note-I will not use the exact same story you wrote,I will change the characters,and maybe the setting. So please don't answer because you think i'm going to steal your ideas or anything like that. Thanks!

2007-09-14 14:41:49 · 8 answers · asked by Kristin 3

2007-09-14 14:40:59 · 5 answers · asked by DOGGO ACTUAL 2

Please let them discover me and pay me lots of ROYALTIES?

2007-09-14 14:34:55 · 2 answers · asked by charlax.hice 3

llow or too big? Because I think that you should outline by scenes as I heard it makes the actual writing much easier. But what exactly is a scene? How is it different than an idea? I have ideas in my head for a story, but I am not sure as how to put them in actual scenes.

2007-09-14 14:26:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Book launched by a Publishing House that has some problems to reach certain countries markets and with a bad internet sale system; what I want to to is put my book available by AMAZON, but I don´t know why?
I´ll apreciate your help!
Thanks in advance.

2007-09-14 14:03:44 · 4 answers · asked by ignaciobull 1

His neck had become sore sitting at his computer typing steadily in deep thought. He was typing random short stories as fast as he could, improving his creative ability. Writing random scenes and random happenings between people. He would imagine how social situations would occur,

i need critizism on the whole thing there but i need to know a good way to say,

and random happenings between people.

like, random social occurances between people, or seomthng
thanks

2007-09-14 13:55:40 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3

To post a rebuttal seems like it would sound like a "angry at the review" writer. Yet, it is clear that the person who reviewed the book had an agenda, took one line from the preface out of context, and either didn't fully read the book, or wilfully ignored text that contradicted his/her (unsigned) criticism. As it is a non-fiction book, I could pull literally pages of text that contradict the reviewer's complaint and point of view. It's one of the primary reviewing companies that you see on Amazon, B&N, etc. A bad review would be an unpleasant experience to contend with but what should you do with an erroneous one? Is there any viable recourse? Is it worth worrying about? In the history of book reviews, has one ever been retracted?

2007-09-14 13:51:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous