Did you have to do a lot of research to write these books?
The Castle in the Attic & The Battle for the CastleYes every book requires research, but it's especially true when you're writing about the Middle Ages. I visited the Metropolitan Museum in New York City where I live and walked through the Arms and Armor Hall. I listened to Gregorian Chant and other medieval music. I read about castles. I visited castles in Ireland and England. For THE BATTLE FOR THE CASTLE, I went to look at the rat lab at a local university. I took my children to see the Morris Dancers who hold a festival every May in Vermont.
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Robert Lynn Asprin FAQsNo. RLA did create the setting and contributed a few stories in the series, but mostly he edited the short stories of other writers as they were collected to make up each book.
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Margaret BuffieI wrote a few short stories in class and that's about it. There wasn't the same emphasis on creative writing when I was young – not like the terrific programs available today. And of course, there were very few Canadian writers for kids to identify with when I was younger. Canadian children's writing has only really blossomed in the past fifteen years or so.
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Frequently Asked QuestionsShe wrote several books and speeches. A list will be printed here at a future date. In the meantime, visit the Books & Book Reviews section of the Woodhull Presidential Library. There are links to books that contain her speeches.
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Questions and AnswersYes, I always try to find out all I can about the subject matter in each new story and during this early stage all sorts of new ideas can suggest themselves. With The Deptford Mice trilogy, I incorporated some of the local history of Greenwich and Blackheath. In the Alchymist's Cat, I researched into the Black Death and the fire of London, while for the Wyrd Museum it was the Second World War and Norse Mythology.
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How long did it take you to write these books?
The Castle in the Attic & The Battle for the CastleIt takes me about two years to write a novel and that was true for both the CASTLE books. A year for the first draft, some months off to think about it and then six more months or so to revise it. Everything I write, I rewrite. I've come to believe that rewriting is simply part of writing. It doesn't mean that I did it "wrong" the first time.
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Why did you write under a different name for some books?
ALT.BOOKS.DEAN-KOONTZ FAQMany reasons. One primary reason was that I always had the desire to write in multiple genres, while my publishers wanted me to always write the same thing. They felt that writing in more than one genre would confuse book buyers, so for marketing purposes they pushed me into multiple names.
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FAQ: Ann M. Martin's Books | ScholasticI love to work from a detailed outline, but Paula enjoyed letting her stories unfold as she wrote. After first discussing what we thought our characters were like, where they lived, how they dressed, and even what color hair they had, we began our journey into the unknown on a letter-by- letter basis.
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Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum | The Stories Started H...separate book releases plus collections of short stories. The number depends on one's distinction between what is a short book or a long short story.
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T A L K I N G - H E A D S . N E TTrue Stories', containing the complete script + a lot of sketches and photos from the film, and 'Strange Ritual' with a compilation of his photoworks and some poems. Maira Kalman made a childrensbook based on the lyrics of 'Stay Up Late' in 1987, for which David Byrne wrote a foreword. He also published the photobook "Your Action World" in 1999.
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FAQ: The Baby-Sitter's Club | ScholasticMy editor, Jean Feiwel, came up with the idea for a book series about a group of girls who love to baby-sit.
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true FAQsFour. Winter Scream and Trickster, the first two, are out of print, but occasionally turn up in used book stores. The second two, Panic and Thunder Road, are also out of print as Curry books, but are alive and resurrected (or will be) under the name of Thorne. Panic has been released as Bad Things (March 2002) and in 2004 (I think), Thunder Road will be reprinted, probably with its original title.
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Günther's Open Source SoftwareI began to learn french in spring 2000. It was annoying to carry that stack of flash cards all the time with me. So I tried to find a flash card program on the internet, but none fitted with my requirements. I just wanted a replacement for these tiny flash cards made of cardboard. After a month the first version was fulfilling its purpose. So I used it on a daily basis. Some years later I wanted more features and implemented them.
