Sentences with phrase «few writer friends»

I've talked to a few writer friends about this recently, and the answers range from «because I thought I was going to make money» to «because it's a stress reliever» to «because it's all I've ever wanted to do.»

I get feedback from a few writer friends, which is immensely helpful, but I don't think that's a replacement for professional editing.

I've had a few writer friends who when through personal losses that threw their writing careers off the rails.

Not exact matches

For decades it was dismissed as the desperate refuge of authors rejected by publishing houses, wannabes who paid a fee to a musty vanity press that would dutifully typeset their words and transform them into a few boxes of books that the «writers» could hand out to their friends.

My friend didn't spill the beans on any specifics, but perhaps that explains why so many Christian songs sound like they maybe started out as a run - of - the - mill love song before the writer realized that by adding a few references to Heaven, this could work as a pretty decent worship song.

Writer - director Holofcenter (Lovely & Amazing, Walking and Talking) continues her fine work making womancentric films with Friends with Money, a few weeks in the travails of four women at a crossroads in their lives, relationships, and careers.

So what does this mean to you as a writer who wants to get published and wants to sell more than a few dozen copies of your book to family and friends?

According to Writer Beware statistics, most POD runs sell fewer than 200 copies to «pocket» markets — friends and family of the author.

I cringe when friends and family ask «how's the writing going», as if I should be just a few paragraphs away from writing a book that makes a million dollars and only then will my career of «stay at home writer» be justified.

I've engaged a few of my writer friends in the early stages of a science - fiction / fantasy platform that could end up thriving as a subscription model.

If you believe the blog is worth sharing, would you take a few seconds to let your writer friends know about it?

So now that I am going into an area I know and understand completely, I have been warned by a few friends to keep this pretty basic and simple and not talk over the heads of writers who would have no idea what I am talking about.

But while most of my writer & reader friends tend to have read a fair few classics, they're not literary types.

«Unlike myself, my old friend Derek Haines (and a few other writers I know) constantly hop in and out of bed with whichever publisher they decide is the flavour of the month at the time, only to cast them aside later like an ex lover, when they decide they hate them for some reason or other.

From the article: «Unlike myself, my old friend Derek Haines (and a few other writers I know) constantly hop in and out of bed with whichever -LSB-...]

From an inauspicious beginning in 2001 around a kitchen table, a few friends took the concept of «Writers Helping Writers,» and then, as Doug Houck, editor of the Florida Writers Association's first history book writes, ``... plunged boldly into the formidable task of organizing.»

Time for an indie writer to layout a book, do their own cover, look at copyedits from a hired copyeditor or friend... Ten hours to a few days.

But then the opportunity to meet with a few fellow Phoenix authors in person appeared; first was with Joanna Meyer, a newly - agented writer, Marissa Fuller, a longtime friend from Twitter, and finally, Amy K. Nichols, traditionally published and an author invited to Phoenix Comicon 2015 (her debut, «While You Were Here,» is fantastic).

The pros will continue to put up quality work, with great covers and enticing back cover blurbs and well edited sampling so that readers will find new authors the same as they always have; having heard about an author from a friend or seeing them mention in a blopg or on a writers site or panel, maybe an online review, They'll «pick up» the book that looks attractive and interesting, check out the description and maybe reading the first few pages.

, but writer - friend Heather Sutherlin had a few more questions...... so, this post is for you, Heather!

These words from my favourite writer, Maya Angelou, came to mind as I've gotten to know Aimee more over the past few days, we need more like her and her friends...

But then the writers make a few more terrible jokes, including one scene where Bryce checks out Arcadia's lingerie in her apartment, that start to drag poor Bryce back into the realms of being unlikable, and that leaves me at a bit of an impasse: I could argue that Bryce is perhaps an interesting study on human nature, questioning what someone would actually become after 500 - years of watching friends and family die around them without being able to die themselves, always having to live on the outer fringes of society.

But after a few discussions with friends and family and the team, a week or so later I changed my mind and became Creative Director, Lead Level Designer and Writer for the game.

A few of the talking heads in Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict offer their observations with an air of insufferable pomposity (guiltiest party: art critic John Richardson), but they are outnumbered by writers, critics, family, and friends who speak of Guggenheim with affection and authority.

As for this writer, I have been using Oneway for a few weeks now and — like so many others — the only reason I have even kept a Facebook account is to stay in touch with friends and family.