Sentences with phrase «career as an indie»

Since her breakout role as Patrick Fugit's older sister in 2000's Almost Famous, Zooey Deschanel has carved out a career as an indie leading lady.

Written by Johnny B Truant and Sean Platt, two parts of the trio behind the Self - Publishing Podcast and prolific writers in their own right, — it's truly a breath of fresh air — no grandiose promises of immediate success or wealth accumulation — instead a logical step - by - step approach to building a long - term, and hopefully profitable, writing career as an Indie Author.

Tonight, I hit another huge milestone in my career as an Indie author.

So how have I built my career as an Indie author?

Get The Next Book Out — Do you have to publish a book a month or six books a year to have a career as an Indie author?

However, in my opinion, the single most guaranteed way to build a successful career as an Indie author is by writing more books.

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Written by Johnny B Truant and Sean Platt, two parts of the trio behind the Self - Publishing Podcast and prolific writers in their own right, — it's truly a breath of fresh air — no grandiose promises of immediate success or wealth accumulation — instead a logical step - by - step approach to building a long term, and hopefully profitable, writing career as an Indie Author.

Your career as an indie author is largely in your own hands.

If you do it, you run a risk of pissing off the only platform that will allow you to build a career as an indie author.

I am hoping my small success so far can help others to create their own career as an Indie author.

Facebook ads work to reach the elusive niche reader by Barbara Morgenroth Eight years ago when I began a second career as an indie author after many years in traditional publishing as well as television, my middle grade book, Impossible Charlie, was the only new book in its category.

-LSB-...] interview with Lindsay about her career as an indie author, here is a post on her blog about it and here is a post from Joanna Penn about her decision to work with a NY agent after her success with her -LSB-...]

If somebody starts their writing career as an indie author before getting snapped up by one of the big boys, then good on them.

I began my writing career as an indie author.

«Ultimately, what pushed me to pursue a career as an indie developer is that I love games — and I saw an opportunity to make a living out of my passion,» Tomer said.

Not exact matches

«I had this whole music career — or something resembling a career — in my 20s, and I did interviews,» he says, referencing his days as a solo artist and the drummer for the indie - folk band Fleet Foxes.

It's a very moving indie drama that, as the directorial debut of screenwriter Oren Moverman, could be the start of a very great career for him as something other than a writer.You should definitely give this film a watch.

Neil LaBute's debut film was an adaptation of his own darkly comedic 1992 play, and its provocative, Mamet-esque dialogue marked the writer - director as a rising star in indie film world in the late 1990s, while also launching the career of star Aaron Eckhart, here playing one of a pair of coworkers seeking cruel revenge against women.

While the surface glance of the film does feature a standard array of American indie signifiers, it's worth emphasizing again that Abbasi's voice is distinct, and is sure to become more sharply defined as his career evolves.

One of the most versatile actors in cinema at the moment, Tom Hardy has peppered his career with blockbusters like «The Dark Knight Rises», indie dramas like «Locke» and the gritty thrillers such as «The...

Hamilton and D'Abo are both understated and terrific here, as are the character actors who served as Baumbach's rep company during the first phase of his career: Eigeman, unsmiling and hostile; the hilarious Jacott, all self - aware neuroses; and obligatory»90s indie mascot Eric Stoltz as Chet, the bartender who's still working on his thesis and maintaining an encyclopedic knowledge of classes and campus events.

And while circumstances and her particular gifts might circumscribe Kitana Kiki Rodriguez's future career, she'll always have this indie epic to remember as a showcase, a great role that a colorful life prepared her to play.

US indie filmmaker Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies, Happy Christmas) joins the Hyphenates for our August 2014 edition, as we talk over the new releases of the past month, look at whether independent filmmakers can forge a career in the new media landscape, and check out the filmography of the influential and underrated director Paul Mazursky.

Before he started working with his husband, Glatzer, who was born in New York, began his career as a reality TV producer, and directed an indie drama, Grief.

Zoe Kazan has carved out a nice little niche as the indie love interest (the girl next door who's cute and attainable, but with just enough edge to ensure she's never boring), while Daniel Radcliffe radiates charm in one of the best roles of his post-Potter career.

