Sentences with phrase «even fiction authors»

There is no one cookie cutter approach, because the way that I'm going to approach something with a nonfiction author writing a business help book is going to be much different than the fiction author, or even the fiction author in one genre versus another or marketing a children's book — very challenging, because you're not exactly allowed to go out and collect email addresses of children.

Not exact matches

«There was a clear pattern in the findings - the more literary fiction authors that participants recognized, the better they tended to perform on the emotional recognition test, and this association held even after statistically accounting for the influence of other factors that might be connected to both emotion skills and reading more literary fiction, such as past educational attainment, gender and age,» reports the British Psychological Society Research Digest blog, summing up the results.

The Bible, is fiction; because, overall, its authors meant it as presentation, not as science, or even as history, which is a form of science with its own scientific rules of evidence.

Ernest Cline, author of bestselling science fiction novel Ready Player One, is undoubtedly even more pumped than your average writer, given that a large chunk of his narrative is given over to his Spielberg - fueled»80s obsession.

Don't get me wrong: the idea of someone performing copycat murders based on an author's work of fiction has potential (even if it's been done before, most recently in the pilot for the TV drama «Castle»), but there's nothing in the trailer that suggests the film will be anything other than a generic whodunit.

Despite influencing science fiction authors like Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke, and even astronomers such Carl Sagan, I'd never read (or even heard of) the series prior to this adaptation.

This book isn't particularly well - written or well - researched and another author might do a better job with the story, even as fiction.

Even in redemptive and spirit - filled fiction, the author usually ignores the enemy and his minions.

In fact, in the high peak of science fiction magazines, there were often only one or two writers per issue, even though the magazine showed six or seven authors.

Even the recently announced science fiction and fantasy writers of America will now accept self - published digital authors, BUT they have to sell books.

It doesn't matter if you're a children's book author, fiction writer, non-fiction how - to author, business person, or even a fine artist.

An innovative series that defies genre classification, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith's Thunder Mountain Series offers a compelling mix of science fiction, time travel, historical fiction set in the old west, and even a dash of romance.

Heather Hart, our guest in this episode, shares some really basic tips on what authors should be doing to market their books, whether you are a fiction author or a nonfiction author, and why that doesn't even really matter because marketing is marketing.

But with indie publishing running so much of the industry now, the playing field is really evened out and a lot of the big mojo that used to hit the bestseller lists is being seen in fiction — which often doesn't report to these lists, or authors are selling lots of copies of all of their books, as opposed to one, singular title.

Readers have a growing number of tools to customize what they consider literary fiction selections — these are books that meet their standards, interests and literary definitions, not a publisher's or even an author's.

For most popular genre fiction, indie authors attempting to go this route will fail, because it's really difficult to create a cover so beautiful people want to lick it, unless you've been designing book covers for years (and even then!)

For the past 10 years, I've worked as a marketing consultant who has helped authors get books on the New York Times bestseller list 3 different ways, including fiction, non-fiction, and even a 20 - year - old backlist book.

Even better, One - Click Publishing is designed to tailor distinct services to authors in seven book genres: Non-Fiction, Fiction, Spiritual, Christian, Children's, Memoirs and Cookbooks.

This is even more important, if your an unknown fiction writer, but even world famous authors are judged by their covers.

Unlike in fiction, where a completed manuscript is necessary when sending out query letters, many non-fiction authors seal their contract using a book proposal before their book is even written.

And even more exciting is that she'll be teaching a separate pre-conference master class starting June 8 to help fiction authors conquer a topic that strikes fear and dread into the heart of many a writer: Read more about This year's pre-conference advanced class: Master the Art of Querying with Agent Kristin Nelson -LSB-...]

What it doesn't point to and what is key for authors to be aware of, is that even if ebook is the most profitable format for fiction authors, print is still important.

For fiction, the title is typically where the author gets to be clever, even if she's simultaneously setting a tone or telling potential readers what they're getting.

Several non fiction authors have been priced so high (in one case I found that the kindle price was higher than the print price) that I won't buy them even though I would otherwise.

Even literary fiction has gotten in on the trend, with authors adding strong genre elements to books written in a literary style.

By uniting 7 critically acclaimed works of indie contemporary fiction, their authors hope to demonstrate that author publishing is a valid quality route even in a genre that is still perceived by many as a traditional publishing chasse guardée, according to Jane Davis:

I think that with fiction, in particular, it helps to let readers sample the author's work — even if it's a sample chapter on the author's website.

