Books & Authors - October 2007

Has anyone ever published a book? If so what is the process? I have been working on writing several works for the past 4 years and I've been in the process of searching for publishers. I purchased a big book of publishers from 2006 and I just never got around to contacting anyone. I never knew how to lay out a mnuscript or anyhting or if I needed an agent.

I was also wondering of how the books end up on the shelf of my local Borders or Walden Books- it seems so wild and unattainable. I want so badly to just sent out a manusctipt and get the ball rolling. I need some rejections and I need some feedback just to know what people have recieved my work. But I do not know how to go about doing it.

My questions are;

Who do I contact? How do I format a manusctipt? How does my manuscrupt tranform to a book on a shelf? How does it get there?!

Thank you for helping me. I need advice preferably from someone who has been there and done that.

2007-10-18 10:33:31 · 6 answers · asked by confuzzled170 3

I'm trying to figure out how did they arrange Voldermort's name from Tom Riddle. There must be a middle name, but I dont remember it...

2007-10-18 08:39:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

The fact that the case was acquitted CLEARLY proves that OJ didn’t kill Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

So what harm is there in writing a hypothetical book about how he would have carried out their murders? Personally I think it shows creativity.

2007-10-18 08:31:40 · 10 answers · asked by bamidélé 4

2007-10-18 08:28:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

just wanna know whats gonna next :P

2007-10-18 08:28:01 · 2 answers · asked by zay yar t 1

make shure it has vampires in and a queen vampire with short blonde hair thanks

2007-10-18 07:10:11 · 10 answers · asked by hot_vampire_pink 1

2007-10-18 07:08:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have yet to read this book. I am curious about it. Have you read it yet? What is it like? Tell me all about it. What have you heard? Thanks!

2007-10-18 06:35:15 · 10 answers · asked by Missy 5

2007-10-18 06:34:31 · 39 answers · asked by Butterfly 1

is it any thing real in it?

2007-10-18 05:43:28 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-18 05:41:56 · 5 answers · asked by XxGood_Girl_Gone_BadxX 2

Trying to remember the author and title of a short story.

In the story, the world is horrifically overpopulated, and people live in overcrowded squalor; all the buildings have been divided into tiny living cubicles just big enough for a bed and a suitcase. One man accidentally discovers that his cubicle has a covered-over door, and behind it is a big empty room that was apparently boarded up years earlier and forgotten. To him it is unimaginable luxury, but he makes the mistake of letting a few other people know it is there, and eventually he winds up with a bunch of leeching roommates.

Title and/or author? Anyone?

2007-10-18 05:12:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you dont have to kill to get the elder wand then why does voldy kill snape?????? and how do fred and george find out the password to the marauders map? and if u say no to the first question then how did lord albus get the wand without killing grindelwald

2007-10-18 05:07:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

One that shows how a person can have more than 1 aspect (ideally two). Author doesn't have to be famous, but preferably so.

2007-10-18 04:54:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok, please read this and tell me what you think, i know it is long but hopefully you'll enjoy it and let me know if you want more. ok? ok.

Chapter 1

The rooster crowed loudly and signaled the beginning of another day. It was dark out but that was to be expected on a farm like ours. An early start in the morning and late nights before resting peacefully in our beds was always our routine in my somewhat Amish family.
I yawned and tumbled out of my bed to the small candle that sat on the far corner of my old oak desk. Carefully lighting a match, I caught the small wick on fire and my cupboard of a room was instantly illuminated. Brilliant shadows danced on my wooden walls. It was as if a tiny world inhabited of people made entirely of flame danced along to some ritual song that was silent to the people in my world.
Each step I took towards the small trunk that contained all my clothes made my floor boards moan with distaste. Opening it, I took out my favorite green work

2007-10-18 04:37:16 · 10 answers · asked by ♥Blood Rose♥ 3

fave film...billy Elliot
groundhog day
beautiful thing Whats yours

Song?

Book?

2007-10-18 04:33:54 · 9 answers · asked by joe m 3

2007-10-18 04:33:11 · 1 answers · asked by kman 1

1.how do fred and george know how to work the marauders map?
2.how did dumbledore win the elder wand without killing grindelwald?
3.who killed tonks,lupin,and fred?

2007-10-18 04:27:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you do, what kind of books and what books would you say are an all-time good books?

2007-10-18 04:26:58 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-18 04:24:40 · 11 answers · asked by rhiannon_m2004 5

2007-10-18 04:16:51 · 17 answers · asked by nubianprncess_1 1

In HP and the Philospher's Stone - was Dumbledore intending on Harry to fight for the stone?

2007-10-18 03:02:32 · 8 answers · asked by Raquel 4

2007-10-18 02:50:08 · 19 answers · asked by Chickoon 4

2007-10-18 02:13:19 · 2 answers · asked by Usman Shah 1

I need a good book that:
Is around Middle School maturity, but can be any level in text
Is readable in a weekend
Doesn't have a too complicated plot
First book that is good enough gets 10 points (it doesn't really matter to me, I just need the book FAST!!)

2007-10-18 01:00:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm tryna write a book and its a girly teenage book..,how many chapters are ussualy in those type of books?
i've read so many i can never remember o.0
and how many pages are ussualy in a chapter? thankies (:

2007-10-18 00:36:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

after 'the namesake', im looking for......

2007-10-17 23:07:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-17 22:54:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

it is about an arranged marriange.
this girl is devastated taht she has to get married
and in the end, she falls for the guy anyway.
waht should the title be?

2007-10-17 21:54:41 · 8 answers · asked by hollisterCali 2

i'm writing a book report for 'a loss for words'. in case you don't know it is about a hearing girl whose parents a deaf. what is a creative title for my essay/book report?

2007-10-17 20:20:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous