Book and Authors Questions and Answers
Authored a book; how do you find out number total sold on computer ?
I typed in my ISBN# and also library# and nothing shows, what else can I do ? Publishers are very slow next to details. Even if your book sells enough to make a best street trader list, that list is still compiled from data surrendered voluntarily by the book...
Authors direction needed. How do I focus?
Okay I'm a 16 year old girl who loves to write stories. I have dozens of great ideas that I want to include contained by many books. But that's the problem, I have too many accepted wisdom. Just as soon as I perfect my mental outline of a book and complete the first chapter, I get...
Author's Ethics Question?
If You read a book about a true story, related to the women that were any wives or lovers of famous Drugdealers, and by reading clue information in the book and investigating in the internet you can efficiently conclude the true Identity of the characters in the book, can the author be upset or insult me if I disclose my...
Authors really similar to meg cabot?
im looking for authors that write similarly to that of meg cabot, do you kno of any?books of hers that i think are great and boy meets girl and the guy next door, do you know of any books that are similar to these?gratitude x The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round ThingsLove and other four...
Authors similar to Bernard Cornwell?
I have been reading a lot of Bernard Cornwell lately, specifically his Thomas Hookton books and that era. Not into the Sharpe Chronicles too much. Does anyone know of any similar writers because I will be done beside these by the end of the month. Some authors you might like:*Conn Iggulden*Simon Scarrow*Tim Severin*Robyn Young*Sam Barone*Ben Kane Robert Low...
Authors similar to Sidney sheldon and jeffrey archer?
ok so i love reading jeffrey archer books and i am also a huge fan of sidney sheldon.. so can anyone plz suggest me the names of some writers similar to these two.pllleezz! Harold Robbins James Hadly ChaseDan BrownLeon UrisAlister Mc/linIrwing WallaceAgatha ChristyAurthur Hallay John Grisham is one other such writer david baldacciearle...
Authors who wrote both novel and short stories?
i need to write an essay analyzing a short story and novel by the same author, i can do the research and read the works, but im have trouble finding authors Kurt Vonnegut is amazing for this. Neil Gaiman is more contemporary. Mark Twain is fantastic. All would be appropriate for...
Authors... Where did you get going?
Where do you start when you want to begin your first/or any novel?I know the basic hypothesis of your story, but have nothing written down, and I know my main guise a bit, but other then that I dont have anything but ideas within my head.So what is/was your process? Do you just start writing down ideas?...
Authors/books beside a difficult writing style?
Can someone please tell me of authors or books that are extremely challenging. I already know that James Joyce books are almost inpossible to read, and that books written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky are fairly difficult. Can someone furnish me some other suggestions? 10 points promised for best and most detailed answer! I personally find cyberpunk very difficult...
Authors/Readers: For this story, which phrase fits better?
[This is the story link] http://www.worthyofpublishing.com/book.aˇ It's about a girl who's cutting because of an abusive father (see story summary)*Here's a paragraph from chapter 3 --ˇ°Looks like I'm going to enjoy to walk,ˇ± I groaned. There was nothing apt about only having one parent who workedˇand who could drive. Not that I would adopt a...
Authors/Writers: Can you please administer me some sense of design?
Well, I have to write some piece of creative writing. :(I have this idea of this elderly woman man in a hospital, maybe a mental health hospital. She's restless. She may hold dementia. blah blah blah.Is that cliche? What characters should I include to make in interesting? How do I make it nouns...
Avi: Nothing but the truth?
What happens in the end beside Washington Acadamy? I read everything up to page 180, but I need to write a short essay on why the ending was so ironic. However, I lost the book and I dont know the climax! What is it? After dealing with all the publicity, Mrs. Narwin considers resigning from the school, and...
Award Winning Authors/Books (Thrillers)?
Do you know of any authors who have won the nobel prize for writing a thriller?Or do you know of any award winning thrillers that have received the national book award, the pen faulkner award, or the pulitzer award?**The book have to be fiction** (which thrillers usuallly are, but just in case)Thank You Generally the Nobel is awarded...
Awards get by Stephenie Meyer?
Please! I need someone who can help me find all awards gotten by Stephenie Meyer. Any honor in the order of her including the award of the movie. Please make a list for me. It would be better if any of you could show me the date of each award. Thank you exceptionally much!! :) Untalented Hack AwardWinner,...
Ayn Rand - Objectivism - Pros, Cons, ideals, Tenets?
I am having to do an essay on objectivism for English class before we start reading Anthem by Ayn Rand. What are the ideals and tenets, Pros and cons of objectivism? Thorough answers will get more points. You can look up adjectives of that information about Ayn Rand on the Ayn Rand website. There...
Ayn Rand Glass Apartment?
In either The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged there is a character who take women, but only ones that he really likes, back to his apartment surrounded by the city to sleep with them. His apartment is made of glass and he likes taking women here because it's like the entire city can see them. I can not remember who...
B&A: Do you have a sneaking suspicion that that anyone can write?
So I was watching that Disney movie Ratatouille, and the big slogan in it was Anybody can cook. And that get me thinking. Can anybody write well, if they have the drive and determination to? Or do you think it depends some on intuitive ability? Absolutely. You can write. You can...
B&A: Do you regard as Fan- Fiction is stupid?
Mmm I guess so.It's folks who aren't creative enough to write their own series, so they steal an authors story, and tell it with more sex, and Mary-Sue's. I think fan-fiction can be a a great point. I know many people think it's useless or stupid, but catharsis is a able-bodied...