First of all, as Susanne Alleyn points out in her clever and very readable book, Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders: A Writer's (and Editor's) Guide to Keeping Historical Fiction Free of Common Anachronisms, Errors, and Myth, an author of historical fiction needs to recognize that the city of today can be vastly different from the city of whatever time period you are writing about, and this is true even when you are talking about a relatively young city like San Francisco and a time period that is only 132 years in thFiction Free of Common Anachronisms, Errors, and Myth, an author of historical fiction needs to recognize that the city of today can be vastly different from the city of whatever time period you are writing about, and this is true even when you are talking about a relatively young city like San Francisco and a time period that is only 132 years in thfiction needs to recognize that the city of today can be vastly different from the city of whatever time period you are writing about, and this is true even when you are talking about a relatively young city like San Francisco and a time period that is only 132 years in the past.

As a ghost writer, I've helped many people tell their stories, and whether it was a personal triumph from tragedy, family history, a «behind the scenes» account of events, or even a creative work of fiction, the words and the voice of the author always remain recognizable as their own.

Writing a crime fiction novel — or any novel — is no easy feat, and even successful published authors work to hone their craft and improve their skills.

Finally, it's a major departure from what Van Eyck normally writers, which is young adult fiction that contains themes that even the author herself considers to be fairly moral.

Even though the authors and the publishers will still make their same commission and even though the supremely discounted price on ebooks has translated into tens of thousands of book sales for authors and fiction's digital sales are up by 188 % for the first half of the year, authors are speaking out against having their ebooks discounted at the retailers» cEven though the authors and the publishers will still make their same commission and even though the supremely discounted price on ebooks has translated into tens of thousands of book sales for authors and fiction's digital sales are up by 188 % for the first half of the year, authors are speaking out against having their ebooks discounted at the retailers» ceven though the supremely discounted price on ebooks has translated into tens of thousands of book sales for authors and fiction's digital sales are up by 188 % for the first half of the year, authors are speaking out against having their ebooks discounted at the retailers» cost.

It happens to everyone, so it's laughable to even entertain this idea, especially with 1.5 million authors to contend with and too many books to count — different variations of English, translations from other languages into English, use of regional dialect in dialogue, fantasy and science - fiction characters etc that don't fit within the realm of English — trying to deal with all of that would be a logistical nightmare that Amazon literally doesn't have the manpower to handle.

Earnings for the average genre - fiction author will skew even further toward their e-book sales.

Romance is one of the most popular genres in the US - driven Christian fiction market, but many New Zealand authors — even Christian authors — don't know it exists.

But even fiction and poetry authors can create how - to videos by drawing a connection between the content in their books and a self - help concept.

In my editing of fiction manuscripts, I find even my smartest, most talented authors sometimes commit gaffes with participles, which can affect the meaning of the sentence.

Short story collections don't sell as well as novels, and that made it even harder for new authors to break in to short - story writing than into novel - length fiction.

For authors wanting to get creative with their childen's books, how - to or even fiction, Blurb has announced a new version of its easy - to - use eBook editor that allows authors to add video and...

Even though some authors advise sticking to standalone or shorter - form fiction, to avoid getting trapped by a long series, the Emaneska Series has done me proud.

I think the part of the writing that «can't be taught» is literary fiction; I think a lot of authors want to write literary fiction and ALSO sell a ton of copies, even though there isn't really a market for it, and that's a problem.

For authors wanting to get creative with their childen's books, how - to or even fiction, Blurb has announced a new version of its easy - to - use eBook editor that allows authors to add video and audio to create a vivid, multi-dimensional storytelling experience on the iPad.

The collection contains seven science fiction stories from five authors, focusing entirely on stories set in the Bio-Tech Era, a plausible near - future where humanity becomes even more dependent on technology.

That was one of the reasons I contacted you wanting to do this interview, is I think too often as authors we haven't been challenged enough to realize, even if you're a fiction writer, if you're a non-fiction writer, how can you take your first book and think of some spin off things that might not be merely books.

Bestselling science - fiction author John Scalzi launched his career on a serial, Old Man's War, and of course everybody knows and even loves shows like All My Children.

Some new authors may hope to get their names out there, but even some very experienced writers and big publishing houses run free promotions on science fiction, fantasy, and other book genres in order to increase their readership.

Non-fiction sells more than fiction, so if you're an expert writing about something even a small group needs to know, you can often demand higher prices than the standard fair, even as a first - time author.

Every author of self - help books, children's books, cook books, poetry and speculative fiction who ignored our review guidelines and sent us review requests even though we clearly call out that we don't review any of those categories.

As well, my concern as a professionally published author is that aggressive marketing (TV commercials, Youtube trailers, fancy websites etc.) are creating a successful viral marketing paradigm for self - pubbed fiction that has the potential to impact trad publishing & leave writers wondering «why bother with the arduous and often heartbreaking process of queries, rejection slips, the endless waiting, etc. when the neighbor simply threw up a website, hired a gang of marketing professionals and bingo, Neil Gaiman is reviewing their book before it's even published?!»

I mostly read speculative fiction and am having a hard time finding any authors I've even heard of before.