That's the contention of Carson Tate,
author of Work Simply, who claims to have pinned down four distinct productivity styles along with ideas on how each type of worker can best contribute to his or her team.
You end up reacting instead of responding,» Carson Tate,
author of Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style, warns on Fast Company.
Not exact matches
The entire
work would have come off better if the
author had skipped the assertions
of research and
simply done it as an confessional essay entitled something on the order
of «Afraid
of Ourselves.»
While I appreciate this
author's candor, the premise
of the article - that marriage counseling doesn't
work simply because it didn't help the
author - seems simplistic and it's not based on research.
One theory from the teaspoon experiments involves the cornstarch grains bunching together into clusters, and its
author, John Brady
of the California Institute
of Technology, thinks that the process at
work in the new experiments could
simply be that theory scaled up hundreds
of thousands
of times.
«If we don't build on the lessons from previous policy successes and failures to understand what
works and why, we risk wasting time and money in a way that we
simply can't afford,» said Anadon, who
authored the new paper with colleagues from the Harvard Kennedy School as well as the University
of Minnesota's Prof Gabriel Chan.
«What amazes me most is
simply how well our technique
works,» said Garrett Hellenthal
of the UCL Genetics Institute, lead
author of the study.
«What amazes me most is
simply how well our technique
works,» said Dr Garrett Hellenthal
of the UCL Genetics Institute, lead
author of the study.
The
authors, Mike McShane, Jenn Hatfield, and Elizabeth English, contend that charter school applications could be shortened by one - third,
simply by eliminating unnecessary or inappropriate requirements, saving applicants around 700 hours
of work.
Supporters
of the app have stated that this is
simply allowing choice for the readers, and that audiences who would have avoided the
author's
work entirely for its word choices can now support the
author and take part in the dialogue about the book.
Self - published
authors need to rid themselves
of the attitude that they are «writers»
simply because they put words in a certain order to form sentences, regardless if their
work is fiction or non-fiction.
Saying that saying that I'm not an
author simply because none
of my
work was done under contract or I haven't attended classes in creative writing does not take away the reality that I am the
author of what I right.
She says she chose them because
of their «long and profound experiences in e-publishing,» and «because it gives me the freedom concentrate completely on the program and the
authors... I could have
simply worked with a distribution partner, but that would have meant concentrating more on things like distribution, accounting, production, etc..»
One could argue (and so I will), that by moving into «traditional» publishing, Amazon is
simply acknowledging that content is and always will be King, and while the self - publishing angle has
worked out quite well for them, only a few handfuls
of authors are truly making any notable profit on $ 2.99 ebooks.
In case you're uneasy about the advancement
of your
work,
simply contact the
author and he will answer every one
of your inquiries.
Tonight's #IndieChat guest is Shari Stauch, founder
of Where Writers Win, a company dedicated to
working with
authors with a spectrum
of budgetary allowances to offer every type
of promotion service, from outright media campaigns to
simply building their websites.
Librarians
simply do not stand at their circulation counters all day, browsing some mythical massive catalog
of book titles; even if an
author has opted for a publishing route that will include his
work in viewable catalogs for library distribution, that
simply isn't how librarians discover titles.
But now that
authors are reimagining what publishing success looks like, conference organizers are finding that paying hundreds
of dollars to have an agent peruse their
work simply isn't the draw it used to be back when several rounds
of gatekeepers controlled the puppet strings on a book.
My point in that statement is that many indie
authors are
simply unaware
of how publishing
works, and how they can make money through a variety
of models.
Your friends, family, and publisher will do everything they can to spread the word about your
work, but at the end
of the day, with more books than ever being published and read,
authors who think their
work is done after the finished manuscript is in
simply won't be read as widely as an
author who (respectfully) continues to do everything he or she can to get their book into the hands
of readers.»
While this has been especially popular for
authors who have managed to get back the rights to their out -
of - print, older
works, several agents we spoke with are also exploring this option for first - time manuscripts that show great promise that
simply have not found a home with a publisher due to trends in the industry.
This might seem to some as though BiblioCrunch was embracing an «anyone can do this» attitude, but the reasons why
work may need to be published by would - be writers who lacked the experience to create a book — such as for the distribution
of business materials or by
authors who
simply write for a niche market
of readers — are numerous.
Some
of actions she takes are ludicrous, her character is unbelievable, and the
author's attempts to draw us into this character's personal life
simply don't
work.
HostBaby will
work in the same way as the other widely popular models
of its company, which is to say it
simply provides artists and
authors the tools they need to design the best product they can for themselves.
But, if
author brand can — for some —
simply be a matter
of author name and genre, then it doesn't need
work at all.
And you're not alone: in all
of our years
working alongside self - publishing
authors, one
of the most common questions we hear is
simply: «What else can I try?»