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GHB Meta-FAQWhy write any FAQ, or anything for that matter? Why speak? Why think? There are many people asking questions, many more who should be asking questions, and much information to be presented. Next you'll be asking me why Liao, musician for the third course, left for Ts'ai.
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Nostradamus FAQsAnswer. Apart from his professional works (in which no one is really interested) he produced a number of prophetic works. We discern between the Centuries and the Prognostications. The Prognostications are like an Almanac. They contain a series of Predictions about the next year. Because these predictions were fulfilled (or not) more than 440 years ago few are interested in them. The really interesting stuff is the Centuries.
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FAQAnswer: I figured out that if I count it as being paid on an hourly basis, I've made $2.50 an hour writing my books - far less than minimum wage. There's not a lot of money in writing books, unless you're Stephen King or something. It is cool, though, to see your book in a bookstore.
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Basic QuestionsAfter WWII, a number of people independently started to work on intelligent machines. The English mathematician Alan Turing may have been the first. He gave a lecture on it in 1947. He also may have been the first to decide that AI was best researched by programming computers rather than by building machines. By the late 1950s, there were many researchers on AI, and most of them were basing their work on programming computers.
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Operation relliMSorry, trade secret. Fishing line and staples. It is an often asked question, so I drew a diagram. Click here.
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Shirley Rousseau MurphyI haven't written a children's or young adult book in many years, I'm having too much fun with Joe, Dulcie, and Kit. Sometimes I think I'd like to write a fourth Dragonbards book, but these three cats are very demanding of my attention.
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Book of Edward — Frequently Asked QuestionsAnswer: The Apostle Edward wrote the book as God gave him input. A lot of that input was occurring as Edward was living his life. I.E. The chapter on healing is reflective of Scripture God gave Edward after his wife died of cancer. Also, the author is the CEO of a small energy development company and has had other duties to deal with. The author’s resume is at the back of this Media Kit.
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Isaac Asimov FAQFor example, the most complete Asimov bibliography which Asimov himself had a hand in preparing is the catalogue in I. Asimov: A Memoir. It lists 469 items, including 2 wall posters and a calendar (which some people might not be inclined to count as "books".) It also lists 117 science fiction anthologies, none of which are entirely by Asimov, and many of which include no stories by him (and so some people might be inclined not to count these.
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Isaac Asimov FAQLots. Asimov published over 500 books by the time of his death. Many of these, of course, are anthologies of work by other people, and a large number are juvenile science books, but there are a lot of books left. Following is a list of some of Asimov's better-known or more influential works. The list is purely subjective, based on the personal preference of the FAQ-keepers. There is much which is worthwhile but not listed. See the full lists of Asimov's works for more information.
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Bestselling Romance Novelist, Jennifer Blake : FAQSome of the most consistent comments about my books from readers over the years have been "I dearly love your heroes," and "Do men like this really exist?" It became apparent that the basic attraction in the men I created was the mystique of the Southern gentlemen arch-type. The combination of strength, honor, courtesy, self-deprecating humor, and fearless tenderness that they displayed touched an unexpected chord.
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FAQ: Ann M. Martin's Books | ScholasticI wrote the stories from a detailed chapter-by-chapter outline provided by Laura. We also talked back and forth throughout the process, offering suggestions and exchanging ideas.
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Ellen G. White Estate: Questions and Answers About Ellen G. ...the time of her death Ellen White's literary productions totaled approximately 100,000 pages: 24 books in current circulation; two book manuscripts ready for publication; 5,000 periodical articles in the journals of the church; more than 200 tracts and pamphlets; approximately 35,000 typewritten pages of manuscript documents and letters; 2,000 handwritten letters and diary materials comprising, when copied, another 15,000 typewritten pages.
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FAQAnswer: Yes. I wrote "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chemistry" which came out in 2003 and "The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Chemistry", which will probably come out in 2005 sometime. I've also written a lot of books for chemistry teachers.
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