Sentences with phrase «few authors of fiction»

Quite a few authors of fiction, tired of wallowing in slush waiting to be rejected by 21 year old intern, are Indie publishing.

Not exact matches

Breakfast Serials Serve Up Fiction Fun Concerned that fewer and fewer Americans are reading for pleasure, Avi, a Newbery Award - winning author, founded Breakfast Serials, a re-incarnation of the serialized newspaper novel.

While my own ties in the romance community have drawn a few romance authors, we are accepting submissions from all areas of adult genre fiction.

Although there are thousands of books that address lofty topics like creativity, plot outlines, and the craft of different types of writing, there are relatively few books devoted to helping authors create a system of time management habits and practices to write their books — regardless of the types of fiction or nonfiction book you want to write.

Omniscient POV is one of the most difficult things to do well in your fiction writing, and only a rare few authors accomplish it.

Last year, in 2013, I've made the ranks of the Top 100 Best Seller Authors in Science Fiction a few times and I've been contacted by two Independent publishing houses to feature my work.

On the 22nd of June, Once Humans became available for purchasing and more than 750 readers bought the novel at its full price of $ 4.99 during the first month, and I stayed for a few months in the Top Best Sellers 100 Science Fiction Authors in Amazon.

A few of our Lachesis Publishing authors currently write for the thepopculturedivas — including Alison E. Bruce (soon to be releasing a romantic suspense with us) and Christine Mazurk who is the author of the women's fiction Passion's Race and the novella Identity in the women's fiction / romance Sisters of Spirit.

As an indie author of nine titles, a mix of fiction and nonfiction, and as one who has shepherded more than thirty other books to publication, I've been around the block a few times.

YA fiction has captured the heart of the public in the last few years — what is it about the YA fantasy genre that really appeals to you as an author?

There are few writers as prolific as T.C. Boyle who consistently produce such high - quality and varied work — he is the author of 24 books of fiction and has been the recipient of several literary awards, including the PEN / Faulkner — so it's both unsurprising and exciting to receive news of upcoming novels.

Very few purely literary novels sell — and most of those are by authors who have published scores of exquisitely crafted short fiction pieces in prestigious journals and / or have endowed chairs at major universities.

They may inspire you to make the most of short fiction; few authors do, so there's a real opportunity here.

While several of the authors on this list write in various genres — from romantic comedies to literary fiction — Hutchins is one of the few who also has non-fiction titles to her credit.

A few of their authors have turned into celebrities and have their fan - fiction and narratives optioned for movies.

The authors mentioned in Fringe Fiction won't be household names and their books aren't New York Times bestsellers but each of them have fans, a few of them followings and all could use extra word - of - mouth.

At a gala ceremony in New York City, the 67th National Book Awards gathered many of literature's leading lights in celebration of just a few authors: Colson Whitehead, who won in the fiction category; Ibram X. Kendi, in nonfiction; Daniel Borzutzky, in poetry; and Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell in young people's literature.

It was the first work of fiction by the author, who died a few months before her book became such a literary sensation.

In my experience, it seems that continuity errors in fiction writing are most likely to occur when the author revises sections in separate chunks, when the author puts aside the novel for a few days and then returns to it again, and when the wires of the author and developmental editor cross while making content changes.

If you haven't been following along, my series about Indie Publishing Paths at Fiction University has highlighted some of the choices we have to make as self - published authors and also given us a few guidelines.

A few months later, I was back at the same venue listening to another NYT bestselling author, this time of a more literary style of fiction.

That was in 2012, and although I have continued with a few nonfiction clients, I spend most of my time editing fiction for publishers and self - publishing authors.

Just a few of my observations on self - published fiction authors and internet forums and blogs..»

Expected to surpass a million books in print in 2012 after less than four years as an author, novelist Beth Wiseman is one of the fastest growing new Christian fiction author brands of the past few years.

The fiction sections consist mainly of more prominent authors» backlists with few or no midlist authors, and vast quantities of large - format hardbacks.

If they published textbooks or travelogues it wouldn't have stopped me, but they publish fiction in some of the same genres I write in, including a few by some of my favorite authors.

An interesting mix of emerging authors: predominantly YA and sci - fi, but have been thrilled to meet a few literary fiction writers as well.

My series about Indie Publishing Paths at Fiction University has highlighted some of the choices we have to make as self - published authors and also given us a few guidelines.

If a fiction model were devised for libraries, it would most likely follow the cartel bundling model: pay X amount of $ a year, get all the ebook versions of the bestsellers from Publishing House Y. Add a few extra 000s to that subscription price and they'll throw in their back catalog of midlist authors.

People often say it's harder to market fiction... I've found it to be easier, because there is so much less competition (there are tons of books, but very few authors are using the strategies I use to get visibility and reach new readers).

Few authors of literary fiction achieve a lot of success by going the indie publishing route, but Chan is one of those fFew authors of literary fiction achieve a lot of success by going the indie publishing route, but Chan is one of those fewfew.

Very few traditionally - published authors make their living solely on the basis of what they publish, at least initially (and this is especially true of fiction writers, many of whom write their first novels while working as teachers, lawyers, or other professionals).

Annelie Wendeberg is an award - winning author of historical and climate fiction, and has been using AMS ads on three of her books in the past few months: The Devil's Grin (Victorian mystery / thriller), Keeper of Pleas (Victorian mystery / police procedural), and 1/2986 (Climate Fiction / Hard Science Fifiction, and has been using AMS ads on three of her books in the past few months: The Devil's Grin (Victorian mystery / thriller), Keeper of Pleas (Victorian mystery / police procedural), and 1/2986 (Climate Fiction / Hard Science FiFiction / Hard Science FictionFiction).

But then you say «You will find plenty of authors with a few fiction or non-fiction books on social media.

With margins low, distribution costs rocketing, limited or no marketing budgets for all but the top 15 percent of titles, and little major media interest in all but the biggest authors, book sales drop a little more each year and fewer and fewer authors can live off their fiction efforts.»

Part of the work I do for authors is exactly this research: Which few publishers (nonfiction) or literary agents (fiction) are the right ones for this proposal or manuscript?

The mini industry of publishing short books to profit from the KU flat rate after just a few pages were read has been hammered by the move while many other authors with longer books (mainly genre fiction) seem pleasantly surprised by the new deal.

Roger Avary - co-writer of Pulp Fiction, director of Killing Zoe and author of the screenplay for the Silent Hill movie - has revealed a few more details of what we can expect from the film, including news that it'll be «oestrogen - filled.»