Sentences with phrase «fiction writer living»

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What I found, in addition to more wonderful reading, was a writer who had lived in many of the worlds evoked by his fiction.

She works as a freelance writer by day, poet and fiction writer by whenever life gives her a few free moments.

Writers of science fiction have field days imagining how universes with stronger and weaker forces of gravity or different ratios of weights of protons and neutrons could lead to forms of intelligent life.

But it was customary to pay a penny a word, half a cent a word, and so science fiction writers, in order to make a living, had to go extremely fast.

I run the online shops Elephantine and Mignon, am a fiction writer, and live in Seattle with my husband and two cats.

Many science - fiction writers have proposed life - forms that use alternate elemental building blocks, often silicon instead of carbon, but this marks the first known case in a real organism.

«Tau Ceti has been a popular destination for science fiction writers and everyone's imagination as somewhere there could possibly be life, but even though life around Tau Ceti may be unlikely, it should not be seen as a letdown, but should invigorate our minds to consider what exotic planets likely orbit the star, and the new and unusual planets that may exist in this vast universe,» says Pagano.

Science fiction writer and proto - astrobiologist Arthur C. Clarke famously wrote decades ago that the first life found beyond Earth would most likely be in the oceans of Europa.

Lucia, a writer of children's books, dips in and out of fiction in her own life, the line blurring so often that it's hard to tell what's real and what's fantasy in Lucia, Lucia.

The world of Wakanda, a fictional African nation that is the world's most technologically advanced but also quite possibly the world's most secretive, is a bright, gleaming utopia for its citizens, who live in a society where easy access to the metal vibranium means the kind of post-scarcity society that science fiction writers have been dreaming about for decades.

It has been argued that Jackson's performances in Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown served to sanction his writer - director's fetishizing of certain stereotypes pertaining to African - American movie characters — and also his co-opting of subcultural postures and attitudes well beyond his real - life experiences (if not, it goes without saying, his VHS collection).

Among those titles, writer - director Tamara Jenkins returned after an 11 - year absence and 2007's The Savages to unleash the well - received infertility comedy Private Life, while docmaker Jennifer Fox turned heads with her first fiction foray, The Tale, a brave dramatization of her own belated discovery of sexual abuse.

These days he earns his living as a content writer for a web design company and dabbles in fiction writing, amateur video editing, and screenwriting on the side.

Director Doug Liman, and Writer Gary Spinelli come out swinging with this stylish look - back on the late 70's and early 80's proving that sometimes life is stranger than fiction and that Tom Cruise, when given well crafted material, is still a solid actor of bravdic male characters.

Now, 45 years later, the Fiction Factory documentary COP STORIES: THE MAKING OF RICHARD FLEISCHER»S THE NEW CENTURIONS, featuring new filmed interviews with writer Joseph Wambaugh, star Stacy Keach, technical advisor Richard E. Kalk (Wambaugh's real - life LAPD partner) and assistant cameraman Ronald Vidor, chronicles the production of that landmark film in all its stages from script to screen.

Nick Cave and directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard talk about making the new fact - meets - fiction film 20,000 Days On Earth, a fictitious day in the life of writer and rock star Nick Cave.

«I think it was [science fiction writer Robert] Heinlein who said that in living life, one should «take big bites.

As the first Artist in Residence at the American School in Japan, Alan spent six weeks teaching historical fiction - writing to middle school students in Tokyo, and he was the Thurber House Children's Writer in Residence in 2011, living and writing in James Thurber's attic for a month.

Established Professional Fellowships of $ 6,000 each and Emerging Artist Fellowships of $ 3,000 each are given annually to Delaware poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who have lived in Delaware for at least one year prior to application and who are not enrolled in a degree - granting program.

Rosemary McCracken is a fiction writer and freelance journalist who lives in Toronto, Canada.

Here's what they have to say: What it's about: The story follows the life of an acclaimed young writer, Joan Ashby, as she falls in love, marries and raises two sons - all the while struggling to find a space in her busy life for her passion: writing fiction (Nancy L).

Kwei Quartey is a crime fiction writer and physician living in Pasadena, California.

Partial Bibliography Tickets for a Prayer Wheel (1974, poems) Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974, nonfiction narrative) Holy the Firm (1977, nonfiction narrative) Living by Fiction (1982, non-fiction narrative) Teaching a Stone to Talk (1982, narrative essays) Encounters with Chinese Writers (1984, nonfiction narrative) An American Childhood (1987, memoir) The Writing Life (1989, non-fiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems) For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The AbundanceFiction (1982, non-fiction narrative) Teaching a Stone to Talk (1982, narrative essays) Encounters with Chinese Writers (1984, nonfiction narrative) An American Childhood (1987, memoir) The Writing Life (1989, non-fiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems) For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundancefiction narrative) Teaching a Stone to Talk (1982, narrative essays) Encounters with Chinese Writers (1984, nonfiction narrative) An American Childhood (1987, memoir) The Writing Life (1989, non-fiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems) For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundancefiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems) For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundancefiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundancefiction) The Abundance (2016)

When so many fiction writers crowd their stories and novels with hundreds of characters and thousands of extraneous details, it's calming to settle into Lynch's rich, tightly focused narratives... The old and the new, the living and the dead: this collection of short stories is a trove of carefully observed lives.

