Sentences with phrase «become writers and editors»

A few of us have even become writers and editors.

If I hadn't become a writer and editor, I'd have loved to be a librarian, helping readers discover new authors and dig deep into research.

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Graham Green began his career as a newspaper writer, then joined the diplomatic corps, moved on to become executive editor of the Ottawa Citizen and now serves as vice-president of public affairs at Hill & Knowlton Canada.

Though not a journalist by trade, Scobell was a natural writer and, judging by how much more sophisticated the magazine was becoming, a natural editor: with a circulation approaching 20,000, Canadian Business was now one of the biggest magazines in the country.

He started at the Financial Review in 1982 as industrial relations writer before becoming economics writer, economics editor, Washington correspondent and opinion editor.

As a Junior Fellow you will be challenged to become a better editor and writer.

I recently left my job as an associate web editor at Bon Appétit to become a full - time line cook and freelance writer.

After completing a masters program in development economics at Sophia University, she became international editor and writer for The Nippon Foundation, the largest philanthropic organization in Japan.

She worked as a science writer and editor at the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the American Geophysical Union's newspaper Eos and Smithsonian magazine before becoming a freelancer.

We suggest you start off with Some Thoughts on Becoming a Science Writer, in which Jim Austin, Editor of Science's Next Wave, covers some of the basics from the perspective of an editor and a former (and occasionally a current) freelancer, offering tips on making the transition from the scientific bench to published authoEditor of Science's Next Wave, covers some of the basics from the perspective of an editor and a former (and occasionally a current) freelancer, offering tips on making the transition from the scientific bench to published authoeditor and a former (and occasionally a current) freelancer, offering tips on making the transition from the scientific bench to published authorship.

He spent 28 years on the FANGORIA staff, beginning as a writer, becoming managing editor and eventually editor in chief, and is part of the magazine's relaunch this year.

From its examination of a publication that seeks to deliver relevant and hard - hitting news in the face of sensationalistic competitors to its knowing aside of how honest editors are often at odds with salesmen worried about losing advertising clients due to unfavorable coverage, the picture benefits from the experiences of writer - director Richard Brooks, who had been a New York reporter before becoming a successful filmmaker (he won an Oscar for adapting Elmer Gantry and was also behind the excellent screen versions of In Cold Blood and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof).

Purdy was editor of Parade and True in the 1940s and «50s before he became a freelance writer who contributed both fiction short stories and automotive pieces to Playboy magazine.

Nick became the Editor of evo in 2009 having spent 15 years as an award - winning freelance motoring journalist and writer.

Become a writer that wows a prospective agent or editor by enhancing your manuscript and proposal submission with targeted editing geared to make your submission shine above the competition.

So although I am an editor and I recommend that writers seek us out before hitting Publish, I also recognize that funds are limited and I want to point out that as this industry evolves, more and more options are becoming available.

But then, as the industry got bigger through the baby - boom years, fewer writers lived near New York and thus mailing manuscripts to editors started to become the norm.

But it's also one of the best investments you can make in order to become a better writer, and I continue to use editors for all of my books.

Before becoming a full - time writer, he worked as an editor for University Press of New England, where he founded the Hardscrabble Books imprint, publishing such authors as Chris Bohjalian, W.D. Wetherell, and Ernest Hebert.

I've been a freelance editor and writer, and more recently a publishing consultant, for over 20 years, but only in the last year or so has self - publishing become truly exciting to me as I've watched the revolution going on in the industry.

Not only that, but the self - publishing world arguably demands more of writers than any traditional publisher, requiring them to become their own editors, marketers and agents, among other things.

Expect your editor to help you become a better writer and wordsmith.

To avoid becoming one of these writers, hire a proofreader (AFTER your copy editor is finished with your work) to polish and perfect every sentence.

Also see how and why I became a became a writer and editor in the first place!

We are a group of professional writers and editors that are committed to helping people become published writers.

Even those writers who sell their first book to the very first editor their agent approaches, often look back on the way they became an author and are surprised at how winding the road was.

His unique talent for recognizing and promoting future noteworthy authors is legendary, and he became many writers» devoted friend and editor.

Before becoming a full - time writer, Lowenthal worked as an editor for University Press of New England, where he founded the Hardscrabble Books imprint, publishing such authors as Chris Bohjalian, W.D. Wetherell, and Ernest Hebert.