«Always Shine» (Oscilloscope) Sophia Takal's sophomore directorial effort stands as one of the year's most compelling indie thrillers, and will hit close to home for any actor who's looked on as a friend's career moves forward.

«In the last several years, I don't personally think I've become a better actor,» says Ben Mendelsohn, the 46 - year - old Aussie actor whose career couldn't be hotter at the moment — he recently landed an Emmy nom for his performance on Netflix's Bloodline, was cast in the Star Wars spinoff Rogue One and received a Spirit Award nom for his killer perf in the indie Mississippi Grind — as we sit down to record the «Awards Chatter» podcast.

Paul, whose career has gone from the dumb (Need for Speed) to the daft (A Long Way Down) since his Emmy Award - winning role in Breaking Bad, finally finds his feet in this neat indie, and his performance as Hollis, while much less meaty, is as engaging and fragile as his Jesse Pinkman.

In 1991, he and James Schamus launched Good Machine, which quickly became a major player shepherding the early careers of filmmakers like Ang Lee («Wedding Banquet»), Todd Haynes («Safe»), Todd Solondz («Happiness»)-- both Todds being produced by Vachon as well — while the breakout success of Ed Burns» $ 28,000 «The Brother McMullen» became the poster child for every low budget filmmaker looking to cash in on the indie gold rush.

But the one who did was Michel Hazanavicius, a French filmmaker whose career after this Best Picture - winning indie may well be just as obscure as it was before it.

The majority of Joe Swanberg's directorial career has been making micro-budget indie films such as Kissing on the Mouth, LOL, and Hannah Takes the Stairs, which many consider to be early pioneers of the mumblecore (yes, I said it) movement.

The Wachowskis Indie Work: Andy and Lana (originally Larry) Wachowski started off their career as comic book writers before breaking into movies, penning a script called «Assassins» in 1994 (later heavily rewritten as a Sylvester Stallone vehicle).

Marc Webb Indie Work: Webb kicked off his career as one of the best - known directors of music videos of the» 00s, with clips for the likes of Green Day, Anastacia, AFI, Good Charlotte, Brand New, Snow Patrol, Pussycat Dolls, My Chemical Romance and Regina Spektor.

As to going solo, I built my art career by going the Indie route first so it was a little easier to make the decision to do the same with my book.

As an Indie author, I've always sided with Amazon because Amazon made my career as a writer possiblAs an Indie author, I've always sided with Amazon because Amazon made my career as a writer possiblas a writer possible.

Some of the predictions for the industry in the coming year included Mark Coker's stance that the number of indie authors is going to shrink as the ones who don't take it seriously as a career path fall to the wayside.

If, as an author, your intent is to create a book that will help you build towards a franchise of books from which you could one day make a living, or to create a book that takes your career to new heights or is a marketing tool for your business, then think about becoming an indie publisher and not an indie author.

As an editing and writing company dedicated to helping authors build their writing careers, Midnight Publishing is always on the lookout for indie author - friendly options to sell more books.

If you plan to write as a career, whether as an indie, hybrid, or traditionally published author, you need to understand this.

This is not an admission that indie publishing is inferior, but it is an acknowledgment that to take my career to the next level the smartest path would be to work as a hybrid author.

As a relatively new indie author, it's encouraging to hear that a slower production schedule can still lead to a full - time career.

I have been deeply involved in the ups and downs of the indie book industry for a few years now, and I can tell you with some measure of authority that as far as The Spaceship Next Door (and really, my entire career) is concerned, I haven't been doing anything right:

That's why it's important, and even career - changing, to have an open mind to indie publishing as an option for your work.

Building a career as a professional writer, whether indie or traditional, takes time.

He is known as «the Voice of Indie Publishing,» appearing on hundreds of podcasts and YouTube channels, and at conferences worldwide, speaking about independent self publishing as a career and a community.

I find it rather dismaying that my career can be seen as an impediment to lending a helping hand to Indie authors, who operate on a shoestring budget.

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But one of the as - of - yet unsung benefits to indie publishing and digital publishing is that people who are experts in their career fields are now turning to self - publishing to tell the often - amazing back stories that come from years of experience on the front lines in their given careers.

It is a guidebook that will help you build a successful indie publishing career, no matter what type of writer you are... so long as you're the type who's willing to do the work.