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Well... EVERYONE knows we were genetically created by a more intelligent race and simply PLANTED here, right? Sharks have been around for 70 million years or so. Life in one form or another much longer than that. In fact, man appeared only in the last few moments of the geological record...

Novella says: I don't know that abbreviation... The reason I told people to find the book on their own was that I couldn't remember the author's African name. :) Ishmael Beah I got a good look at maybe ten pages and the covers on 'A Long Time Gone'. It's the true story of a 12-year old boy...

Okay... Read this book. I guarantee you'll like it, and no...I haven't read it. 'A Long Time Gone - Memoirs of a Boy Soldier' Find it yourself...:)

Switching the point-of-view back and forth had better be a short-term idea in this story or it's going to cause problems. Cut out some of the commas. A few sentences need to be shortened, and some terms explained. Nice imagery in places, though. Assume readers are smart. Never assume they are...

Come on, Manuscriptx...that is TOO easy! Hughes Winborne for 'Crash' Thelma Schoonmaker for 'The Aviator' James Selkirk for 'Lord of the Rings - Return of the King' Martin Walsh for 'Chicago' Pietro Scalini for 'Black Hawk Down'. That is for film editing. There is a sound editing...

The only problem I have with 'The Da Vinci Code' is that I have to occasionally remind people it is fiction... You would be surprised at the number of people who really believe it's based on fact. Face it. Dan Brown thought it all up.

SevenWritz says: Well, it's true many of them are busy. But here's a surprise I found out a short time ago: Bookstore managers cruise writing forums and book forums all the time, although few of them join the forum. Earlier in this thread I may have been a bit hard on manuscriptx. Deep...

Okay...don't laugh too much, though. 'The Best of Eric Burdon and The Animals' right now. I can crank it up in my little office on the upstairs floor and nobody cares. This is a good thing. "It's my life and I'll do what I want..."

Answering this thread ('what do you do on Earth Day?') is easy. About ten years ago, I was camping up in the Olympic Mountains near a place called Spider Lake. When I arrived, there was garbage everywhere left behind by people who had thrown a HUGE party. I burned a lot of it in my...

To be fair to Thrustinsprit, I spent some time first going back and trying to read the original entry, along with some of the responses given. After reading these things, I would say to Thrust (for short) that he may be suffering a mild form of religious hysteria. Look, Thrust...writing like...

The merchant ship cruised slowly into the bay, slicing through cold water as smooth as glass. Sharp peaks of black stone towered above the harbor like the walls of a prison. Tiny icebergs floated silently across the water, reflecting their rainbow colors in every spectrum. A row of hills...

We're getting closer to the truth here...(lol) Manuscriptx says: Comparing the publishing/marketing of a book to the film process is a bit like comparing apples to oranges. In film, the creation process is controlled mainly by the director, the screenwriter, and the producer. If it is a...

First Editions are a great part of any book collection, but sometimes I think they are overrated. Most publishers now offer signed First Editions for a premium fee, so they are not so difficult to obtain now. In the 'old days' you had to search out a first edition and then attend a signing to...

Manuscriptx says: 'Director's Cut' films are what comes after the editor has released the regular theatrical version...which is the one the majority of people will actually view. Your attitude is an editor's nightmare. The first time you try that one (saying no changes allowed) on a pro...

manuscriptx says: A good editor can put a second, fresh eye to a manuscript and turn it into something better. All writers need an editor, but they need one they can trust. First-time novel authors often say something similar to the quote above. An editor is a necessary evil, sort of like...

It is no big deal, but AB is extremely picky on who we will put on the Links and Friends page. We're kind of old-fashioned, I suppose. My favorite link there is 'Zuzu'. :) We are lucky enough to communicate with this beautiful lady from time to time. She lives just outside of Seattle. If...

All right...we'll be adding this forum to the page at AB this week.

The Editing Process...yes. This is where authors are brought to reality. (lol) I remember working on my first book. Four years or work. I thought it was perfect, I really did. Sent it to a pro editor in England, expecting a few glitches and maybe some minor suggestions. (insert BIG laugh...

Thoreau=First 'hippie' ever. Gotta love him.

The 2006 film 'Crash'. If you haven't seen this one...you must. Unbelievable. I cried during the scene where the cop crawls into the wrecked car...and I'm a reasonably tough guy. (lol)