After Bryan announced his new podcast, The Split: A YA Book Review Podcast for Readers and Writers, and Jim discussed Author Marketing Live, they took on tips related to writing louder books, increasing the KDP preview selection, and Miranda July's collectable fiction idea.

Unfortunately, writers of short fiction (and fiction in general) have rarely been able to make a living at it.

I've been a nonfiction writer and editor for pretty much my whole working life, and I dove headfirst into fiction six years ago.

It was at a time in Hawkins» life that she says she was «very bad at following things through» and didn't have a lot of confidence in herself as a fiction writer.

CLAYTON MEMORIAL MEDICAL FUND c / o OSFCI P.O. Box 5703 Portland, Oregon 97228 The fund helps professional science fiction and fantasy writers living in the Northwest states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska deal with the financial burden of illness.

Especially if the writer hopes to make a living with his fiction on either the indie or traditional road (or both roads).

Sales are great, press releases, interviews, live radio guest appearances are exciting, climbing the ranks and entering the Top 100 Best Selling Authors in Science Fiction multiple times is exhilarating, but nothing beats the support from readers and friends, and fellow writers who share this thrill with me.

For fiction writers, readers may be looking for a writer who has some kind of life experience that led to the writing of the book.

She currently lives in New York City where she teaches fiction and works as a freelance writer.

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.

Just when we thought we were over post-apocalyptic fiction, Canadian writer Emily St. John Mandel breathes fresh life into the genre with this suspenseful and intelligent story.

The next update of my massive — and getting even bigger --» Resources for Fiction Writers» page is now live, and it's right HERE!

Yet, there is so much even fiction writers can share via a blog (how they create characters, do their research, write; facts about their novel's location, food, climate, famous sites and people; and tidbits on their struggles with plot development, daily life, and outlook on world events) and blogging is THE most effective way to drive traffic to a website.

By the era around 1970, fiction agents had worked into a more solid position in the business, since many fiction writers now lived outside of New York and the numbers of writers and books published was exploding.

We Need Diverse Middle Grade Short Story Contest We Need Diverse Books ™, a grassroots organisation dedicated to promoting literature that reflects the lives of all young people, is inviting entries from unpublished writers for its middle grade short fiction contest.

Her award - winning blog Live Write Thrive gives tips and writing instruction for both fiction and nonfiction writers, and her Writer's Toolbox series gives fiction writers everything they need to know to create compelling, solid stories.

She's not actually family, and I've never met her face - to - face, but she's married to a guy who's been one of my dearest friends since I was 20, and we're also connected by virtue of each of us having «studied with» one of my favorite writers, Francine Prose: Elizabeth at the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop and me in Monroe Engel «s life - changing English Mb undergraduate fiction workshop back around the time that I met Ned writers, Francine Prose: Elizabeth at the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop and me in Monroe Engel «s life - changing English Mb undergraduate fiction workshop back around the time that I met Ned Writers Workshop and me in Monroe Engel «s life - changing English Mb undergraduate fiction workshop back around the time that I met Ned French.

Bottom line: in terms of making actual money, and even an actual living from writing fiction, it is beyond all question, doubt, cavil, or dispute that this is the best time on Earth to be a writer.

Topics include: Young Adult fiction themes, voice, and characteristics; how to create characters editors look for & give them a unique voice; plot structure that even a non-plotter can love; how to hook your book; the writer's life, goal setting, editing, book promotion and more.

Its second life began when a fiction writer referenced it in a book of her own.

If he is a writer of fiction he lives in a world of fear.

But souls are complicated, as are the bodies that house them... Sexy, romantic, and oh - so - true to life, this is an unforgettable look at first love from one of young adult fiction's greatest writers.

Are there writers living today — writers of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction — who have a similar iconic status in America?

Best known for his nonfiction work (including Cod and Salt), writer Mark Kurlansky tries his hand at fiction in this debut novel, a tale that teems with life from the first page.

It's always tricky to answer the question of how a fiction writer's life intersects with her work; in my last novel, The Nobody's Album, I describe the life experience of a fiction writer as being «like butter in cookie dough: it's a crucial part of flavor and texture - you certainly couldn't leave it out - but if you've done it right, it can't be discerned as a separate element.»

From one of Iran's most acclaimed and controversial contemporary writers, his first novel to appear in English — a dazzlingly inventive work of fiction that opens a revelatory window onto what it's like to live, to love, and to be an artist in today's Iran.