If you're familiar with «The Secret», positive thinking, goal setting, visualization, affirmation or any other of those success - techniques that are based on creating and manifesting your perfect universe (the one where you're a rich,
famous author living on a beach and drinking margaritas), then you've probably tried to «visualize» your book sales.
Not exact matches
It's a celebration of the
life and works of James Joyce, who is Ireland's most
famous author, and who wrote the epic novel «Ulysses.»
The most
famous one is perhaps Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch, where the
author relates Arsenal's success and failures to his own personal
life.
Henry David Thoreau, an American
author became
famous for known for «Walden», a reflection upon simple
living in natural surroundings.
Lead
author Alberto Adriani of Italy's National Institute for Astrophysics told Seeker that he suspects the cyclones could be as long -
lived as Jupiter's other
famous storms, such as the Great Red Spot.
When I start to lament my
life or the fact that I have no idea how I am going to finish this book or I start to compare myself to other
authors I think of Cher delivering the
famous slap and line in the movie Moonstruck, «Snap Out Of It!»
A fan of the
famous 19th century
author believes many of Austen's lessons on love, found in her
famous tomes such as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and I'm not just referring to the countless iconic celebrities we lost, but the
lives of people lost during so many, many terrorist attacks as well.
The
life of the author of The Little Mermaid is told, with reenactments of some of his other famous stories, in the film Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy T
life of the
author of The Little Mermaid is told, with reenactments of some of his other
famous stories, in the film Hans Christian Andersen: My
Life as a Fairy T
Life as a Fairy Tale.
Another
famous, female
author has also had her
life and works made into film.
But instead of retelling a fanciful version of Andersen's
life as an
author, the movie - musical will see Andersen trapped in his own imagination, figuratively imprisoned in the worlds of his most
famous fairytales.
However, when a brutal serial killer begins to dispatch victims, by recreating
famous murders from Poe's published stories, including «The Murders in the Rue Morgue» as well as «The Pit and the Pendulum,» the
author is thrown into a malicious battle of wits — with
life and death hanging in the balance.
Self - released by Yari Film Group, which produced the feature that takes a look at the
famous author's
life when he
lived in Cuba at the looming of revolution.
It's not that things have come easily to the famously prolific and scattershot actor, director,
author, student, teacher, Oscar co-host, and now four - time Saturday Night
Live host — it wouldn't be the worst thing if more
famous actors put their talents into film adaptations of their favorite books.
He's an auteur with a delectably skewed vision of the world, so Maps to the Stars, written by cult
author Bruce Wagner, seems a perfect match: An unrelenting showbiz satire, it follows the
famous Weiss family, a clan of corrupted, mentally unstable Hollywood types, and their strange, fucked up
lives.
Denmark's most
famous author titled his autobiography The Fairy Tale of my
Life.
Famous authors Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, or expatriate Americans
living in France in the 1920s and 1930s such as Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Oscar Wilde... they all hung out with fellow
author friends and gained inspiration (and companionship) from each other.
Although they may learn more about history if they read a biography about George Washington (and I do have these types of reading assignments during the school year), I have found that during their free time, my students love reading about the
lives of people that they know about from TV, movies, music, sports, and
famous authors.
In the October 2017 issue of The Automobile... Douglas Blain describes his rôle in discovering an experimental Bentley coupé body long thought lost, while James Fack tells the story of its design and development in the 1930s in The Aero Bentley / For this months Auto - biography, Matthew Bell visits a converted Victorian gasworks in mid-Sussex to meet the larger - than -
life author, windmill expert and passionate Vintage car owner Rodney de Little / In Sprint Speciale, Richard Sutton tells the story of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS and its brilliant stylist Franco Scaglione / Mick Walsh chooses his favourites from Pebble Beach, the
famous concours d'elegance on the Monterey peninsula / Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges explores the pioneering work of Dutch engineer Alexander Holle, which may have inspired Vittorio Jano's greatest Grand Prix car design in Alfa Romeo and the 4wd Holle / An offshoot of Arrol - Johnston, the Galloway was designed with the woman motorist in mind.
Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the most
famous authors in English literature, but I can find no record that he sold a single book, let alone made a
living doing so.
