Sentences with phrase «debut authors who»

Writers who have self - published their book and sold only modest numbers of copies will in all likelihood have a harder time persuading publishers that their books can produce viable sales as compared to debut authors who are starting with a clean slate.

A perusal of the group's online database found little overlap between debut authors who have won best first novel (including Patricia Cornwell, Michael Connelly, James Patterson and Richard North Patterson) and...

People scoff at debut authors who want to negotiate with publishers over, for example, conditions related to film rights: «It's your first novel.

Our industry has seen an influx of debut authors who may not know the proper publishing etiquette quite yet but I see a strong educational campaign occurring.

In other cases, these might be debut authors who are generating a lot of buzz.

A horrific story emerged this week from a debut author who was «fired» by a Big Six publisher just before her novel's launch, because she self - epubbed a collection of previously published short stories.

,» an interview with a 90 - year - old debut author who was stationed in six countries while raising three children with her CIA Agent husband.

A Virtual Tour is an excellent book marketing tool for a debut author who is still building page rank for a new website.

Things may not be rosy for a debut author who may struggle to convince their gatekeeper to accept their potentially sellable material.

A good debut author who might have earned $ 3k to $ 5k from a trad publisher now earns that much or more by self - publishing.

In fact, she is a debut author who wants to get the best deal for her book from start to finish.

At one writing conference, I met an agent who had sold a book for a debut author who had queried 120 agent — the agent I was talking to was number 120.

As in, debut author who has reinvented herself very late in life.

Keri Ford is a debut author who submitted a first page for critique in May of 2010.

Not exact matches

Since her Top Chef debut 11 years ago, India's first supermodel (who started modeling at age 21, after graduating from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a degree in theater arts and American literature) has also become an award - winning author (her fourth book, The Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs, came out last fall) and an outspoken activist, cofounding the Endometriosis Foundation of America and recently becoming an ambassador for the ACLU.

This month we've indulged in quite a few things that we love to do, from checking in at a few of favorite galleries for this months exhibitions to interviewing Kimmery Martin a local author who just debuted her first novel.

Author David Montrose wrote his debut book to appeal to both Sugar Daddies and Sugar Babies, as well anyone who is contemplating or currently in an alternative relationship.

The Blu - ray debut features all the supplements of that release: three commentary tracks (one by director Terry Gilliam, one by stars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, and one by producer Laila Nabulsi and author Hunter S. Thompson), deleted scenes with commentary by Gilliam, the 1978 BBC «Omnibus» documentary «Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood» (with Hunter S. Thompson and artist Ralph Steadman), the ten - minute featurette «Hunter Goes to Hollywood,» an audio documentary on the controversy over the screenplay credit, a survey of the marketing campaign, selections from the correspondence between Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson (read on camera by Depp), an excerpt from the 1996 audio CD «Fear and Loathing» starring Maury Chaykin, Jim Jarmusch, Harry Dean Stanton, and Glenne Headly, background notes on Oscar Zeta Acosta (the real life activist and attorney who inspired the character of Dr. Gonzo), and galleries of storyboards, stills, and Ralph Steadman art.

«Harry Potter» author J.K. Rowling, who made her screenwriting debut with «Fantastic Beasts,» also intends to return for the sequels.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the cinematic debut of Stephen Chbosky, the author who wrote the book.

Horror author Barker made an auspicious debut as a director with this bloody shocker about a violent con artist who cheats death in gruesome fashion.

Hellraiser was a vividly original feature debut from a young British author who tired seeing his work translated [poorly] to the big...

Welsh is on board as a producer, with Brit helmer and friend Jon S. Baird behind the camera, who had impressed the author with his debut feature film.

After years of crime reporting, screenwriting, and authoring pulp novels, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford (played by Red River's John Ireland), who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious Jesse James.

An author who finds an agent and a publisher quickly and when her book debuts it hits # 1 on the NY Times Bestseller List and then gets turned into a movie and she becomes an overnight success story.

