Writers' Corner » Want http://www.writing-query-letters.com Tips For Polishing Your Craft Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:37:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Do people say the Bible is “fiction” because they don’t want to obey it ? http://www.writing-query-letters.com/do-people-say-the-bible-is-fiction-because-they-dont-want-to-obey-it/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/do-people-say-the-bible-is-fiction-because-they-dont-want-to-obey-it/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:36:45 +0000 admin http://www.writing-query-letters.com/do-people-say-the-bible-is-fiction-because-they-dont-want-to-obey-it/ Question: Do people say the Bible is “fiction” because they don’t want to obey it ?

Answer:

Answer by Sherry
Yes !!!! And they hate God.

]]> http://www.writing-query-letters.com/do-people-say-the-bible-is-fiction-because-they-dont-want-to-obey-it/feed/ 41 I want the source of this quote from a work of fiction: “In spite of his friend Queenie’s patient explanation http://www.writing-query-letters.com/i-want-the-source-of-this-quote-from-a-work-of-fiction-in-spite-of-his-friend-queenies-patient-explanation/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/i-want-the-source-of-this-quote-from-a-work-of-fiction-in-spite-of-his-friend-queenies-patient-explanation/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:36:22 +0000 admin http://www.writing-query-letters.com/i-want-the-source-of-this-quote-from-a-work-of-fiction-in-spite-of-his-friend-queenies-patient-explanation/ Question: I want the source of this quote from a work of fiction: “In spite of his friend Queenie’s patient explanation
of tangents, secants and sines, he had never had a really firm grasp of the principles of spherical trigonometry; his navigation had been a plain rule-of-thumb progress from A to B, plane-sailing at its plainest.”

Answer:

Answer by kikisdragon
The Wharf by the Docks by Florence Warden

or

BARROW, John. Navigatio Britannica: Or a Complete System of Navigation

Not really sure

]]> http://www.writing-query-letters.com/i-want-the-source-of-this-quote-from-a-work-of-fiction-in-spite-of-his-friend-queenies-patient-explanation/feed/ 0 Why do African American’s generally not tip? This is NOT BEING RACIST, I want just want answers? http://www.writing-query-letters.com/why-do-african-americans-generally-not-tip-this-is-not-being-racist-i-want-just-want-answers/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/why-do-african-americans-generally-not-tip-this-is-not-being-racist-i-want-just-want-answers/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:36:10 +0000 admin http://www.writing-query-letters.com/why-do-african-americans-generally-not-tip-this-is-not-being-racist-i-want-just-want-answers/
by Ivan Walsh

Question: Why do African American’s generally not tip? This is NOT BEING RACIST, I want just want answers?
Again, I am in no way, shape or form racist. I was a server for 2 years, and 8 out of 10 times I would either get completely stiffed by blacks or get a very small tip after being ran back and forth ragged, sometimes even breaking a sweat for them. I have done a little researching and I am seeing a lot of this – “well, since you think blacks don’t tip well, you don’t give them as good as service as whites, so they don’t think you deserve it” WRONG! I always gave everyone the same amount of service, no matter what nationality they were, and still got stiffed by them. I’m not saying it is only blacks that stiff, I have gotten stiffed by everyone at times, but by blacks WAY more. I was also a top server in every restaurant I worked, literally, when I put in my notice, they begged me to stay.

For the ignorant – Stop with this “get another job if you think you deserve to be tipped” “Restaurants need to pay their employees a real rage so patrons don’t have to tip”

Do you have any idea how much food prices would go up if they pay their employees a “real” wage and how much worse your service would get? Tipping in this country is part of the price of going out, if you can afford to go out and eat, you can afford to tip. If you can’t afford to tip, stay home. Servers remember who tips poorly and if you return, no one will want to wait on you and you WILL get terrible service for whoever gets the “privilege” to , plus there is no telling what would come out of the kitchen to you.

Another thing, if you are one of those non tippers, most servers have to actually PAY OUT OF THEIR POCKET to wait on you. Why? Because most servers have to tip out a percentage of their sales to hostesses, bartenders and bussers. So, if you go out and, say your bill is $ 100 and you decide to stiff your server, the average tip out is around 5%. The server has to PAY $ 5 to wait on YOU.

I won’t write anymore, except for another reminder that I AM NOT RACIST, I am stating a stereotypical FACT. I just want answers and what everyone else thinks and has to say.
I didn’t say all blacks don’t tip, I have gotten some great tips from blacks and I have a lot of black friends that tip. It is a fact that a lot of times, they don’t tip. Colleges have even done research on it, research it if you don’t believe me.

Answer:

Answer by .F.U.C.K.
The definition of a “racist” is:

a person who isolates/calls out a race for a particular reason.

So, technically, you ARE a f.uc.king racist.

