Sentences with phrase «fiction author there»

Whether you are a non-fiction or fiction author there are lots of possibilities out there but you must know your niche.

Not exact matches

«There was a clear pattern in the findings - the more literary fiction authors that participants recognized, the better they tended to perform on the emotional recognition test, and this association held even after statistically accounting for the influence of other factors that might be connected to both emotion skills and reading more literary fiction, such as past educational attainment, gender and age,» reports the British Psychological Society Research Digest blog, summing up the results.

There is a common tendency among readers to project all of the events and ideas that are contained in a work of fiction upon its author.

I think James Gunn, the author of the 1972 science fiction novel «The Listeners» about radio astronomy and the search for other life in the universe, said it well: «It may be that there is no one out there or if there is someone out there he will never speak to us or we to him, but our listening is an act of faith akin to living itself.

Don't get me wrong: the idea of someone performing copycat murders based on an author's work of fiction has potential (even if it's been done before, most recently in the pilot for the TV drama «Castle»), but there's nothing in the trailer that suggests the film will be anything other than a generic whodunit.

There is a line in «Rebel In The Rye» where famous author, J.D. Salinger declares that fiction is «More truthful than reality.»

There is a line in «Rebel In The Rye» where famous author, J.D. Salinger declares that fiction is «More truthful...

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

From there, it's only a matter of time before an independent author blows the top off of the science fiction or fantasy markets and does it without the help of a major house.

You've probably heard book marketing gurus say marketing your book should start before you've finished and published it; and whether you're a fiction or non-fiction author, there are a couple of ways you can use audio as part of your marketing strategy, including it in your media kit when you want to promote your book and boost visibility.

I think some of the most successful blogs that I see from authors are usually multi-contributor blogs, where you see like five or six thriller authors or romance authors or science fiction authors get together, and that helps reduce a little bit of the burden and the pressure because you're trading off blogging responsibilities, but you're also bringing together all of the different audiences you have, and there's a lot of good cross-pollination there.

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.

In fact, in the high peak of science fiction magazines, there were often only one or two writers per issue, even though the magazine showed six or seven authors.

It does not matter if you are a fiction or non fiction writer, thrill or adventure writer, using the right tools to get your name out there, information about your content, and future books, is something all authors should do.

Speaking of hearts, there's one last reward of reviewing that I'd like to mention: that as an author myself, I know how heartwarming it is to receive an enthusiastic review for my own work, and the arrival of not one but two glowing reviews for my latest book, the collection of very short stories (aka flash fiction) has made my week already — and it's still only Tuesday.

When the Hugo Awards were revived two years later, there was more emphasis on fiction, the awards for cover artist and interior illustrator were combined into a single award for Professional Artist, and the awards for fact articles, new author and fan personality were dropped entirely.

There are different requirements for fiction and nonfiction authors trying to find a book agent (see below):

Facebook and Twitter have strong book communities, especially with women, so your time might be better spent there if you're a fiction author or a nonfiction author marketing to women book lovers.

I went there to hang out with some bestselling science fiction and fantasy authors to soak up their best advice about the business of writing.

Generally, fiction outsells non-fiction so the chances of a non-fiction author breaking into the top 10 and staying there are remote.

There are some really good books out there to help an author self - edit, and one of the best ones is Self - Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into PThere are some really good books out there to help an author self - edit, and one of the best ones is Self - Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Pthere to help an author self - edit, and one of the best ones is Self - Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print.

To understand the industry and manage your career, there's Closing the Deal on Your Terms by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Everyday Novelist: Business 101 by Daniel Sawyer, From Dreamer to Doer by Jude Wilhoff, Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing by Dean Wesley Smith, Write It Forward: From Writer to Successful Author by Bob Mayer, Pros and Cons by Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett, and The Science Fiction Professional by Mike Resnick.

Obviously there are a great many readers who read self - published fiction; otherwise the authors I personally know who are self - publishing would not be enjoying the levels of success they are enjoying.

From thrilling mysteries to insightful memoirs, literary reads to far - out science fiction, there's plenty of new books by bestselling authors for you to enjoy.

