Sentences with phrase «fiction writers out»
How can our exponential presence here not blow up in our faces in a way unimaginable to me or the best sciene fiction writer out there?
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Asked what it meant to be a writer of fiction, Cheever replied that he worked out of «an impulse to bring glad tidings to someone.
At a time when many writers of fiction appear content to spin out tales concocted by marketing firms, or else lose themselves in worlds of arch and arcane wordplay, Murdoch is extravagant, enthusiastic and earnest.
Certain of her correspondence, particularly a series of letters to her friend Maryat Lee withheld from publication until 1994, exposes a disturbing facet of her identity as a mid-century white Southerner: a taste for racial jokes and a visceral distaste for the very blackness of black people which seems irreparably out of joint with her identity as a believing Roman Catholic and a writer of theology - driven fiction.
The news out of Washington is putting a kink in the bevy of political dramas on TV as reality becomes stranger than any fiction writers can dream up.
The show's fantasy may inspire scientists to seek out new research directions, said science fiction writer Frederik Pohl.
Cory Doctorow, a writer and intellectual property activist, has released the text of his first science - fiction novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, under a new license that goes by the somewhat awkward name «Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike.»
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.
For our first show of 2018, we welcome writer and critic Dr Eloise Ross, who joins us as we check out some of the key films from this month, including Steven Spielberg's paean to press freedoms The Post (01:04), Guillermo Del Toro's dark romantic fantasy The Shape of Water (05:46), Don Hertzfeldt's animated science fiction sequel World of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts (10:23), and Ridley Scott's Getty dynasty biopic All the Money in the World (13:16).
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).
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 criss - crossed film narrative is in a state of overuse, but writer - director James DeMonaco's droll, modestly stylish crime gewgaw «Staten Island» wrings a few suspenseful and comic pleasures out of a time - bending format that has served the likes of Quentin Tarantino («Pulp Fiction») and Sidney Lumet («Before the Devil Knows You're Dead») among scores of others.
Author: The JT Leroy Story (R for sexuality, drug use, violent images and pervasive profanity) Out - of - the - closet documentary revealing that fiction writer Laura Albert is the real person behind the pen name JT Leroy.
Writer - director Shane Black knows detective movies and pulp fiction inside out, and in this film he takes elements and scenes that have become staples of those genres and changes them slightly, often to hilarious effect.
Writer - director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca) makes a stilted anti-drone argument in fiction form, casting Ethan Hawke as a conflicted, alcoholic Air Force major who wipes out targets via joystick from a bunker in Nevada.
A poster and trailer have arrived online for writer - director Clay Liford's upcoming comedy Slash which stars Michael Johnston, Hannah Marks and Michael Ian Black; check them out below... Neil is a questioning high school freshman whose main social outlet is the steamy erotic fan fiction he writes about Vanguard, the brawny, galaxy - hopping hero of a -LSB-...]
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.
That anticipation came courtesy of «District 9» — the 2009 science fiction film by Neill Blomkamp, «Elysium's» South African writer - director — which came out of nowhere to be nominated for four Oscars, including best picture and adapted screenplay.
Legendary weird fiction writer and editor Jeff VanderMeer is back with a new trilogy, The Southern Reach, and the first novel came out last week.
But it turns out that acclaimed literary fiction isn't better than YA Salon.com commentary by Brian Platzer, a writer and teacher in New York City
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.
I didn't set out to brand myself as a women's fiction writer or a romance writer or any other single genre writer.
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In the case of the fiction series, Flash will act as a teaser for readers who are perhaps not willing to invest in a full - length book by a writer still unknown to them, while also encouraging readers still not convinced by the digital format to try it out.
I think fiction writers and poets have it tougher, because you're not going to be blogging parts of your book, or you're not probably — you're going to run out of content if you're talking about your writing process or your research.
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.
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner is a good book for authors just starting out to keep in the back pocket.
Having a butterfly mind is part and parcel of being a short - form writer, as I am, churning out short stories, flash fiction, blog posts and journalism, never dwelling on any one project for long.
1 min readOne thing we've learned from the Wideman flash fiction contest: There are many talented writers out there.
Benjamin's talent as a writer of historical fiction shines as she unravels Vinnie's autobiography, for there are few, if any, moments that stand out as unrealistic or fictionalized.
While in class, he mostly read fiction and continuously failed to fill out crossword puzzles, so it's no surprise that after graduating he packed up his car and escaped to the California coastline to become a writer.
Maybe soon all this book gaming will start to piss readers off when there's hardly any good books to read any more, then they'll go looking for writers who stuck with it and write good fiction, rather than just pumping out crap and then gaming the system.
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.
For fiction writing, I've gotten more out of just writing and submitting, and out of getting feedback from other fiction writers.
(You might also be interested in checking out Showing and Telling in Fiction or Dialogue: A Busy Writer's Guide.)
The next time you're stuck in a lineup or in a bus or taxi, whip out your writer's pad and get started on a lightening fast bit of fiction.
If you're writing young adult fiction and you find writers» literary agents that specialize in young adult fiction, you'll be better off with those book agents 9 times out of 10.
Writers of commercial fiction who wish to soar out of category, as well as literary novelists who want to learn how to make powerful story principles work for them, will find the Breakout Novel Intensive 2.0 an idea - packed and career enriching experience.
Another writer I'm familiar with had an agent who, after representing several of his science fiction titles, flat - out refused to touch a spiritually uplifting autobiographical piece.
Equine dental veterinarian branching out: writing fiction and vet books, creating portable stocks for vets, and helping writers get it right.
I hope you'll check out the Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference and come and spend some time with me!
Here you can learn about me and my books, browse the many book reviews I've written for speculative fiction magazines, read a selection of my articles for writers, and check out my blog.
I'm sure I'll get told by readers if they do or don't like them in good time — in fact that's probably the best way to find out what works and what doesn't and will help me grow as a fiction writer
«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.
You might want to check out the offerings from twelve Canadian writers, who are all contending for the the richest fiction prize in Canada - the $ 100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
One of the writers she mentions is James Tiptree Jr., an award - winning science fiction author who turned out to be a woman named Alice Bradley Sheldon.
I point her out as a fiction writer who I think does it right and has a very loyal fan following.
For more specifics about using real people in your fiction, check out this helpful article at Writer's Boon from Australian lawyer Carol Vorvain.
A. Funny how many writers worry about this as soon as they set out to write their first fiction.
As a romance writer, I'm always interested in new markets for romantic fiction, so I was delighted to catch up with Charlotte Ledger from HarperImpulse to find out more about...