From 2001 — 2010 she worked at Writer's Digest, where she ultimately became publisher and editorial director; more recently, she served as the digital editor for the Virginia Quarterly Review.

Joan has an eclectic background and has worked as a director of theatre, drama critic, newspaper editor, college professor (at Barry University and the University of Miami), and attorney (with Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Virginia, and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Miami, Florida) on her way to becoming a full - time writer.

«I'm humbled and thrilled when I hear from readers, including original fans, that The Baby - sitters Club fueled a love of reading, or when I hear from fans that the series inspired them to become writers, editors, and teachers.

Every manuscript differs, so FWA and the Editors Helping Writers service can not guarantee that every edited manuscript will become publishable.

The editorial guidance from magazine and newspaper editors has helped me become a much better writer, and the editor I worked with for my novel pointed out flaws that weakened my manuscript.

Early in 2015, he became an editor for FWA's «Editors Helping Writers» program and is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association.

Websites, such as Rip - off Reports at, Writer Beware on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America at and Predators and Editors at will become your best friends.

She joined Romance Writers of America, and became an officer, then editor of the chapter newsletter for three years.

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Once they become the majority, ** the publishing game will have changed forever and woe betide the writers, publishers, editors and book - sellers who don't find an online berth for themselves before that day comes.

Below is a list of my personal favorite books on becoming a better writer, a critical editor, and a smart publisher.

Becoming part of the community of self - publishers, indie writers, editors, book designers, marketers and everyone else associated with indie publishing gives you the opportunity to learn from dozens of experienced people.

It's a place where publishers separate the wheat from the chaff; where writers develop the characters and stories that become the million sellers and the editors who buy them can effectively manage an aspiring author into a literary star.

A good developmental editor can help an author become a better writer, by including detailed explanations to accompany changes and deletions.

Led by Blake Atwood, who's now in his fourth year of full - time business as an author, editor, and ghostwriter, this class will provide an overview of the many ways a writer can become a working writer in today's crowded marketplace.

Moreover, a professional editor can help authors become better writers, teaching them skills and ways of thinking that will benefit an author's future books.

Members are provided access to all the amenities they require, alongside the opportunity to become part of a community of writers, editors, bloggers and other creative professionals.

Here, he speaks with curator, museum director, writer and cultural catalyst Hans Ulrich Obrist, editor of The Conversation Series, about everything from the need for a redesigned hospital gown, to his relationship to Donald Judd and Marfa, Texas, to «recipes» for making art, his years spent in the Navy, becoming a hairdresser in order to meet women, being cast as a drunken womanizer by Black Mountain College scholars, Andy Warhol's Factory, John Waters, Robert Creeley and even Chamberlains, the restaurant he owned with his son in the mid-1990s.

The artist, writer, and media theorist (and former Rhizome editor and curator) continues her interdisciplinary methodology with Getting Ready — which invokes «the anxiety of preparation for public engagement and exploring the degrees to which online participation soothes or exacerbates social alienation» — and touches on themes that have become staples in her work, like the politics of participation, gender theory, and the cultural history of technology.

In the first of the two extended conversations that comprise How I Became a Painter, Winkfield (born 1944) reminisces about his student days in Leeds and London in the 1960s, and his early activities as an artist, writer, editor and translator; the second conversation focuses on Winkfield's life after he moved to New York City in 1969, including his decisive return to painting (prompted by the notorious survey of Richard Tuttle's work at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1975) and his various collaborations with poets of the New York School.

Cheng became feature writer for ARTCO magazine in 2000, and is currently their lead feature writer; and she is the editor / writer of Art and Society: Introducing Seven Contemporary Artists (Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2009).

After a few courses, it became apparent that fashion people think art people are the only ones who understand them, so John Currin and Rachel Feintstein, Massimiliano Gioni and Cecilia Alemani, Tracey Emin, Cathy Opie, Elmgreen & Dragset, Tim Blum and Jeff Poe, Nicky Verber, Toby Webster, Tate Modern director Chris Dercon, MoMA curator Laura Hoptman, and the many other dealers and collectors on hand mixed well with fashion editors, writers, and models like Suzy Menkes, Sarah Mower, Penny Martin, and Annabelle Nielson.