Sentences with phrase «about being an indie writer»

Considering the changes in the publishing world, I thought this would be a fitting time for me to talk about being an indie writer

Probably the most challenging thing about being an indie writer right now is that the market is still very immature.

Not exact matches

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It Felt Like Love is an indie coming - of - age story about a young girl's sexual exploration from first - time filmmaker and writer Eliza Hittman.

American indie debuts don't come much more accomplished than Krisha, in which writer - director Trey Edward Shults casts a bunch of family members (including his aunt, Krisha Fairchild, who's like a rawer Gena Rowlands) in a disquieting character study about an absentee mother coming home for a supremely awkward Thanksgiving.

Seven Psychopaths Rated R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality / nudity and some drug use Available on DVD and Blu - ray From Martin McDonagh, writer / director of the brilliant indie In Bruges, comes this equally dark little comedy about a struggling writer (Colin Farrell) who gets mixed up with his friend's (Sam Rockwell) dog kidnapping racket.

However, it makes me think of the film The Last Word, which is not a doc but an indie comedy about an obituary writer (played by Amanda Seyfried).

Nothing says «indie» more than a movie about the travails of twentysomethings, and at first blush, British writer - director Alex Barrett's feature debut, Life Just Is, would seem to fulfill all of the usual clichés.

Metropolitan Writer - director Whit Stillman's charming 1990 feature debut about a chatty group of New York debutantes and their escorts, a group one of the characters dubs the UHBs (the Urban Haute Bourgeoisie), was an unlikely indie hit amid early «90s...

Actor / writer Brit Marling and director / writer Zal Batmanglij — the creative team behind the smart little indie «The Sound Of My Voice» — are just getting started, but their sophomore effort is about to arrive and it's hopefully the second chapter in a long line of collaborations.

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For a writer who kept control of their property and was indie published, if a book is selling at the level of about 3 per month, the writer would push it some, or write more in the series, or write some short stories to boost it, or do a Bookbub, or who knows what....

Why aren't we talking — with other writers, on our blogs, on Facebook and Twitter — about books that have inspired us, whether classics or recent indie works?

Indie writers who are in a great hurry are usually the ones that ask me about pen names.

As a writer who is finishing Volume II, This Changes My Family and my Life Forever, and marketing (release date, December 20) Volume I, This Changes Everything of The Spanners Series, I am also writing, marketing, learning about ebook publishing, indie pub networking and methods, editing / revising, weighing in on cover art for Volume I (thanks, #Willowraven!)

As an indie writer about to publish, striking this balance is something that I've been struggling with.

There is, though, a broader use of the term «indie» in the writing world now when we talk about «indie writers» or «indie books.»

I think it's fair to say that when people talk about the indie movement in the book world, we're really talking about a broad set of configurations from small presses to collectives of writers to individual authors, whether they create their own imprint or just operate as a self - published author in the Amazon or Smashwords universes.

Michael, you're talking about the slush - pile and call it «Indie writers».

An Indie writer is an author because s / he cares about the readers, is never satisfied with the quality of his production, works with proofreaders and editors until his eyes bleed in search for a better word, a better flow, a proper scene, and a credible dialogue.

I think it's great these professional organizations are allowing indie authors into their groups, though I suspect over time they too will come to recognize how commercial results alone are an inadequate measure of professionalism because ultimately they'll shut out professional authors — wonderful writers — who write about unpopular or arcane topics.

Besides, as we already stated before, the Authors Guild, which Michael Koz here admitted and stated are the only one serious about what is writing and what is an author accepts Indie writers subscriptions and membership.

Hey Michael, great idea about book sales being the qualifier of minor leagues to big leagues as it would be great to compare some traditionally published writers with indie writers.

It Has Officially Hit Myth Status When some of the biggest supporters of indie publishing and indie writers start going on about how they are giving up paper books to New York, I finally just shook my head and assigned all the silliness to myth status.

This myth is logical because of how indie publishing came about with the ebook revolution and then slowly indie publishers (writers) started understanding that with a little extra work, they could do a paper book.

When the electronic revolution started to hit books and a few authors discovered how really simple it was to indie publish, lots of talk started about how writers could get rich by just indie publishing their first or second book, and a few writers actually did.

This is very hard concept for many indie writers to grasp, thus all the constant talk about promotion and price - changing because a book doesn't sell instantly on one site to some magic idea by the writer of what it should sell or what some friend's book sold.

And I'm avoiding like hell these kinds of traditional vs. indie wars in which horrible things are said about writers AND publishers.

Agents are not writers, agents can't help you rewrite, and they only know about six or seven editors and nothing at all about the new world of indie publishing.

But the myth in publishing about giving away a percentage of work is so strong, indie writers figured out ways to do it.

And then a few established writers such as Michael Stackpole and J.A. Konrath started talking to other writers about the money that can be made as an indie publisher, and the control it gives writers.

Now, the thing with being an indie writer is you have to think about things that when traditionally published you don't -LSB-...]

Now one thing you got ta know about Moses is that he's going indie, like a lot of writers these days.

Indie writers are already all over the boards screaming about this «control» issue (even though they are falsely aiming it at traditional publishers at the moment).

The only people who care about the on - going, mostly foul mouthed attacks by the trolls on Goodreads and Amazon are their victims — the Indie writers concerned.

I know it's harsh when we first enter that hard cold world of marketing and sales, but indie writers will benefit immensely by remembering that potential readers spend a maximum of three seconds to decide whether or not they want to learn more about a book.

Or I read a report about how some indie writers are booming, and then I read articles about how everything is flat.

In a recent interview, indie writer Joanna Penn said that her fiction and nonfiction (teaching people how to write and publish) bring in about the same amount of revenue, but the crossover in audience is only about 10 percent.

Here are a couple of pieces of news that affect indie writers, a commentary by Chuck Wendig about indie bookstores, and then a little Jane Austen sprinkled at the end.

Jami Gold considers whether writers should work for free and Julie Musil muses about whether the Indie gold rush is over and if that -LSB-...]

Halle is another author who has spoken about the delicate balance between enjoying the control over her work that being an indie author allows, while still lamenting the full - time work involved in being a self - published writer.

One of the chief complaints about the many digital self - publishing platforms on the market is the «anyone can do it» attitude from far too many writers, indie authors who do not take their work seriously enough to have it professionally edited.

In order to assist indie authors they have launched Reedsy Learning, which is a new learning platform that will enable millions of writers to learn about book... [Read more...]

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Most indie publishers are writers first and the best way to produce good stories is write what we care about, what we love, what we are passionate about.

«It's also a place to learn what's new, ask questions, meet the people behind the programmes, and hear from other writers about what it takes to run a successful indie author business.

Central Coast of California About Blog Ruth Harris and I are a couple of publishing industry veterans working to help newer writers create their best possible work and launch it successfully into the marketplace — whether you're going indie or taking the traditional route.

I'm on a quest, asking the experts — people already in the industry — for publishing advice to writers... This week, I caught up with indie author (songwriter, singer, musician) Derek Haines to talk about the world of self - publishing.

If terms could be better for writers, then I think many of us would feel better about going with trad pub / indie pub.