]]> http://www.writing-query-letters.com/why-do-african-americans-generally-not-tip-this-is-not-being-racist-i-want-just-want-answers/feed/ 5 What do you do about a child that doesn’t want to learn in school? http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-do-you-do-about-a-child-that-doesnt-want-to-learn-in-school/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-do-you-do-about-a-child-that-doesnt-want-to-learn-in-school/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 12:50:35 +0000 admin http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-do-you-do-about-a-child-that-doesnt-want-to-learn-in-school/ My son is 9 years old, doesn’t want to learn at all, but wants to read books constantly on his own. Story books for high school level or interesting non-fiction books. My husband and I are at a total loss as of what to do about the situation. It seems that he is totally uninterested in conventional learning. Also he has a real problem taking orders from any authoritive figure. Any advice?

]]> http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-do-you-do-about-a-child-that-doesnt-want-to-learn-in-school/feed/ 6 What is the best college or university to attend if you want to have a career in the arts? http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-is-the-best-college-or-university-to-attend-if-you-want-to-have-a-career-in-the-arts/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-is-the-best-college-or-university-to-attend-if-you-want-to-have-a-career-in-the-arts/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 18:50:07 +0000 admin http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-is-the-best-college-or-university-to-attend-if-you-want-to-have-a-career-in-the-arts/ I’d like to become a writer of fiction, an actress, or possibly an artist…what should I do in high school to get into that kind of school? I’m not very talented in anything that isn’t creative…so I need to know what I should do! Please help!

]]> http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-is-the-best-college-or-university-to-attend-if-you-want-to-have-a-career-in-the-arts/feed/ 1 Whats the best college to go to if I want to get into a career in writing? http://www.writing-query-letters.com/whats-the-best-college-to-go-to-if-i-want-to-get-into-a-career-in-writing/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/whats-the-best-college-to-go-to-if-i-want-to-get-into-a-career-in-writing/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 09:50:25 +0000 admin http://www.writing-query-letters.com/whats-the-best-college-to-go-to-if-i-want-to-get-into-a-career-in-writing/ When I get older, I want to be a fiction/realistic fiction writer. What would be the best college for me to attend?

]]> http://www.writing-query-letters.com/whats-the-best-college-to-go-to-if-i-want-to-get-into-a-career-in-writing/feed/ 1 What should I major in at college if I want to be a book editor? http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-should-i-major-in-at-college-if-i-want-to-be-a-book-editor/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-should-i-major-in-at-college-if-i-want-to-be-a-book-editor/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 18:51:18 +0000 admin http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-should-i-major-in-at-college-if-i-want-to-be-a-book-editor/ My first choice is to be an actress, but obviously I have to have a backup, and if I can’t act, I would love to edit books. You’d think I’d have to major in publishing, but it isn’t an option on a lot of lists of majors on scholarship websites. What else could I major in to become an editor of fiction books?

]]> http://www.writing-query-letters.com/what-should-i-major-in-at-college-if-i-want-to-be-a-book-editor/feed/ 1 if i want to write fiction what are some good colleges in the north east of the U.S that i can go to? http://www.writing-query-letters.com/if-i-want-to-write-fiction-what-are-some-good-colleges-in-the-north-east-of-the-u-s-that-i-can-go-to/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/if-i-want-to-write-fiction-what-are-some-good-colleges-in-the-north-east-of-the-u-s-that-i-can-go-to/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:50:42 +0000 admin http://www.writing-query-letters.com/if-i-want-to-write-fiction-what-are-some-good-colleges-in-the-north-east-of-the-u-s-that-i-can-go-to/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/if-i-want-to-write-fiction-what-are-some-good-colleges-in-the-north-east-of-the-u-s-that-i-can-go-to/feed/ 2 I want to write a thesis based on the fiction American Gods for my graduation paper. Help!!? http://www.writing-query-letters.com/i-want-to-write-a-thesis-based-on-the-fiction-american-gods-for-my-graduation-paper-help/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/i-want-to-write-a-thesis-based-on-the-fiction-american-gods-for-my-graduation-paper-help/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:53:35 +0000 admin http://www.writing-query-letters.com/i-want-to-write-a-thesis-based-on-the-fiction-american-gods-for-my-graduation-paper-help/ may be about the immigration hostory of the New World, or the celebration of diversity of the US. could somebody give me some ideas? or anywhere on the web i could find some reference.
Thank you very much.

]]> http://www.writing-query-letters.com/i-want-to-write-a-thesis-based-on-the-fiction-american-gods-for-my-graduation-paper-help/feed/ 1 If I want to write for a magazine or become a fiction author, what courses should I study at university? http://www.writing-query-letters.com/if-i-want-to-write-for-a-magazine-or-become-a-fiction-author-what-courses-should-i-study-at-university/ http://www.writing-query-letters.com/if-i-want-to-write-for-a-magazine-or-become-a-fiction-author-what-courses-should-i-study-at-university/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:49:45 +0000 admin http://www.writing-query-letters.com/if-i-want-to-write-for-a-magazine-or-become-a-fiction-author-what-courses-should-i-study-at-university/ To become an author, should I study:
*English Literature? (I’m not interested in it, because it would just be about literature, not how to write better).
*Linguistics?
*Any others?

To write for a magazine, should I study:
*Journalism?
*Film studies?
*Media?
*Communications?
*Any others?

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