Sentences with phrase «book than a writer»

And a publishing company with longstanding media and marketing relationships is far more capable of getting attention for a new book than a writer working alone.»

But as you pointed out, that doesn't necessarily mean you've written a better book than a writer who self - publishes.

Not exact matches

Her brand new book, The Leadership Gap goes a level deeper than most writers are willing to go.

Writer Jeff Kinney has sold more than 150 million copies of his book series, «Diary of a Wimpy Kid.»

This book is far different than the ones preceding it — Lamott delves into the life of the writer, including the trials and pitfalls one must face on the path to finding his or her voice, getting published, or simply sitting down to do the work.

The joke on me was that «I like the book for all the reasons the writer says its evil,» and that's probably true, but there's an important point I've taken away from the document: having paying customers speaks louder than critics.

I've been a pastor, writer, and editor of Christian books for more than 40 years.

CIA has been in the book business for several decades: before 1967 it «sponsored, subsidized or produced over 1,000 books,» many of which were put out by CIA - backed cultural organizations whose subsidy was «more often than not» unknown to the writer.

You will observe that not one of the books of the Old Testament (in its finished form) is of earlier date than the eighth century BC Before that time there existed traditions handed down by word of mouth, and various documentary records and compositions, which were used by later writers.

I recalled that the last time I looked at the book, more than ten years ago, I felt embarrassed by the naïveté and piety of the young writer who sought to authorize her insights and proposals by quoting numerous theological, psychological and sociological authorities.

The writers of the New Testament themselves were already chiding Christians whose commitment to the risen Savior was less than wholehearted: Think of the writer of the Book of Hebrews or of the third chapter of Revelation.

After all, if all these smarter - than - me theologians, theorists, academics, scholars, thinkers, and leaders on both sides of the issue haven't been able to put the debate to rest, what chance does a slim yellow book by a happy - clappy Canadian mama - writer have?

I remembered Brennan Manning — the man who has translated the love of God in a way that I could receive it more than probably any other writer — was addicted to alcohol and I re-read up one of his last books before he died: «All is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir» where he vulnerably writes about what this battle has cost him, even as he experienced the unending and unconditional love of God in the midst of it, how he experienced regret and pain and loss alongside of the love and tenderness of God in this dependency.

In the recent book, Why I Changed My Mind about Women in Leadership, which is a collection of essays from prominent scholars, theologians and pastors, more than one writer concluded that the same logic used to defend the «separate but equal» status of slaves, is still in use today.

The writer of a devotional book I read more than forty years ago — a book whose author and title I have forgotten — made an interesting point about the Holy Spirit.

Tolstoy, for instance, is an epic writer, whose books overflow with physical details and frequently threaten to overflow their own narrative structures and become as vast and as inconclusive as life itself, while Dostoevsky is a dramatic writer, whose books are full of fraught and urgent voices, at times almost disembodied, trapped in situations of immediate and pressing crisis, and surrounded by a physical world usually having no more substance than a collection of painted canvasses or pasteboard silhouettes at the back of the stage.

Yes, It's amazing that god made Tolkien a so much better writer than himself (Tolkien's books hang a bit better together than god's books too)

Broadcast by tweets from influential theologians / pastors such as John Piper bidding «Farewell, Rob Bell,» the article's writer is convinced that Bell can no longer claim the title of «Christian» because he suspects Bell of universalism (this decision being made, it seems, simply by viewing the video above and reading the publisher's summary rather than, you know, reading the book first).

In the Hebrew canon of prophecy (the Latter Prophets) there are four «books» comprising fifteen names — Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the twelve «minor» prophets (the last twelve writings of our Old Testament, Hosea to Malachi) These fifteen writings vary in length, were written over a span of centuries from the eighth probably to the third B.C., are addressed to radically different historical situations, and certainly in their present form represent far more than fifteen writers.

The bible is a book of myths and fables... It just has had better promoters, who found it useful for their purpose, than Aesop or any of the other fiction writers of the past...

His words sounded so much like they came from a book that they did not engage anyone desiring to weave along with the writer, rather than nodding and thinking «that's from «Partial Magic in the Quijote,» last paragraph.»

A prolific writer, he has published more than a half - dozen books, the most important of which are the three - volume collection, Contemporary Halakhic Problems.

In the first place, nobody knows who the author, or writer, of the book of Samuel was, and, therefore, the fact itself has no other proof than anonymous or hearsay evidence, which is no evidence at all.

There was some dispute (as early church writers like Eusebius freely admitted) over Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, Jude, and Revelation, but far less than any of the books that were excluded from the canon.

And it is not that John was unaware of the idea of repentance, for aside from Luke, he uses the term repentance more than any other New Testament writer in the other books of the Bible he has written.

Comic books do this all the time (although to be fair, comic books have much better writers than the Bible did), and all you have to do is blame it on a time warp or another fictional character like Doctor Doom or Satan.

Some scholars believe the more hopeful passages to have been later additions, rather than the work of the original writer, and that the book's acceptance in the canon was largely due to these passages, more expressive of religious faith.