You have to admire an author who, after a successful debut, tries something new with a second novel.

Award - winning illustrator and first - time author Nelson's history of the Negro Leagues, told from the vantage point of an unnamed narrator, reads like an old - timer regaling his grandchildren with tales of baseball greats Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and others who forged the path toward breaking the race barrier before Jackie Robinson made his historic debut.

This is a historical novel by debut author Ellen Marie Wiseman, a first - generation German American who was inspired by her mother's experiences in Germany during World War II.

The Millions has asked some of the year's biggest authors — from debut novelist Tom Rachman to old favorites (who have gotten a ton of recent acclaim) Emma Donoghue and Lionel Shriver — what they've read in 2010.

Best - selling British author Amanda Prowse, who often draws comparisons to the beloved Jodi Picoult, is making her U.S. debut this fall.

Author David Morrell, who has been called «the father of the modern action novel,» may be best known as the creator of Rambo, the scarred American soldier who first appeared in Morrell's debut, First Blood.

«The English - language debut of best - selling Korean author J.M. Lee, The Investigation, is the first - person tale of Watanabe Yuichi, who reluctantly served as a prison guard in Japan during WWII: «The war ended on 15 August 1945.

As a debut author I recommend this site to anyone who wants to get their book out there and noticed.»

Third, you share a wealth of applicable information for a person who's debuting this spring as a self - published author (or even one who's not, but I'm the former, and, as you wrote — although not in these words — I care about me).

Give this Indie debut a try as it's one of those that promises a talented author to watch for and who hopefully will continue to enthrall his readers for a long, long time.»

I'm hosting an AMA («ask me anything») in the r / Fantasy forum as an independent author who debuted my first novel this year.

The Emerging Authors Program is designed primarily for debut or emerging writers who have the talent, but not necessarily the experience or platform, to merit a traditional publishing deal.

Seven different countries are represented on the diverse list, which features debut authors (NoViolet Bulawayo, Eve Harris and Donal Ryan) right alongside those who have long - and well - established careers, including two previously shortlisted authors, Jim Crace and Colm Tóibín.

A fetching debut from an author who knows her city, its people, and their heart.»

• Very few authors who debut with major publishers make enough money to earn a living — and modern advances don't cover the difference.

Debut author Gaughen offers an affecting take on an old tale in this rip - roaring adventure narrated by Scarlet, who has joined Robin Hood's gang disguised as a lad.

In the past, authors who pen short stories had to submit their stories to collections publishers, and those anthologies are typically only published periodically; barring that, the author could try to submit a full collection of his own works, of which few are traditionally published and almost never from a debut author.

From the author of the «big - hearted... inspiring» (Vogue) New York Times bestseller Kabul Beauty School comes a fiction debut as compelling as real life: the story of a remarkable coffee shop in the heart of Kabul and the women who meet there - each with a story and a secret that will lead them all to an extraordinary friendship.

The Invisibles By Cecilia Galante Morrow • $ 14.99 • ISBN 9780062363510 The author of several popular YA and children's books makes her adult fiction debut with the moving story of four young women — close friends when they lived together at a group home for teens — who reunite 15 years later and confront the troubles from their past.

I have a list of authors who've sworn to give my debut book negative reviews because I dared write honest 3 or 2 star reviews of their books.

When Mountains Move by Julie Cantrell, the second novel from an author who took Christian fiction by storm with her debut (you can read my review here)

Tell me, fellow writers, do you know of any recent debut fiction authors who found an agent by cold querying?

And also with Cathryn Grant who will become an indie author with her debut novel in January.

Meet 90 year old debut author Lillian McCloy, who was stationed in six countries while raising three kids as the wife of a CIA undercover agent.

Today I'm so glad to host Young Adult author Lisa Brown Roberts who just debuted with Entangled Teen this spring, with the heartfelt contemporary How (Not) To Fall in Love.