Sentences with phrase «about literary works»

We have created a unique and affordable marketing solution to help authors use social media and other online media outlets to help spread the word about their literary works and succeed without having to take time away from their writing to do it.

In the Introduction to her Love» s Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature (1990), Nussbaum relates that when she was in high school and college, she wrote papers about literary works that explored questions that she would later learn to call «philosophical» questions.

When I asked about «genre elitism» among people who talk trash about literary work, fantasy author Lorna Suzuki referred to some of her experience with her Imago series:

Not exact matches

According to this study's criteria, Plato's Symposium (which talks ENTIRELY about LOVE) would be regarded as merely an emotional piece... despite being one of the most foundational * analytical * literary works in history.

A word about the context of my present work: I still read British and German New Testament scholars and learn from them, but, without having made a conscious choice about it, I do not think that I read them as much as I used to, and except for people like Erhardt Güttgemanns, who also does New Testament theology from a foundation in literary criticism and linguistics, I am not sure that they are moving me in really new directions.

I think it is fair to say that a host of important literary questions about the Gospels have been held in abeyance for a century and a half, awaiting the work of the source, form and redaction critics.

The English poet and essayist Matthew Arnold speaks about such historic moments of creative arousal in literature in his 1865 essay «The Function of Criticism at the Pres - ent Time»: «The grand work of literary genius,» says Arnold, «is a work of synthesis and exposition,... its gift lies in the faculty of being happily inspired by a certain intellectual and spiritual atmosphere, by a certain order of ideas, when it finds itself in them; of dealing divinely with these ideas....

Instead literary agent John Brockman has posited a «third culture,» of scientists who communicate directly with the public about their work in media such as books without the intervening assistance of literary types.

San Francisco, CA About Blog McSweeney's began in 1998 as a literary journal, edited by Dave Eggers, that published only works rejected by other magazines.

He shares honest and insightful stories about his life, his work and journey as an author, as well as facts about the literary industry.

Leon Wieseltier: A Reckoning — Michelle Cottle talks to women who once worked at The New Republic about their experiences with the literary editor, who is now facing allegations of workplace «misconduct.»

Use these images as a starting point for learning about some of the literary and historical materials that inspired Shakespeare and helped to shape his work.

Calling upon her two only real resources — 25 years in the classroom and a determination to get kids to pay attention — Powell set about locating literary works that could be used to support her math curriculum.

I'm reminded of stories I've heard about the British system, in which schools are allowed to choose a limited number of literary works to have their secondary students tested on, with the result that students may spend two years doing nothing but intensively studying a couple of novels.

Click here to read about the pros and cons of working with a New York literary agent in my Guide to Finding a Book Agent.

And make sure (if you haven't already) that you read the other article I wrote about the pros and cons of working with established literary agents.

Click here to find out more about literary agents new to the biz in this Guide to Finding a Book Agent, so you can protect yourself and make a wise decision about who you work with.

During the interview, Lakshmi also talks about how he worked with former literary agent Mark Malatesta to improve his manuscript and pitch materials, resulting in literary agency representation with his first choice literary agent, who then got offers from three major publishers: Penguin, Harper Collins, and Random House.

Investing in his program helped me find a literary agent who's enthusiastic about my work and treats me with respect.

Jeri - Anne also talks about how she worked with former literary agent Mark Malatesta to improve her query letter, synopsis, and manuscript, which resulted in literary agency representation with Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.

Mark is a former literary agent with years of experience about query letters that worked.

In the video, I tell you about this month's author interviews — and a few of our editors work out their issues with young literary phenom Téa Obreht.

An epic work of literary fiction about the superb military leader of Carthage, Hannibal Barca, and his struggle against the mighty Roman Republic.

Each chapter is prefaced with a paragraph of A.J.'s comments for Maya about a certain literary work: advice for writing and advice for life.

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Considering that Midnight Publishing's sole focus is to work one on one with authors to prepare them and their manuscripts for publication or querying, we know quite a bit about literary agents and are here to share some important tidbits.

She talked about her arrangement with IngramSpark which gets print editions of her books into bookstores — still not an easy feat for indies — and revealed that she works now without a literary agent, basically hiring only a foreign - rights agent.

Henderson's new novel, The Flicker of Old Dreams, is a beautiful literary novel about a young woman who comes most alive while working in her father's mortuary in a small, forgotten Western town.

