Sentences with phrase «fiction author at»

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Editor's note: Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio is an ordained Episcopal Church priest and is author of «God and Harry Potter at Yale: Teaching Faith and Fantasy Fiction in an Ivy League Classroom.»

Editor's note: Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio is an ordained Episcopal Church priest and author of «God and Harry Potter at Yale: Teaching Faith and Fantasy Fiction in an Ivy League Classroom.»

Editor's Note: Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio is an ordained Episcopal Church priest and is author of «God and Harry at Yale: Faith and Fiction in the Classroom.»

To join the Foreign Legion of the Church, no longer able to be full citizens at home within it: this seems to define what has come to be called, more on the basis of the fiction than on knowledge of the author himself, a «Graham Greene Catholic.»

Science fiction author Ray Bradbury, who turns 90 this month, says he will sometimes open one of his books late at night and cry out thanks to God.

On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction Karl Iagnemma, The Dial Press, $ 22.95 A computer technician who thinks he's found the mathematical equation for romance and a botanist who secretly yearns for the author of her field's most trusted text are two of the protagonists in a spellbinding collection of short stories from Iagnemma, a roboticist and fiction writer at MIT.

Surprisingly enough, Jack's motive for hating Christian and Ana is not that Ana became a fiction editor at a publisher and her major contributions, as seen in this film, are finding an author named «Boyce Fox» (could've sworn my accountant worked at Boyce Fox) and increasing a font size by two points.

The breathtaking, richly eloquent, and visually - poetic film - deliberately filmed at a slow pace - about space travel and the discovery of extra-terrestrial intelligence (many years before Star Wars (1977), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)-RRB-, was based on the published 1951 short story The Sentinel, written in 1948 by English science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke.

It's the kind of addled farce that lies at the heart of so much of Roth's fiction, and Perry's formal chops — he and cinematographer Sean Price Williams use 16 mm black - and - white film over cheap DV, and they favor piercing deep - focus shots over hazy, foregrounded compositions — visually approximate the careful construction of the author's language.

It's a monumental amount for any franchise to rake in, but when you look at the history of «Fifty Shades» and its author, and remember that the story she was telling was actually a fan - fiction based on the «Twilight» series of novels and films, it's incredible to see how far the series has come.

Fiction lends itself to the element of surprise, putting the viewer entirely at the mercy of the imagination and cunning of the author.

Among 8th graders, 65 percent could analyze details and draw conclusions from two reading passages — they did better at nonfiction than fiction — but just 52 percent could identify the author's main purpose in writing the piece.

Romance doesn't have a lot of conventions, unlike SFF, (or at least it didn't — it's expanding too,) so it's not surprising Romantic Times got inundated, as romance has been at the forefront of e-books, self - pub romances, small press publication, shorter fiction publications (novellas & collections,) and author - reader interaction.

Being involved in every stage of putting together a non-fiction book proposal, offering substantial editing on fiction manuscripts, and coming up with book ideas for authors looking for their next project is as much a part of the work at DGLM as selling, negotiating contracts, and collecting monies for their clients.

My friend Janice Hardy came up with the perfect solution: joining the Indie Author Series at Fiction University, where I'm writing a series digging into some of our options for indie publishing.

AD loves teaching authors the tools they need to grow and has shared her knowledge by presenting at Book Expo America and in features with The Alliance of Independent Authors, The Creative Penn, The Author Biz, and The Crime Fiction Collauthors the tools they need to grow and has shared her knowledge by presenting at Book Expo America and in features with The Alliance of Independent Authors, The Creative Penn, The Author Biz, and The Crime Fiction CollAuthors, The Creative Penn, The Author Biz, and The Crime Fiction Collective.

So, let's look at six elements any author (fiction and non-fiction) can use to send successful emails on a regular basis.

That's Max Emmett's father, the author Jonathan Emmett in Nottingham, describing his first encounters with the problem that has led him to look extensively at the UK's children's picture - book and children's and teen's fiction markets.

She teaches fiction writing at GrubStreet in Boston and facilitates their program for soon - to - be published authors called Launch Lab.

Lisa works with dozens of authors in the US, Canada, Australia and The Netherlands, teaches advanced editing and fiction writing techniques at conferences world - wide, and is the founder of the Lisa Rector Scholarship for Young Writers.

They don't look and they don't care (which is why, as I glance at the top selling books on Amazon in science fiction right now, self - published authors dominate.

Take inspiration from examples of authors who have taught writing courses including Toni Morrison, Junot Diaz, Salman Rushdie, the late Maya Angelou and countless more nonfiction or fiction authors teaching workshops and seminars, online and at colleges and workshops.