The Epistle of James is a book that has been held by some to be not a Christian book at all, but a Jewish tract modified at one or two points to make it appear Christian.66 By another it is said to come closer to the Synoptic gospels in its type of thought than any other of the early writers.

From left to right, it went from «ha ha, yessss, I get to roast a celebrity's new book» to «oh my god, the prose is a million times worse than I expected, and I was already expecting it to be awful» to «it's actually shameful that this entitled twit gets a platform for his misogynist twaddle just because he's famous, especially when the attention and resources could have been spent on an unknown writer who deserved it.»

I'd become a writer of crime novels and thrillers and I was more interested in books than in football.

Some writers seem to believe that Hart will be a liability and is no better than the two keepers already on our books.

It is so rewarding to have created more than 500 beautiful books which will make a difference in children's lives, and to work with such a talented group of writers, artists, musicians, editors and designers.

The UK publication «Young Writer» magazine and the American «My Little Magazine» (now, sadly, no longer published) gave them more useful writing exercises than any text book, with the bonus of entering (and sometimes winning) competitions.

More than 200 writers will descend on the city to lecture, debate, sign books, and read from them.

Brian Rigby, MS, CISSN is a health and nutrition writer and author of the recently published book The Multivitamin Lie, which explores how and why food is a better source of health - inducing nutrition than multivitamins.

In his book, Think and Grow Rich, writer Napoleon Hill dedicates a whole chapter on how testosterone and sexual desire can be transmuted into other forms other than physical enjoyment.

For more than 30 years, I've been a health coach for millions of Americans — as a writer on Prevention magazine; as the editor - in - chief of Prevention Magazine Health Books and Rodale Books; and as the writer of 10 health books that have sold more than 2 million copies and hundreds of articles about health, appearing in national magazines like Prevention, Health, Self, Men's Health and Natural SolutBooks and Rodale Books; and as the writer of 10 health books that have sold more than 2 million copies and hundreds of articles about health, appearing in national magazines like Prevention, Health, Self, Men's Health and Natural SolutBooks; and as the writer of 10 health books that have sold more than 2 million copies and hundreds of articles about health, appearing in national magazines like Prevention, Health, Self, Men's Health and Natural Solutbooks that have sold more than 2 million copies and hundreds of articles about health, appearing in national magazines like Prevention, Health, Self, Men's Health and Natural Solutions.

Winfield PA USA About Blog John Kador is an independent business writer whose best - selling books and insightful articles have been helping business leaders work smarter and more profitably for more than three decades.

An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

As for the substance behind this series, no matter how much the final product both bloats and hurries itself along, it's hard as all get - out to deny the value within Alex Haley's «factional» tale, which is rich with the potential for compellingness and thematic depth that, more often than not, recieves justice from teleplay writer and source material book completer David Stevens, who draws lively characterization and depth, which in turn recieves its own bit of justice from director John Erman.

That argument was made by Peter David, the comic book writer and novelist hired by Chair to script Shadow Complex, and a man who may not have much more patience for Orson Scott Card than Kim Wong.

Not much else is known about the series, other than the fact that it will be overseen by director, producer and comic book writer Reginald Hudlin.

Less than a week before 20th Century Fox's Deadpool feature film is released, comments made by iconic comic book creator Rob Liefeld about how much comic book writer Fabian Niceiza contributed to the character's creation has caused a stir online.

Commercially successful, critically adored, winner of an original screenplay Academy Award, and more influential than any other indie ever, it was enough to secure Tarantino a place in film's history books and announce him as the writer / director to watch of his generation.

There may have been laughs in the first two Thor movies, but they were much darker and more serious - minded than what director Taika Waititi and writers Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher L. Yost have cooked up in Thor: Ragnarok, essentially a flat - out comedy disguised as a superhero comic book... Read

Functioning more as a mythology - expanding spinoff than a proper sequel, this fifth installment (the first directed by longtime series writer Christopher Landon) smartly moves the setting away from airy suburbs to overcrowded working - class apartments, and introduces a winning sense of humor that almost compensates for its relentless reliance on every terror trope in the book.

Unfortunately, the TV adaptation «Living Biblically» owes more to typical sitcom writers than the Book of Luke, although Ian Gomez and David Krumholtz have a sinfully good time playing two - thirds of a joke about a priest, a rabbi and a minister walking into a bar.

But since it's based on the most wildly popular book in the bunch, a book that every article will tell you was «unfilmable» before Ang Lee came along, Life of Pi seems to have safe chances here, even if such an assumption puts little faith in the writer's branch, who should know better than to reward David Magee's horridly bookended script.

Lipsky's book, which came out after Wallace's suicide from depression, was to be an article in Rolling Stone magazine, which had never had a featured interview with a writer, but Lipsky's book would be a far more detailed analysis of Wallace's hopes, dreams, and anxieties than any article.

Since there are so few subjects more hilarious than the 2008 financial crisis, let's get the writer / director of Anchorman and Step Brothers to adapt the Michael Lewis best - selling book.