Based on that literary agent feedback, my client had concluded that «her concept wasn't good enough to get book agents (and publishers) enthusiastic about her work,» «she wasn't writing books aligned with the trends in the current literary marketplace,» and «her work wasn't commercial enough.»

Because there are no set requirements for a literary agent, make sure you're careful about who you work with.

If you want to get a literary agent, publisher, and book deal... you must also know the basics about how literary agents work, and you must know how to write a good book and pitch materials (query letter and book proposal).

This webpage will also tell you everything you need to know about international book agents and literary agencies before you submit your work to them.

Whenever someone at a literary agency says something complimentary about you and / or your work in their literary agent feedback... take that to heart.

A work of bold, lyrical beauty, telling detail and compelling characterization — at once cheerful and thoughtful, playful and profound — and written in a unique prose style that metamorphoses brilliantly with the passage of time, 26a will surely be one of the most - talked - about novels of this year and many years to come, and its remarkable author, Diana Evans, welcomed gratefully into the highest order of literary achievement.

He has written about his experiences working with monks of Sera Jey monastery and has published short fiction in several literary journals including Ecclectica, Stirring, and Convergence.

Fatima Farheen Mirza talks about her first novel, A Place For Us, which is the first literary work acquired by award - winning actress and producer Sarah Jessica Parker as editorial director of her newly launched imprint, SJP for Hogarth.

Until now, readers could visit the Kindle Singles store online or browse through Apple's selection of iBooks on their iPad or iPhone, but Polskin hopes to put information about works across platforms under one roof and provide the kind of reviews and context for these books that you might find in a literary publication like Publisher's Weekly.

Mission statement: Ten things I believe about writing Breaking through writer's block, or, how I started writing and publishing short stories How I published a short story collection Writing with a day job, part 1: Why I don't write full - time Writing with a day job, part 2: Work / work balance Networking, part 1: Social media and connection Networking, part 2: Thoughts on conventions How I wrote three novels and binned two of them Querying agents Signing with a literary agent My query letter for Sorcerer to the Crown Revising the novel (again and again and again) Going on submission Selling the novel Love and resoWork / work balance Networking, part 1: Social media and connection Networking, part 2: Thoughts on conventions How I wrote three novels and binned two of them Querying agents Signing with a literary agent My query letter for Sorcerer to the Crown Revising the novel (again and again and again) Going on submission Selling the novel Love and resowork balance Networking, part 1: Social media and connection Networking, part 2: Thoughts on conventions How I wrote three novels and binned two of them Querying agents Signing with a literary agent My query letter for Sorcerer to the Crown Revising the novel (again and again and again) Going on submission Selling the novel Love and resource

Writer Beware works to educate writers about the perils of the publishing industry, in part by documenting, exposing, and raising awareness of the huge variety of literary schemes and scams.

b. Tell us briefly about any significant awards you [the potential nominee] have received in the past year for literary merit, award shortlists, notable reviews such as Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, RT Book Reviews, NY Times, et al, professional author commentary, or professional blogger or podcast commentary on your work.

Literary Reference Center *: information about authors, works of literature, and literary characters.

First, you need the insider knowledge about how book editors, magazine editors and literary agents work.

b. Tell us briefly about any significant awards you [the potential nominee] have received in the past year for literary merit, award shortlists, notable reviews, professional author commentary, or professional blogger or podcast commentary on your work.

And if you want to read more about advances, here's my literary agent take on how advances for first - time authors and 6 figure advances work.

I've read that some authors and some agents, too, have mixed feelings about pitch sessions, but I love them — not only because I can pitch my work, but because I get valuable information from every literary agent I talk to, and also because meeting agents as people helps me humanize the whole experience.

Their books are in the range of about fifty pages, covering non-fiction, long - form journalism, essay, literary fiction, and much more; serialization is also a concept that's in the works.

Bayard's best - known work in English prior to How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read is a work of literary detection entitled Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?

Ackroyd's published poetry consists of three collections, and he is also the author of works of literary criticism, as well as a book about the history of transvestism.

Journalist and novelist Joanna Rakoff perfectly captures the anxiety and uncertainty of young adulthood in a memoir about her experiences working at an odd, stodgy literary agency in the late 1990s.

Click over to the Q&A to find out which literary character he'd like to spend time on a desert island with, why he never talks about a work - in - progress, and more.