Sentences with phrase «facts about the novel»

Yet, there is so much even fiction writers can share via a blog (how they create characters, do their research, write; facts about their novel's location, food, climate, famous sites and people; and tidbits on their struggles with plot development, daily life, and outlook on world events) and blogging is THE most effective way to drive traffic to a website.

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In delivering a business pitch about a novel invention, be sure to bolster your presentation with facts and know your audience.

Science is the only truth, and if we truly care about human survival, Fact not Novels should be what guide our decision making.

The originality of Hartshorne's discussions about the nature of God, and particularly his daring and novel defense of the ontological argument, have led some to overlook the fact that, as he himself says, his primary interest lies elsewhere.

The possibility of radically different behavior due to completely novel characters or circumstances is taken into account by the very fact that any predictions about the future are regarded as at best probable.

There is in fact nothing more to be said about the novelty of these uniquely occurring occasions than that each occasion is novel, that it happens only once and is unrepeatable in relation to all other occasions to which, as such, it can stand in a real relation of connectedness.

Even before I had any faith at all, I had written an entire novel about him — two novels, in fact.

Also, anyone who wants to commiserate about the fact that Gretchen's going to be reading potty training books instead of novels (trashy or otherwise) while on vacation, please do so.

Rather than claim a method of administering certain novel drug dosages, Prometheus chose to instead claim and assert a method that recited old steps and thinking about the FACT (law of nature).

Other speakers discussed how soy products will help meet U.S. dietary guidelines, with its renewed emphasis on plant - based diets; noted that the soy industry is working on production of novel varieties of high oleic soybean oil low in saturated fat; stressed the marketing of soy as a complete protein, perfectly appropriate as the only protein source for infants, children and adults; promoted the use of «stealth health» as opposed to «muscling» in change to force dietary changes (that is, sneak soy into common food products); speculated on how to remove the allergens from soy; and figure out what to do about the fact that soy doesn't actually taste very good.

Raise your chances to get a reply from her composing a well - thought, funny, interesting letter that will tell interesting facts about you, will be long enough to keep her interest, but not a «novel» that will make her bored and sleepy.

Despite the fact there are many far better authors and novels available, she propelled erotica into the modern mainstream, making it socially acceptable to devour and chitter about publicly.

What excites Callow about the film is that people's notion of Dickens as a bearded older, stuffy Victorian writer, will be changed as in fact he was a father of four, handsome, witty and lively guy who completed the novel at age 31.

The challenges in adapting a novel about the romance between two people where one of them is dead from the outset is obvious, but the film never skirts this fact, instead embracing it and using flashbacks and Justin's memories as a recurring them to show the evolving love affair between him and Tessa.

The Buzz: It's based on Katherine Paterson's Newbery Award - winning novel, and is being made by the folks at Walden Media, who brought you «Chronicles of Narnia» — so, despite the fact that it's about magic and wonder, etc., it might actually be pretty darn good.

In fact, there's nothing «average» about Garland's near Herculean effort to adapt VanderMeer's novel, a novel many consider rightly unfilmable as written.

In We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lynne Ramsay's film of the bestselling novel by Lionel Shriver, a mother confronts the unspeakable fact that her teenage son has committed mass murder.

Most subversive about Ramin Bahrani's remarkable adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novel (previously filmed, less successfully, more than half a century ago by the French filmmaker François Truffaut) is that its oppressed state isn't dystopian but in fact a utopia that questions whether it's oppressed at all.

The following will give teachers an idea of what to expect from this resource: - Descriptive writing of characters and The Island Diary writing Comparing and contrasting characters Argumentative writing Opinion / fact Spelling Speech Research skills: - Leprosy, The Philippines, The Bible and Facts about The Author Drawing activities: - new cover, characters, map Life cycle of a butterfly Themes in the novel Writing a book review Craft: - How to make a symmetrical butterfly

In fact, they intended to only choose one or two, but received so many wonderful applications that they extended it to three students: Zoe Blatt, who creates large - scale knitted soft sculpture; Brendon Snyder, who's working on a graphic novel about the theory of Multiple Intelligences; and Azucena Verdin, who focuses on a dance performance exploring interdisciplinary learning.

In fact, similar complaints have been historically made about most children's entertainment media during the peak periods of their popularity, including video games, comic books, radio, film, and novels.