I typed in my ISBN# and also library# and nothing shows, what else can I do ? Publishers are very slow next to details. Even if your book sells enough to make a best street trader list, that list is still compiled from data surrendered voluntarily by the book...
Authors direction needed. How do I focus?
Okay I'm a 16 year old girl who loves to write stories. I have dozens of great ideas that I want to include contained by many books. But that's the problem, I have too many accepted wisdom. Just as soon as I perfect my mental outline of a book and complete the first chapter, I get...
Author's Ethics Question?
If You read a book about a true story, related to the women that were any wives or lovers of famous Drugdealers, and by reading clue information in the book and investigating in the internet you can efficiently conclude the true Identity of the characters in the book, can the author be upset or insult me if I disclose my...
Authors really similar to meg cabot?
im looking for authors that write similarly to that of meg cabot, do you kno of any?books of hers that i think are great and boy meets girl and the guy next door, do you know of any books that are similar to these?gratitude x The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round ThingsLove and other four...
Authors similar to Bernard Cornwell?
I have been reading a lot of Bernard Cornwell lately, specifically his Thomas Hookton books and that era. Not into the Sharpe Chronicles too much. Does anyone know of any similar writers because I will be done beside these by the end of the month. Some authors you might like:*Conn Iggulden*Simon Scarrow*Tim Severin*Robyn Young*Sam Barone*Ben Kane Robert Low...
Authors similar to Sidney sheldon and jeffrey archer?
ok so i love reading jeffrey archer books and i am also a huge fan of sidney sheldon.. so can anyone plz suggest me the names of some writers similar to these two.pllleezz! Harold Robbins James Hadly ChaseDan BrownLeon UrisAlister Mc/linIrwing WallaceAgatha ChristyAurthur Hallay John Grisham is one other such writer david baldacciearle...
Authors who wrote both novel and short stories?
i need to write an essay analyzing a short story and novel by the same author, i can do the research and read the works, but im have trouble finding authors Kurt Vonnegut is amazing for this. Neil Gaiman is more contemporary. Mark Twain is fantastic. All would be appropriate for...
Authors... Where did you get going?
Where do you start when you want to begin your first/or any novel?I know the basic hypothesis of your story, but have nothing written down, and I know my main guise a bit, but other then that I dont have anything but ideas within my head.So what is/was your process? Do you just start writing down ideas?...
Authors/books beside a difficult writing style?
Can someone please tell me of authors or books that are extremely challenging. I already know that James Joyce books are almost inpossible to read, and that books written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky are fairly difficult. Can someone furnish me some other suggestions? 10 points promised for best and most detailed answer! I personally find cyberpunk very difficult...
Authors/Readers: For this story, which phrase fits better?
[This is the story link] http://www.worthyofpublishing.com/book.aˇ It's about a girl who's cutting because of an abusive father (see story summary)*Here's a paragraph from chapter 3 --ˇ°Looks like I'm going to enjoy to walk,ˇ± I groaned. There was nothing apt about only having one parent who workedˇand who could drive. Not that I would adopt a...
Authors/Writers: Can you please administer me some sense of design?
Well, I have to write some piece of creative writing. :(I have this idea of this elderly woman man in a hospital, maybe a mental health hospital. She's restless. She may hold dementia. blah blah blah.Is that cliche? What characters should I include to make in interesting? How do I make it nouns...
Avi: Nothing but the truth?
What happens in the end beside Washington Acadamy? I read everything up to page 180, but I need to write a short essay on why the ending was so ironic. However, I lost the book and I dont know the climax! What is it? After dealing with all the publicity, Mrs. Narwin considers resigning from the school, and...
Award Winning Authors/Books (Thrillers)?
Do you know of any authors who have won the nobel prize for writing a thriller?Or do you know of any award winning thrillers that have received the national book award, the pen faulkner award, or the pulitzer award?**The book have to be fiction** (which thrillers usuallly are, but just in case)Thank You Generally the Nobel is awarded...
Awards get by Stephenie Meyer?
Please! I need someone who can help me find all awards gotten by Stephenie Meyer. Any honor in the order of her including the award of the movie. Please make a list for me. It would be better if any of you could show me the date of each award. Thank you exceptionally much!! :) Untalented Hack AwardWinner,...
Ayn Rand - Objectivism - Pros, Cons, ideals, Tenets?
I am having to do an essay on objectivism for English class before we start reading Anthem by Ayn Rand. What are the ideals and tenets, Pros and cons of objectivism? Thorough answers will get more points. You can look up adjectives of that information about Ayn Rand on the Ayn Rand website. There...
Ayn Rand Glass Apartment?
In either The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged there is a character who take women, but only ones that he really likes, back to his apartment surrounded by the city to sleep with them. His apartment is made of glass and he likes taking women here because it's like the entire city can see them. I can not remember who...
B&A: Do you have a sneaking suspicion that that anyone can write?
So I was watching that Disney movie Ratatouille, and the big slogan in it was Anybody can cook. And that get me thinking. Can anybody write well, if they have the drive and determination to? Or do you think it depends some on intuitive ability? Absolutely. You can write. You can...
B&A: Do you regard as Fan- Fiction is stupid?
Mmm I guess so.It's folks who aren't creative enough to write their own series, so they steal an authors story, and tell it with more sex, and Mary-Sue's. I think fan-fiction can be a a great point. I know many people think it's useless or stupid, but catharsis is a able-bodied...