I know that there are lists of questions people ask the author and I know this from the experience I've had in promoting my friend's fiction novel Connor Gibbons in «The Chosen One».

As a bonus, we have Rebecca Senese's ten - story science fiction collection Tales of Possibilities; Thomas K. Carpenter's Revolutionary Magic, a historical fantasy and the first in the Dashkova Memoirs; Annie Reed's A Death in Cumberland, a moody police procedural; Nebula Award finalist Cat Rambo's Neither Here Nor There, a double collection of alt - world and real world fantasy stories; and last but not least, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith's The Slots of Saturn, the origin story for his fan - favorite superhero Poker Boy.

There are times when it will behoove a fiction author to release multiple books in the same launch, especially if they're part of a well - designed and well - marketed series.

There's a great discussion about Tyler's digital magazine, with an awesome business suggestion for fiction authors.

I love keeping up with other publishing professionals on Twitter, and I want to help the crowd of aspiring authors (both fiction and nonfiction) that hangs out there.

«We know there are writers out there producing wonderful novels and memoirs, and we know there are readers of literary fiction and non-fiction who would welcome guidance through the digital labyrinth,» stated author Clare Smith in a press release on the launch of Blackfriars.

From the author of the «big - hearted... inspiring» (Vogue) New York Times bestseller Kabul Beauty School comes a fiction debut as compelling as real life: the story of a remarkable coffee shop in the heart of Kabul and the women who meet there - each with a story and a secret that will lead them all to an extraordinary friendship.

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.

As a fiction author, you know by now that there is MASSIVE POWER in writing book series.

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

I also updated the print files for all my other fiction books with the name changes as part of the series in the back matter and took the opportunity to update my Author Bio and other small things while I was there.

Selling Middle Grade fiction as an indie author doesn't necessarily make you rich (no surprise there)-- I think these sales numbers are probably pale compared to romance, for instance.

Now, how many more like me are out there, readers who enjoy science fiction but aren't willing to take a chance on new authors because of the price of their books?

JK: For fiction authors, there's never been a better time to self - publish.

Marcy Kennedy is a science fiction and fantasy author who believes there's always hope.

There's magic for both fiction and nonfiction authors in Barbara Aberchrombie's new A Year of Writing Dangerously — an exceptional example of writing, design, and quality book production from New World Library.

With book descriptions for works of fiction, there's a fine line an author must walk and I can't stress that enough.

She's glad that she returned to the familiar medium of fiction (she's the author of one previous novel, The Art of Seeing, 2002 and many short stories) because she says there are so many wonderful memoirs written by parents already - two of her favorites are Beth Kephardt's The Slant of Sun and Pat Stacey's The Boy Who Loved Windows.

If there were a literary recipe for bestselling author Lauren Willig's novel The English Wife, it would include blending equal parts historical fiction and British murder mystery, a dash of «Downton Abbey» and a pinch of Edith Wharton's Gilded Age.

If you are a self - published author who writes Christian fiction there are no definitive outlets that specialize in promotion and marketing.

There are not many fiction authors I love more than Lorrie Moore, but her latest offering is an unexpected collection of nonfiction essays and criticism that have appeared in an array of publications over the past three decades.

Totally ignore it if you're not a genre fiction author; there's precious little evidence or thinking in it that applies to you.

And then there's EL James, whose stuff - of - dreams rise from self - published writer of fan fiction to multimillionaire bestselling author earned her pole position on Forbes's list of the year's highest - earning authors.

Entry is open to Australian and New Zealand authors, and there are two categories for the 2016 prize: fiction, and children's picture books.

In a track based in craft - oriented material — probably the most applicable of all material to authors of all publishing paths — there's essayist Aine Greaney on making revisions; Jeffrey Somers on «pantsing,» and plotting in fiction; and Reed Farrel Coleman on description and setting and when they can overpower the rest.

There are tremendous opportunities for fiction authors on Kindle because they are so popular and a quick - impulse - buy.