Now, I have nothing against Ghost - writers, many
of who are
simply budding hard
working authors who need to «come out
of the closet» to announce their talents to the world.
Indie
authors hear — and tell themselves — a lot
of things that either don't
work, or
simply aren't true.
It
works simply as having a book launch, blog tour or eBook giveaway page on your blog and you organize a Goodreads Event with all the details
of your events with a link to your promotion page on your blog to direct your event invitees to your blog for your book launch, blog tour,
author appearance or eBook giveaway.
But if something
simply isn't ready and the
author is stuck, I can absolutely see how a round
of discussion with an outside editor could really help a writer clarify and refine plot, voice, or whatever isn't
working.
Spencer, that's why I acknowledge in the article that some
authors build a platform
simply by publishing but, unfortunately, that will only
work for a very very small percentage
of authors, so it
simply seems smart to me to do something to increase our chances
of success.
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simply thinking about writing or seriously
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author, Taylor University's Professional Writing Conference offers you: • Inspiring keynote talks with best - selling
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John Köehler and Joe Coccaro
of Köehler Books: http://www.koehlerbooks.com/ are
simply two
of the most dedicated people out there
working to improve an
author's
work as well as their experience in the industry.
You also do not need to seek permission when you're
simply mentioning the title or
author of a
work.
Usage
of writing services is a great economy
of time as while the paper is being written by professional
authors a student can dwell on other studies or do some vey important personal business as well as
simply get rest after a busy
working day.
Of course, many people are simply fans of certain authors» works, they like writing reviews, and I'm sure some authors who get private fan mail hopefully ask for those raves to be posted publicl
Of course, many people are
simply fans
of certain authors» works, they like writing reviews, and I'm sure some authors who get private fan mail hopefully ask for those raves to be posted publicl
of certain
authors»
works, they like writing reviews, and I'm sure some
authors who get private fan mail hopefully ask for those raves to be posted publicly.
We are actually seeing the beginnings
of the book market morphing into a market where the bottom 90 %
of authors pay both readers and the top 1 %
of authors —
simply so they can have their
work read and possibly recognized.
Now that's he's a proven force to be reckoned with and has eliminated a major stigma in the literary world, it's certainly less
of an uphill battle in reaching his ultimate challenge —
simply put — «My goal is to make
authors and publishers who
work with Smashwords more successful than those that don't.»
Weir feels that most cases
of writer's block are actually times when
authors are
simply procrastinating instead
of getting their
work done.
Unfortunately, many
of these would be
authors will have problems with their ebook output they didn't foresee,
simply because they didn't familiarize themselves with how an eReader
works.
The way I see it, publishers are bringing next to nothing to the party and big booksellers, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble are
simply trying to hog the profits for themselves by trapping the
work of authors in their proprietary formats.
Stocking charges, ordering — a bookseller at Bookstore Santa Cruz in California told me it takes 1/3
of a full - time
work week for her employee
simply to cut checks for indie
authors.
When the hugely successful Indian
author Amish Tripathi spoke to me in a 45 - minute live Twitter interview for London Book Fair — part
of a very interesting «Virtual Stream» that was arranged as a precursor to the Publishing for Digital Minds conference on 13th April in London — he explained that the self - publishing
of 5,000 copies
of the first book in his Shiva Trilogy wasn't something he set out to do; it was
simply the best way he had to draw attention to the
work, in cooperation with his agent.
Needless to say, the scope here is broad — «If you
work in digital you are also getting paid to curate», the
author states at one point — and perhaps in the case
of the
author's analysis
of artworld systems a bit too broad (anyone who thinks, like the
author, that David Zwirner's London townhouse gallery is «reminiscent»
of a kunsthalle
simply hasn't been to many kunsthalles).
And if the message is wrong, then the motivations
of the
author are immediately called into question, or minor flaws are blown out
of proportion, or the details
of the
work are
simply ignored.
If he had acted like a scientist and shown his
work, or if he had
simply not used his role as an IPCC Lead
Author to help make that
work internationally famous, he would never have wound up in front
of Congress.
If the IPCC were primarily interested in the science, there's
simply no way that the lead
author of any section would feature his own
work and have such power to squelch dissenting commentary by reviewers.
Several
authors: Every law blogger who earns a living doing something other than blogging (that is to say, all
of us) knows that when the paying
work piles up, blogging
simply slides down the priority pole.
The 1985 text Integrated Family Therapy was
simply how its two
authors, after
working at McMaster, chose to re-story the development
of the model after their return to the UK.
One study found an association between high EE and patient demographics.24 More specifically, the
authors found associations between high EE and older age
of patients.24 They argue that staff may be more likely to criticize older residents due to fears about them becoming dependent on the service, or staff may
simply have a general preference for
working with younger as opposed to older people.