Sentences with phrase «fiction writers into»

Thus this growing movement of indie writers doing it all themselves, including selling to traditional publishers will split professional fiction writers into two major camps.

Blogging forces the fiction writer into another genre.

Not exact matches

I hear a «whispering hope» when the erudite Reynolds Price writes openly about his vision of Jesus during his cancer ordeal, or when thousands buy his translation of three of the Gospels; when books of interviews with writers — like Susan Ketchin's The Christ - Haunted Landscape or Dale Brown's Of Fiction and Faith — seep into the academy.

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.

«People always wanted storytelling games,» says Emily Short, an award - winning writer of interactive fiction and text - based mobile game Versu — where gameplay involves typing commands into an on - screen prompt.

Very exciting, it's been 8 years since Primer (a science - fiction favourite in these parts), and while the writer / director's screenplay for «A Topiary» never got made into a film, he whipped out this surprise to many earlier this week by way of the festival announcement and a very shiny bit of key art which confirms that Carruth will star in the film along with Amy Seimetz (A Horrible Way To Die).

From the Studio: Rooted in the classic graphic novel series, Valerian and Laureline - visionary writer / director Luc Besson advances this iconic source material into a contemporary, unique and epic science fiction saga.

Based on the best - selling French comic series «Valérian and Laureline» by Pierre Christin and Jean - Claude Mézières, published by Dargaud — visionary writer / director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Lucy) advances this iconic source material into a contemporary, unique and epic science fiction saga produced by Virginie Besson - Silla.

As an Aussie science fiction writer: http://www.goldenvisionsmagazi… I've been a Marvel Thor fan since the original Journey into Mystery of August 1962.

The Ghost Writer comes from a template similar toPolanski's 1999 thriller, The Ninth Gate.Both films are based on best - selling genre fiction and involve a mercenary inthe world of books who finds himself on a journey into fear and darkness.

If you think I might be reading too much into this childish piffle, consider that any film which casts Garry Marshall, of all people, as a weaselly Harlan Ellison (or, more accurately and «subtly,» a weaselly science - fiction writer named «Donald Harlan») obviously has something on its mind.

Director: Scott Derrickson Cast: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone Plot: A true crime fiction writer (Hawke) moves into the Continue reading →

They were used by fiction writers to help with the contracts, to get the books into movie and early television (in New York) and overseas, and to go get the coffee.

Reynolds» first foray into middle - grade fiction follows the path of other stellar writers like Christopher Paul Curtis and Rita Williams - Garcia, who have brought their young protagonists home to meet the family.

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.

I hate how some women writers twist themselves into knots to distance themselves from «women's fiction,» as if we have anything to be ashamed of as women who write what we want to write.

When Joanna Russ, one of the few successful female science - fiction writers, died last year, her obituary in The New York Times referred to her as a writer who helped «deliver science fiction into the hands of the most alien creatures the genre had yet seen — women.»

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.

The term first came from fan fiction, and it means a person who reads your work - in - progress (or «WIP») when you, the writer or «alpha,» are ready for feedback — before it goes into final draft to be sent to your fanfic page, editor, or agent.

Fiction Unboxed offers something that's never been offered before: a naked look into two writer's process, as they wrote and published a book in 30 days, from scratch, in front of the world.

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

Forty professional fiction writers, all in one meeting room, talking nothing but business morning, afternoon, and night, and into the night, actually.

Good writers can pack a universe into a piece of flash fiction and bad ones can write paper - thin characters and hackneyed prose across 200,000 words.

Dedicated to all speculative fiction writers who are struggling to get their work into the hands of readers.

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 Print.

But so many of the discussions about indie publishing vs traditional publishing don't take into account a very important, and sometimes critical aspect of money for a freelance fiction writer.

Twilight Zone — the original science fiction phenomenon — hurls humanity's fragile sanity deeper into the unknown courtesy of Dynamite's talented roster of comic book writers and artists... and thanks to the publisher's partnership with Groupees, you have a front row seat to the weirdness!

This unprecedented event for intermediate fiction writers of all genres featuring international best - selling author Davis Bunn will go deep into the technique and structure needed in your fiction to make it grab the attention of publishers and readers.

Children's fiction author Tara Lazar has turned her blog into a lively resource for picture book writers.

Her self - publishing books are based on her personal experience in self - publishing genre fiction — she hopes they will help her writer - friends take their own leaps into the wild (and wonderful) world of indie publishing... and not only survive, but thrive.

Ted Peters has done a great job with his first novel, having been a prolific writer on religion and science and now venturing into fiction.

There are several good grammar sites around, most notably Grammar Girl, but they do tend to focus on theory and get deep into the detail, and they're for a wide audience, not just writers of fiction.

One day she stumbled into her high school librarian who pointed her toward the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.

Last month, Amazon unveiled its plans to turn fan fiction into a real business, signing on Alloy Entertainment (a division of Warner Bros.) to allow independent writers to sell fiction based on shows like Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diairies on Amazon's site.

Lynn Johnston is a writing coach and award - winning author with a passion for teaching fiction writers how to increase the emotional impact of their stories to turn readers into fans.

To the good, writers with a story to tell (fiction or non) that doesn't fit into the traditional publishers» sweetspot can publish their books for relatively little money and find an audience.

On the one hand, the goal is to increase the number of people reading, especially literary fiction, and if this means getting your work on - line, or into a digital format, well then, that's what writers should do!

She, like her character Meg, turned into a workaday writer, producing three mystery novels: Dead Clever, In Your Face, and Seaside (all three links go to the full text at Google), featuring the sassy sleuth, Lily Pascale, an English professor who just happens to specialize in horror and crime fiction as well as creative writing.

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.

Most of the short fiction written today doesn't take the national context into account; there's no suggestion that the writer is aware of the workings of the country, or the particular social and political backdrop against which their story is taking place.

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.

And even more exciting is that she'll be teaching a separate pre-conference master class starting June 8 to help fiction authors conquer a topic that strikes fear and dread into the heart of many a writer: Read more about This year's pre-conference advanced class: Master the Art of Querying with Agent Kristin Nelson -LSB-...]

Here's who this promotion might not work for: writers of long, literary fiction who depend on sales to make up for some of the painstaking work that went into their novel.

For a writer of such high stature, Oates does not hide behind her plethora of accomplishments, and she does provide substantial knowledge into the writing craft like other fiction writers» memoirs have before her.

As a writer of fiction venturing into the world of ebooks, this was a scenario fraught with danger.

It was also re-published as «Put the Flash Into Fiction» in Guide to Writing Fiction Today (also a Writer's Digest publication) in the Winter 2002 issue.

In the introduction to the show, Mark talks about being on the Oregon Coast at the Fiction River writer workshops which leads into this week's post-interview «reflection» about rejection for writers.

Sometimes these streets and blocks are rebuilt, sometimes they are not, but a good historical fiction writer of the future, setting their stories in New Orleans or New Jersey shore towns anytime after these disasters, will have to take the impact of these disasters into consideration.

On the fiction side, you can get a fascinating insight into the mind of the writer and how the book was written.

Five Tips for Plotting a Romantic Suspense Novel (American Christian Fiction Writers) Valuable advice for plotting and writing romantic suspense, broken down into 5 - easily readable tips by the very popular inspirational romantic suspense author Susan Sleeman.