Peter Mayle (born June 14, 1939 in Brighton) was a British
author famous for his series of books detailing
life in Provence, France.
Many of the best poets,
authors, and
famous people throughout the ages have given us quotes about
life and how they perceived it.
In 2013, a group of librarians in northern Illinois teamed up to create «Soon To Be
Famous: The Illinois
Author Project» to demonstrate how important self - published books can be in the
lives of readers.
A
famous author receives a mysterious letter from a man who is a struggling writer but also turns out to be a taxidermist, an eccentric and fascinating character who does not kill animals but preserves them as they
lived, with skill and dedication — among them a howler monkey named Virgil and a donkey named Beatrice.
Over the years I've visited dozens of
author houses and I often feel my pulse race and my skin prickle at the sensation of inhabiting the three - dimensional world where
famous writers once
lived, loved, wrote and found inspiration.
Working her way semi-chronologically through each
author's
life, Laing does her best to parse what is true to
life and what is construct, both in their most
famous works and in their personal journals.
As Tiptree, Sheldon cultivated a rich and prolific letter - writing
life, developing long - term relationships with many
famous authors and intellectuals, including the science fiction writers Philip K Dick and Ursula Le Guin.
Even though everyone wants to be
famous, the truth is that only about 3 % of
authors actually are well - known enough to make a
living on their writing alone.
I'm not sure it's very well known that some of our most
famous and successful
authors started very late in
life.
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Flatiron • January 30 Seventeen - year - old Alice has always
lived in the shadow of her
famous grandmother — the
author of a book of creepy fairy tales called Tales from the Hinterland.
Using interviews, blueprints, and accessible narrative, the
author explains the workings of the autistic brain while introducing the
life of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman
famous for her animal rights advocacy.
It's where the
author lives and, has been the home of a number of
famous people; it is the birthplace of the Christian
author and philosopher C. S. Lewis; John Wood Dunlop invented the pneumatic tire in Belfast, and James Murray invented Milk of Magnesia there.
However, he eventually discovered that the most helpful gurus aren't necessarily bestselling self - help
authors, world -
famous keynote speakers, or
famous workshop leaders — they're unassuming gurus that everyone encounters on their journey through
life.
Perhaps they are
famous or more visible due to positioning of the book or the
author through organic means like their
author platform online (on various social media platforms, blogging, webinars, etc.) or at
live events through speaking or by offering workshops.
C. S. Lakin presents Words of Advice from
Famous Authors That Are Just Wrong posted at Live Write Thrive, saying, «Writers are wont to take advice to heart, especially if such pithy advice comes from a famous a
Famous Authors That Are Just Wrong posted at
Live Write Thrive, saying, «Writers are wont to take advice to heart, especially if such pithy advice comes from a
famous a
famous author.
For the first time ever, anyone can access the words and
lives of even some of the world's most
famous authors.
The event will also feature a book launch, sale, and signing from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. by
author Sandy Robins and photographer Paul Smulson in celebration of their new book, Making the Most of All Nine
Lives: The Extraordinary
Life of Buffy the Cat (Triumph Books), a series of adorable photographs and captions detailing the life of the famous feline, Bu
Life of Buffy the Cat (Triumph Books), a series of adorable photographs and captions detailing the
life of the famous feline, Bu
life of the
famous feline, Buffy.
Leaping into real
life from the pages of the Newbury Medal - winning
author's beloved series of books, visitors come face to face with the
famous fictional characters Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Henry's canine companion, Ribsy, which were formed by sculptor Lee Hunt.
This is the home where
famous Costa Rican
author, Anacristina Rossi,
lived for nearly 15 years and wrote stories about the
life and beauty of the Caribbean coast.
Hugh MacLeod, best selling
author, blogger and
famous for «cartoons drawn on the back of business cards» has grown his reputation in the Internet and corporate worlds by being wickedly insightful and brutally honest about today's world: In business,
life and love.
Before establishing himself as a world -
famous author and filmmaker, Michael Crichton began his professional
life as a doctor and scientist.
The new collection comprises nine wallpaper designs, all named after
famous American
authors who
lived and wrote in the vicinity of New England.