Sentences with phrase «before meeting the author»

Normally, I'll have read the text before meeting the author, but I'm neither shy nor nervous to see the text for the first time with a live audience.

Not exact matches

Robert Coles, author and child psychiatrist at Harvard, met and had several conversations with Karen Horney when he was a medical student and she was hospitalized in New York City, a few days before her death.

In fact, according to a paper Palmquist authored about online milk - sharing, 96 % of recipients met their donors face - to - face before accepting donated milk.

But he declined to elaborate before meeting with the paper's authors.

Although it makes sense for a couple to go on «date zero» (meet in person) before they grow too attached, there is a lot the pair can learn from each other by openly corresponding online before dating, the authors» strictures notwithstanding.

Jane Coloccia, the author of Confessions Of An Online Dating Addict, went on more than 200 internet dates in 10 years before meeting her current partner, Victor.

While the authors shame all states for minimizing teachers» test - based ratings before these systems had a chance, as also ignorant to what they cite as «a robust body of research» (without references or citations here, and few elsewhere in a set of footnotes), they add that it remains an unknown as to «why state educational agencies put forth regulations or guidance that would allow teachers to be rated effective without meeting their student growth goals» (p. 4).

Chances are you've not heard of our authors before, though we think you ought to meet soon!

Quoting the author: It's deliberately opaque — but I think of it as referring to each of them: It's «who I was before I met you».

Author Daniel James Brown was lucky enough to meet Joe Rantz before his death for several interviews that led to The Boys in the Boat.

A cynical Wall Street analyst falls in love with a British billionaire, only to learn that they have met before: In the trenches of World War I. Swooningly romantic and well grounded in both history and the world of modern - day finance (the author has an MBA).

China Dolls By Lisa See Random House • $ 16 • ISBN 9780812982824 From the author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, the story of three young Chinese - American women who meet at a Chinatown nightclub shortly before the start of World War II.

We need so meet certain thresholds before you are a professional author.

With the rise of the print - on - demand, digital publishing, and self - publishing age, authors have more choices than ever before to meet their book needs.

Emily Dickinson said «there is no frigate like a book», and an unknown author said, «if you drop a book and three pounds of gold, pick the book first before the gold», while Charlie «Tremendous» Jones said, «of all the things in this world, only two will have the greatest impact on your life, the books you read, and the people you meet.»

Our team works to schedule creative and worthwhile events, signings and meetings for our authors to promote their books before, during and after launch.

I'd met the owner years before, on a message board for fans of fantasy author Stephen R. Donaldson.

You'll also be given time to practice and polish your pitch with your fellow authors before you meet with film agents, executives, and producers all hoping to discover the next great book to adapt.

I believe too many authors — especially newer authors or frustrated authors who have never been published by a licensed [read: commercial / trade] publisher — are easily swayed into thinking that ASP press will let them succeed where they have only met with rejection before.

There are certain things that authors can prepare before meeting with their designer to help make the process glow smoothly.

BTW, before you give lectures about who meets the definitions of «author» or «writer,» you might want to proofread your own posts and comments, such as the one to which I am even now responding.

Saturday night, Keynote Speaker and acclaimed author Jeffery Deaver brought us back in time to meet his younger nerd self (before being a nerd was cool), striving to find his way as a professional author.

Before our week's focus gets away from us, in fact, I'd like to mention the other four authors of the project, the Rogues whose writings did meet the standard.

Before we — the three authors of Drink Wine and Giggle — met Shari Stauch, we were still drinking wine, but were no longer giggling.

But the big question, especially for indie authors who depend on their book income to make ends meet, is whether reform will come in time before everyone is drowned in the boat Amazon is deliberately foundering.

Even before the rise of indie authorship, most traditionally published authors still had to maintain day jobs to make ends meet.

Regardless of the model, before establishing a partnership the Press requires each e-vendor to meet stringent criteria including file security, and routine sales reporting so that we can compensate our authors in a timely and accurate manner.

It appears that Dr. Groat rushed the report out of the door, before at least one of the real authors had a chance to complete her work, for the purpose of making a big splash at the AALS annual meeting.

They have also testified in legal proceedings and before Congress, authored books, received awards, appeared in television, radio and newspaper interviews, and spoken at numerous conferences and meetings.

Punksta's not talking about Jones's comment about keeping the paper out of AR4, and Trenberth's comment isn't a «rebuke» at all, as all he says is that Jones made it before having attended the lead author meeting and before he was aware of the IPCC process.

Much of the reading I do on climate scepticism is dead in the water before the authors get going, because they use a model skeptic that is unlike any I have met.

While attending a bar function today, a local appellate justice I have met a few times before recognized me, introduced me to his companions as the author of an appellate blog, and confessed -LRB-?)

Gilbert, author of the popular book Eat, Pray, Love, uses an example of a poet she met who likened the creative process to a rumbling that would sweep across the ground and she had to chase it and catch it before it got away.

Group leaders met together with the first author several times before the intervention to discuss and determine a consensus over the various concepts that were used in the manual.