Sentences with phrase «edited book tells»

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The Bible is a book, and was «edited» by humans for the telling of a good «story», as with any «good book» there can be many (mis --RRB- interpretations of the text.

I am not against guns I am angst phones chritsians, bas theologians, flocks who believe whatever crap their priest tells them, people wh not not don't read the modern bible, edited by your priest, but who don't study the cannon, religions, who wrote the books or any theology.

Outside of the talking heads segments, which feature some of the most delightfully edited interweaving into the narrative, is a film that wants to do more than just tell us this story of expensive books and robbery.

As a reader I can tell the difference between self or Indy pub books that have been professionally edited and those that have not.

If a full - length novel edit is out of reach for you, don't tell yourself that you'll publish the book anyway, wait until you've racked up $ 1,000 or so in royalties, then pay for an edit.

For example, telling them that their book needs to be edited is seen as an insult to their writing.

It's easy to get side - tracked when well - meaning friends and colleagues tell you that there is a better way to print, edit, layout, publicize, etc., your book.

Word of mouth sells, so if you've written a great book and had it edited, readers who like your book will tell others.

I can tell because I «m dragging my feet to work on editing the first book.

One of my books is currently in copy - editing and I've already told that editor that, when it comes back, I'll only be halfway through the process of producing a professional ebook.

You don't have to spend a lot of time or money on books telling you «how» to write (that takes practice and a professional editor's detailed feedback to highlight your strengths and problem areas — contact Midnight Publishing to schedule an editing consultation today!).

I can't tell you the number of comments I've seen on various e - book / e-reader boards about the need for self - pubbed authors to find someone who can edit them.

Readers can tell when a book is not professionally edited and they'll feel cheated and never buy another of your books.

I'm not going to tell you that editing a full - length book is going to be fast and easy — because it's not.

I discovered that editing is really another word for someone ruthlessly tearing apart your work with a big smile, all the while telling you that it will make the book so much better.

But tell me this: As there are indie books with better editing, writing, sales rank, reputation and gross sales than the vast majority of «professional» books... why are you so determined to throw mud on All indie books?

Self - published authors can hire freelance editors to comb their books for typos and grammatical mistakes, but when it comes to structural editing — telling the author the third quarter of a novel is too windy or insisting that the current ending needs to be tossed out entirely and redone, things no writer likes to hear but some writers need to — an editor - for - hire is much less motivated to displease her client even when demanding major rewrites would make for a better book.

Find a professional editor and proof - reader: Professional editing is something I've been doing for more than 22 years, but you need someone else to go over your book because I can tell you from experience — you'll always miss something (or lots!).

From Rick: As I told you in part 1, professional cover designers (in the same vein as some editors), would have you believe that lowly individuals like you and me can't and shouldn't design our own covers (or edit our own books).

If I was editing a line of books that allowed me to pick what I thought was quality and top story - telling and that I liked, I would be publishing at least eight of the twelve novels I saw in each of the last five novel workshops.

You've told your family and friends, and if you used services from a company like Midnight Publishing to format, edit and help you self - publish your book, your book is being promoted via social media and on the company web site.

If your book is poorly edited, then you are going to suffer the ultimate humiliation of having everyone tell you how many mistakes they found.

If your book is hard to read or poorly edited, reviewers won't be shy to tell the world.

And let's not forget the publisher who pulled an entire line of books after Fifty Shades of Grey took off (which, btw, was first self - published and is NOT well - written or edited, even after being picked up by a legacy publisher) to make sure all its covers told readers that these were books in the vein of FSOG?

So, when Shayla Eaton, president of Curiouser Editing and book ambassador for The Five Warriors told me she was creating a community, I was thrilled!

The novelist William McPherson, who edited the Washington Post Book World in the 1970s, recently told me that back then, there were around forty thousand adult trade books published every year.

1 Structure, Plan and Write 1.1 Turning Real Life Into Fiction 1.2 Kurt Vonnegut on the The Shapes of Stories 1.3 The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction 1.4 Plot Worksheets to Help You Organize Your Thoughts 1.5 The Snowflake Method For Designing A Novel 1.6 Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction 1.7 Study the Writing Habits of Ernest Hemingway 1.8 Making Your Characters Come Alive 1.9 Vision, Voice and Vulnerability 1.10 10 Points on Craft by Barry Eisler 1.11 Coming up with Character Names 1.12 Using the Right «Camera Angle» for Your Writing 1.13 The Art of «Layering» in Fiction Writing 1.14 Weaving Humor Into Your Stories 1.15 On Telling Better Stories 1.16 The 25 Best Opening Lines in Western Literature 1.17 6 Ways to Hook Your Readers from the Very First Line 1.18 Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character 1.19 How to Finish A Novel 2 Get Feedback 2.1 Finding Beta Readers 2.2 Understanding the Role of Beta Readers 2.3 Find Readers By Writing Fan Fiction 2.4 How Fan Fiction Can Make You a Better Writer 3 Edit Your Book 3.1 Find an Editor 3.2 Directory of Book Editors 3.3 Self Editing for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten Book Self Editing Tips 3.5 Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or CreateEditing for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten Book Self Editing Tips 3.5 Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or CreateEditing Tips 3.5 Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Createediting your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Space?

Writer's conferences — Plane tickets, gas allowances, meals, the conference fees, extra appointments, the cost of writing and editing your pitch or your book proposal, a new outfit, a tape recorder or any other supplies you tell yourself you need.

This reminds me of how the head of MacMillan — I think that's who it was — back at the start of the agency pricing debate tried telling everyone that publishers had double charges on editing, cover design and layout, among others, when it comes to e-books and print books.

As an author, editor, ghostwriter as well as a former book reviewer, it's easy to tell which authors haven't bother to have their work critiqued or edited.

Give your book a little editing love and make your story one worth telling!

Sometimes authors are in a rush to publish or not willing to hear that their book needs more work (or they are so put out by what I tell them in the sample edit) that I never hear from them again... not even a thanks for my time.

A bogus editing outfit may run it through spellcheck and grammar software and tell you the book is ready to go, when it's completely unreadable.

I'm always telling teachers that my favourite educational app on the iPad (aside from the Apple apps such as Pages, Keynote, and Notes) is Book Creator, especially with the soon to be released updates such as browser editing and online publishing!

Tell me, please, how a self published debut author with a poorly edited book gets 1000 5 star reviews, then there are 1 - 200 1 2 or 3 star reviews with verified purchase classification who feel they were duped by all those bogus 5 - star reviews.

After telling us to have a book carefully edited and proofread, I found glaring errors and a severe need for repeated points to be edited out.

A homemade cover will tell everyone that your book is self - published, and sub-standard editing will leave readers disappointed (which can lead to poor book reviews).

Edit: Information on DokiDoki's website tells us that the books will be the same size as their June and DMP line - ups (5.875 ″ x 8.25 ″) and will have no dust jackets.

«Have you told the story you wanted to tell, and has your book been professionally edited?

AS - AP, as collaborative project of the Center for Curatorial Studies in association with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) provides funding assistance for the publication, Show and Tell: A Chronicle of Group Material, edited by Julie Ault and published by Four Corners Books in 2010.

Hearne Pardee reviews two recently published books: Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations edited by Clark Coolidge and Telling Stories: Philip Guston's Later Works by David Kaufmann.