Whether you're heading to the beach, cooling off in the mountains or simply relaxing at home, add one of these recommendations to your summer reading list.A MASTER OF APPALACHIAN FICTION Author Sharyn McCrumb has forged a successful career by...

It will ACCEPT anything, though most amateur fan - fiction is better, because at least those authors are trying and fanatically loyal to their subject matter.

The prize identifies, and puts at the forefront of the competitive publishing industry, exceptional books written by first - time authors from three categories: Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction (this year Speculative Fiction; a different genre is showcased each year), and Non-Fiction.

Here is Richard North Patterson at his compelling best, confirming his place as our most provocative author of popular fiction.

No author in his right mind would advocate stealing ebook titles except one who is already established and wealthy and could clearly care less about his work being stolen at this stage in his career... and no clear - thinking person could believe that the field has been leveled for creators of short fiction versus longer fiction ebooks by the «pay per page» standard when you include short illustrated works.

So at the very least, beta readers were always center stage in that arena, whereas I often come across original fiction authors who have never heard the term.

We announced the eight selected authors for the Fiction Uncovered 2013, with Chair Louise Doughty reminding us, ``... just how varied, wide - ranging and fascinating British fiction is at the moment.Fiction Uncovered 2013, with Chair Louise Doughty reminding us, ``... just how varied, wide - ranging and fascinating British fiction is at the moment.fiction is at the moment.»

Six - session Fiction Mentoring Clinic taught at the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference, Mount Hermon, CA, March / April 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 8 - 12 authors in attendance

The authors attending (or at least their books were attending) were: Tamela J Ritter Stuart Jaffe — fantasy (urban, paranormal, not so much epic) C.J. Brightley Angela Stevens Megan Whitson Lee Karoline Fritz Heather Gray — Christian romance Elizabeth Maddrey — Christian romance and women's fiction Claudia Lefeve Kristin Anderson Nick Kelly — cowriting a fantasy series with his wife Stacia Dr. Stacia Kelly Michael J. Sullivan Robin Sullivan --(Michael's wife) She was on the self - publishing panel with Stuart, Kristin Anderson, and me.

Henry Jenkins, Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts, USC Annenberg in conversation with Futurist at Intel Corporation, Brian David Johnson and Cory Doctorow, Science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger.

Especially as a fiction author, I think (again, at least for now) this is still a super important piece.

It is aimed primarily at fiction authors.

May the Wind be always at your back, Charlee Cömpo, author of dark fantasy fiction http://www.windlegends.com

Mark specializes in books with bestseller or high commercial potential, and he works with authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, children's books) around the world, at all stages of development.

This thriller is set in the Christian history that most are familiar with, but takes a new look at it through the author's creative and intriguing fiction that is woven throughout the story.»

Building Author Platform By Pitching Yourself to the Media by Nina Amir at Write Non Fiction Now.

-LSB-...] a successfully self - published science - fiction author whose work is open to Kindle Worlds, was approached by someone at Amazon to write something for «The World of Kurt Vonnegut.»

A recent article in The Guardian by We Need to Talk about Kevin author, Lionel Shriver (who I was lucky enough to meet at a literary festival a few years ago) rightly said: «If all modern literature comes to toe the same goody - goody line, fiction is bound to grow timid, homogeneous, and dreary.»

So if you're at an author event, the ACFW conference, the Christian Fiction Reader's retreat, or any other reader place I might frequent, be sure to introduce yourself.

Mark Malatesta specializes in books with bestseller or high commercial potential, and he works with authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, children's books) around the world, at all stages of development.

I know that these are small niches at Amazon, yet a lot of authors have become very rich from historical fiction, not least Hilary Mantel who won the Booker twice by writing in that genre.

At the Opening Night, Booker Prize - winning poet and author Ben Okri and Arabic science - fiction author Noura Al Noman addressed the 500 - strong crowd of international authors, local dignitaries and supporters.

Next Level Fiction Writing Workshop with award - winning author James Scott Bell, held at the Courtyard Marriott Silicon Valley in Newark, CA, Friday June 28th - Sunday 30th 2013.

Mark Malatesta is the founder of The Bestselling Author ™ helping authors of all book genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books), around the world, at all stages of development, to write, publish, and market their books.

I am glad that you included at least a few fiction authors.

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.

Simon is a senior agent at Writers House, where he represents a wide range of authors in literary and commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction and young adult fiction.

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