Sentences with phrase «fiction writers do»

This is popular with non-fiction authors, but fiction writers don't have to rule it out.

Most fiction writers do.

Other more prolific fiction writers don't have fiction platforms for all their books, but do have writing blogs which they use to lead any interested readers to their works.

The problem Sagan faced, as all science fiction writers do in such situations, is that at the speed of, say, the Voyager spacecraft (the fastest human - made object), it would take about 490,000 years to get to Vega.

Remember, during this time, just as now, a fiction writer didn't need an agent to sell a book.

A working fiction writer doesn't need to post as often as the «monetized» blogger.

A fiction writer didn't need an agent to take care of them.

Not exact matches

Because I'm not a woman, I couldn't do justice to the stories on my own, so I asked the top female Christian fiction writer of our time — Mary DeMuth — to coauthor it with me.

It is the rare reader of fiction who does not at some time or other consider becoming a writer.

Yet all fiction writers (and playwrights and filmmakers, for that matter) must make similar imaginative leaps, and will be judged — as Styron has been judged — by how convincingly they portray the characters whose points of view they've done their best to assume.

Interesting discussion — Totally agree about the «punching above their weight» problem with the current spate of «popular» atheists and junk writers, as well as the «Hollywood» treatment of Pullman, but you don't need to wade through Pullman's trilogy to get a useful insight into institutionalism vs genuine spirituality — just pick up the excellent «The Dragon in the Sea» by Dune author Frank Herbert or «The Moon is a Harsh Mistress» by Robert Heinlien — great works from the Golden Age of Science Fiction literature.

Randy Boyagoda seems not to have noticed that the writers he's tired of seeing cited by his fellow Christians did not place their faith, as he does, in anything so small as literature («Faith in Fiction,» August / September).

I received many, many messages from readers offering counter-evidence to my complaint in the form of notable contemporary writers who do engage faith matters in their fiction, and indeed Image journal has developed a list of what it calls «the Image Top 50 Contemporary Writers of Faith» in response to thewriters who do engage faith matters in their fiction, and indeed Image journal has developed a list of what it calls «the Image Top 50 Contemporary Writers of Faith» in response to theWriters of Faith» in response to the essay.

[5] The Cameroonian fiction writer, Makuchi, alludes to the propensity to imagine and remember this period of Cameroonian history as irrational and the freedom fighters as murders: «Are you PU murderers not going to do the same thing tomorrow... Eeeh?

Full marks to Gollancz for publishing this collection of stories by one of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers — but it, and other book publishers, would be doing themselves, writers and readers a favour by providing more outlets for short fiction.

And this writer would argue that the «Pulp Fiction» filmmaker is already doing so and then adapting them for the screen.

Science Fiction has to be well written and internally consistent if it's to engage and hold an audience but V just comes across as (yet another) TV series written by non-sci fi writers who don't have a grasp of the genre.

You don't have to look too far or to deep to find the similarities among writer / director Andrew Niccol's three science fiction films (I'm ignoring The Host, which is more Stephanie Meyer than Niccol).

Writer - producer - editor - director Krik (his director's credit reads «Dave Herman,» apparently out of concern that weaving too much inconvenient truth in with the genre fiction might attract the wrath the shadow conspirators), might have done better to deliver less retro larkiness and more straight facts.

The questions get bigger still in the final chapters, which concern the nature of being human and the idea that, just as the science fiction writers of yesteryear couldn't predict this modern world, we don't know if people, sentient robots, and unforeseeable next - gen tech will play nicely together.

As he did in 2009's superb District 9, writer / director Neill Blomkamp has created another piece of absorbing, socially - conscious science fiction that is visually sumptuous yet disturbing in its implications for the human race.

June's pick: From journalist - turned - fiction writer Alex Berenson, The Night Ranger (A John Wells Novel) about his hero John Wells, who in this latest installment must rescue kidnapped do - gooders in East Africa.

Science fiction is at its best when it takes a crazy concept and applies it to real world issues, and that's exactly what writer director Yoshio Kato does with 3FT Ball and Souls, a teeny tiny Japanese film filled with big ideas and even bigger heart.

Johnson brought in Shane Carruth, writer - director of the meticulously planned and way more convoluted time - travel thriller «Primer» (2004) to do some special effects work, which indicates to me that RJ is fairly serious about his science - fiction.

The great science fiction writer - philosopher Stanislaw Lem wrote, «We do not want other worlds, we want mirrors.»

Yet movie executive Griffin Schraeder's (Greg Kinnear, I Don't Know How She Does It) annoyance at struggling writer Charlie (Dennis Quaid, The Words) quickly transcends fiction.

«The Rider» Technically speaking, «The Rider» doesn't open until April 2018, but I've already cried my way through Chinese - born writer - director Chloé Zhao's deeply humanistic docu - fiction hybrid twice (it won top honors in Cannes» Directors» Fortnight section and at the Reykjavik Film Festival) and was duly impressed when the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominated it for best picture.

Write regularly, write about what you know, imitate writers you admire, don't be afraid of rejection... — those tips and more from an experienced editor of fiction for young readers!

Granta does a really nice job of focusing on one country and finding young fiction and nonfiction writers from there and dedicating an entire issue to them.

Well, initially I was going to say that I didn't really have a horse in this race, since I'm an SF / F author, not a romance author — but pointed out and quite correctly that actually, any writer of fiction has a horse in this race.

Why would a fiction writer hire someone who doesn't specialize in fiction when there are so many people dedicated to it?

Major houses do publish fiction — even first novels by unknown writers — but consider the risk involved and the competition for those contracts.

A discussion regarding the genres of science fiction and fantasy — how the markets are changing, what writers can do to improve their craft in these genres, and much more.

I didn't set out to brand myself as a women's fiction writer or a romance writer or any other single genre writer.

Science fiction and fantasy writers face a unique problem: How do you convey the details of imaginary worlds without bogging down your story?

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.

Fiction Writers Connection — Query Letter Do's and Don'ts Rites of Submission: Cover Letters and Queries by Jacqueline Ogburn Do's and Don'ts How to make the Perfect Query Letter by Gail Eastwood FAQ Query Letters by Tara K. Harper

SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America) did issue a statement.

The Science Fiction Writers of America is currently drafting guidelines to do the same.

I don't care about being accepted into a «professional» author's group, be it the Science Fiction Writers of America, The Screenwriters Guild, or Michael Kozlowski's list of approved book club reading.

Failure and sin, redemption and healing form the backbone of these five novels, much as they do in the Bible that inspires writers of Christian fiction.

Many people don't know that he published several works before turning to crime fiction with The Neon Rain, so no one thought of my father as a mystery writer during my formative years.

Major writing organizations such as the Romance Writers of America, Canadian Writing Union and Published Authors Network all accept indie published authors as members and the Science Fiction Writers of America is currently drafting guidelines to do the same.

A writer of popular fiction, Russell Blake, said that shifting his prices didn't really move sales very much, but he didn't substantiate it with any specifics.

When publishing experts are asked, «well what about fiction writers,» the answer is usually, «um, I don't have experience with that, but it should work too.»

Since you, the fiction writer, are not dealing with the publisher directly as you can do these days, your royalty statement and any money with it FIRST goes to an agent in the country of the publisher.

It doesn't matter if you're a children's book author, fiction writer, non-fiction how - to author, business person, or even a fine artist.

A lot of fiction authors say that what most people consider as book marketing doesn't work as well for fiction writers.

I was also pleased to discover that being a writer of erotic fiction did not bar me from membership.»

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.