Books & Authors - October 2007

I am looking to submit a short story to a magazine in the hope that it will be published. How do I go about writing the cover letter for it?

2007-10-18 22:43:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am looking for a short story I read in the ninth grade. If I remember correctly, the Grim Reaper approaches a worker in the fields. The worker is terrifed that is he going to die. The story ends by the Grim Reaper saying he is in fact looking for the worker's boss, not the worker. I think this story was featured in a Norton Anthology reader. It would most likely be British literature.

2007-10-18 20:03:29 · 4 answers · asked by snaggletooth 2

just what the question says... i just wanna kno

2007-10-18 19:33:45 · 6 answers · asked by suzi h 2

Remember those illustrations!!! I'd love to get a tattoo of one of those.

Which one was your favorite story? Or which book of the series?

2007-10-18 19:17:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains bust be the truth."

2007-10-18 19:10:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

All I can remember is I loved them and they talked very strange. It seems when I find some online now, they have modernized the words and I'd like to read what my mom read. I don't want to reference to the Disney movie, I'd like to see or read a section from ones produced when my mom could have easily found these books and read them to me in the 1950's, Any literary help here, please don't guess to get points, unless you think you really have something to contribute, I just need a good strong lead in where to search and what search words and ?? all I have is my child's eye view, but I have a great memory .

2007-10-18 18:58:09 · 1 answers · asked by I Love Jesus 5

THANKS! =]

2007-10-18 17:42:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone know any good books that have to do with anti-religion?
[ex. god is not great, the god delusion, etc.]
and that are easy-reads?

Im looking for easy-reads because ive read some books where I can read the same page 3 times and not get a word its saying

2007-10-18 17:38:03 · 6 answers · asked by No Gods, No Masters 7

Not sure if this is a saying or an actual poem, but I'm wondering who authored this, and where it came from originally. I presume that it was a part of some published work, not just a saying that was passed down over time. Can you help me? Thank you! Here it is:

At last the ladder,
which had been built
slowly, slowly,
one hope at a time,
reached up
to the clouds.
And the dreamer
began to climb.

2007-10-18 17:34:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can I get an ISBN number for a self-published book I have written?

2007-10-18 17:29:14 · 5 answers · asked by health1_au 2

For each main character:
Desdemona, Othello, Roderigo, Iago, Cassio, Brabantio, Lodovico, Montano, the Clown, Emilia and Bianca.

The sins:
Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.

2007-10-18 17:06:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just bought it for my English class, and I don't think I'm gonna like it. did you like it? What's the story about?

2007-10-18 17:05:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a big advocate of the principle of the point of diminishing returns, and sometimes I feel that we have passed that point when it comes to advocating reading.
I also feel that reading is most effective when combined with other mediums. For instance, I was reading "The City and the Stars" by Arthur Clarke years ago, and one of the characters is a polyp. I had no idea what a polyp was, and the dictionary's definition wasn't much help (I had no access to internet at the time). If I had seen a polyp on television previously, I would have had a much better mental image of this imaginary character. The same thing could be said of references to songs, films, websites, advertisements, etc. What's your take on it?

2007-10-18 16:53:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm looking for a book to read. I'm 17 and i like drama books with alot of twists. For example (Shawshank redemption) any ideas?

2007-10-18 16:45:17 · 8 answers · asked by mjc1428 1

i was wondering what were some really good books...also i am reading right now..the twilight series, and harry potter..what are some other really good books...

2007-10-18 15:34:01 · 15 answers · asked by bogotano 1

I am 16 and I need some good books to read. I have read stephenie meyer's books. I like classics and I have a pretty high reading level, but I want it to be clean and NOT crude or disgusting. I don't really like lots of romance.

2007-10-18 15:33:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

what is ur favorite edgar allen poe story or just ur faorite gothic writer?

2007-10-18 15:31:28 · 7 answers · asked by billy jack lol 3

Im just looking for a good conflict to a fiction story i could get some ideas from.
Something like a girl chosen to be the sacrafice or be the savior of the world or something like the last hope for humanity i guess. Sorta like mangas i guess,

2007-10-18 15:27:17 · 2 answers · asked by Nhy~ 3

Hey, my mom just got a coupon for buy one get one classic book but I don't know what to choose. For the first one I'm pretty sure I want to get Dante's Inferno but I'm not sure and I really like Shakespeare's works but I want to get one I haven't read yet and my favorite by him {so far} is A Midsummer Night's Dream. Any suggestions?

2007-10-18 15:17:08 · 8 answers · asked by xxTakexMyxHeartxAwayxx 2

Hi im a 15 almost 16 year old boy and was wondering if you know any really good books.

My most recent favorite was the curious incident of a dog in the nightime.

Please dont say anything too easy for me like goosebumps. But nothing to difficult either.

2007-10-18 15:01:20 · 10 answers · asked by Hello! 3

what is your favorite auther???

2007-10-18 14:57:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-18 13:55:53 · 12 answers · asked by Michael A 2

I would appreciate the help here?

2007-10-18 13:55:04 · 3 answers · asked by Knoppy87 1

I especially like:
Twilight
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Book of Joe
Tomorrow, Maybe
Love, Ghosts, and Facial Hair
A Place Like This

books like that.
I love books with a lot of emotion.
Suggestions?

2007-10-18 13:39:24 · 7 answers · asked by lk 3

I am sure it was American. It was about a woman taken prisoner and kept in a room (for sex) by about 4 men - all very different characters. One was fat & impotent, one was a very rough type and one was quite young. It was years ago that I read it - it's not the well known book The Men's Room by Ann Oakley as that's a completely different plot. Any ideas anyone?

2007-10-18 11:24:56 · 3 answers · asked by Lynne R6 3

I like Politics, Crime sort of books. Any would do but please no Fantasy!! LOL

2007-10-18 11:20:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The book must be written by a female author, and must include a heroine. May someone please recommend a book? One involving a crime drama would be good. Thanks in advance.

2007-10-18 11:13:54 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's about 46 individual characters, single spaced. I haven't finished it yet, but where can I find:

*FREE publishing
*Eleven year olds can do it
*No page limit, minimum is okay.
*No illustrations
*Must be by one person

2007-10-18 10:59:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Explain the "sin of vengeance." --Why is it a sin? Who has committed this sin? How?

2007-10-18 10:55:07 · 2 answers · asked by Elias W 1

I absolutely LOVE to write, and I have my ending. I have the characters, I have a rather bleak discription of the time device. I only a senior in high school, so can anyone such as physicists, writers, book nuts or students help criticize and improve my current and future chapters? I have the first statements figured out:
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And out of no where, an explosion of titanic proportion! The scorching heat in an infinite clout burns time and space throughout, giving birth to the home of all that lives and all that dies alike. From what was once a single point is now a horde of things… that poured across the vast and future skies. Now of grand and endless size, in space and time the matters now immerse. Is now the Universe…?

Chapter 1: Thirteen Billion Years Later…
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Those who help will be an acknowledgment for sure. Please help me out, I have a LOT of ideas! The end has an AWESOME twist, too.
-Andrew
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2007-10-18 10:42:57 · 7 answers · asked by College guy 2