In fact, about twenty of my early novel deals were done over dinner up into the mid 1990's.

As far as other Pulitzer news, I admit that I was even more excited about the finalists for the fiction prize, because both novels are very special to me — two of my favorite reads of 2010, in fact.

Brock Cole's The Facts Speak for Themselves (1997) is a finely crafted novel about a girl whose affair with an adult suits her purposes until a murder intervenes.

The novels about the sparkly vampire and the werewolf fighting over a clueless teenager sold millions of copies despite the fact they were badly written derivative crap.

In fact: Here at BookPage, we liked the novel so much we decided to interview Hobbs for our February issue — so be on the lookout for that in about six weeks.

In fact when talking about novels I believe him to be one of the

You are making claims about self published novels that you can't support with facts other than your opinion that they are all atrocious.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

In fact, I'm blogging about a similar idea at Nail Your Novel tomorrow.

The NYT reports that demand for the novel rose on Sunday, after Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway, used the phrase «alternative facts» during a contentious interview on Meet the Press about White House press secretary Sean Spicer's first press briefing.

Winslow's riveting epic about the ongoing Mexican drug wars blends fact and fiction to tell the incredible, tragic story of the blood - drenched reign of the notorious El Chapo (Adán Barrera in the novel).

Eco Comics is the comics and graphic novels arm of Mohawk Media, which first made a splash in 2008 with a graphic novel about Mr. T; the «eco» in their name comes from the fact that they are solely digital, so no trees are killed to make their comics.

The publisher describes it as «A profound new novel about a paralyzed young man's unexplainable recovery — a stunning exploration of faith, science, mystery, and the meaning of life,» but the whole time I was reading, I couldn't decide if the account by Jonathan Miles was fact or fiction.

I co-authored the novel with the Pulitzer - Prize nominated Churchill Biographer James C. Humes and spent months reading Winston Churchill's memoirs, accounts of the events leading up to the Iron Curtain speech; composing his speech in the British embassy in Washington; facts about Soviet spies who had penetrated the embassy during the war; the relationship between Churchill and his lone bodyguard.

Facts about her family - a homesteader whose name was Bonnycastle, like the Reverend in the novel, and a grandfather who was a coal mine operator in Edmonton - appear in the novel.

I think given the fact that Placida was not forthcoming with the truth about what happened while he was gone, his reaction was not surprising considering the time and place of the novel when life was very different from the world in which we live today.The shock he must have felt when he returned was certainly understandable, although his decision to pursue prosecution was very disappointing.

My hubris in trying to write a novel set in 1845 New York was about the fact that I specifically wanted to do day one, cop one of the NYPD.

Riley has generously shared five fun facts about her latest novel:

In fact, the time was so long between finishing the novel and seeing it in print, I normally had just forgotten about the book and written another ten novels.

In fact, whenever I finish reading a novel and tell her about it, she always asks, «Was it a REAL book, dear, or one of those fake ones?»

The authors of these provocative, ripe - for - discussion novels use incisive humor as a mode for addressing complex questions about the enormous impact social media and other online phenomena have on every aspect of our lives, offering unprecedented access to and connection with the world while also blurring the distinction between facts and lies, eroding privacy, undermining trust, and impacting livelihoods.

Can't get over the basic fact of, assuming sales were either over Kindle @ $ 3.99 or that your share of hard / paperbacks was about the same, a year's income from your completed novel is about $ 1,500.

Your website is an excellent place to post reviews, information about upcoming author events, and free content for visitors (such as interesting historical facts about the period of your novel or sample chapters of upcoming releases).

They said that any similarities are a result of the fact that both novels are about Edgar Allan Poe's child bride, Virginia Clemm (via the Associated Press).

It's also a very good novel; in fact, taken among all Crichton's novels, it's one of his best, a beautifully detailed, scientifically engrossing, absolutely riveting story about the early days of paleontology.»

I think you're right about «novella,» Kris, despite the fact the «ella» should be a glaring hint that it's shorter than a novel.

It's my first novel and I was worried about the fact that it was 165,000 words long, even after massive slash and burn tactics.

Creators Writer and historian Michael Kluckner talks about his new graphic novel, Toshiko, a story about a Japanese girl in World War II Vancouver that mingles fact and fiction.

(Publisher's Weekly) We probably have a lot of misconceptions about how Google Translate works, a fact that highlighted when you try to translate a novel.