Sentences with phrase «fiction writers you know»

«I think you're making the very common mistake of imagining that a science - fiction writer knows something about the future.»

Literary fiction writers know that the market for our work is not as big as, say, Mystery or Paranormal.

If you are a fiction writer you know that the more product you have, the more each book helps the others sell.

But those of us who have been around Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers know that's true — and also know that Kevin has long turned out beautiful stories with clear - eyed prose.

NS: This is a hard question to answer, because what is happening in the flash world right now is a full - on literary movement: every flash fiction writer I know is kicking some serious butt.

Not exact matches

The comedian, writer and producer was perhaps best known for «The Larry Sanders Show,» which bridged the gap between TV fiction and the behind - the - scenes world of show business.

Theo Of course we all knew that Dan Brown was a writer of fiction, now about your proof that Saul of Tarsus was not; we are waiting.

Whether it's the fiction writer tying in a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter, derailing the reader's plan to stop for the night five chapters ago, or the comedian on stage who knows that he must surprise his audience at least 180 times... keep the surprises coming.

Mistress of science - fiction writer HG Wells, she knew Josef Stalin, whom she once gave an accordion.

Ultimately, no matter what humans manage to achieve, science fiction writers will be, by definition, always a step ahead.

Despite being the most influential science writer in the world, Asimov is best known for his fiction, particularly his «Foundation» novels, written during the 1950s, and his novels about «positronic robots».

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.

TENURED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR THAT LOVES TO WRITE FICTION, extremely bright and very athletic, from family of well known writers

Hey, I'm from Blairstown New Jersey, I'm a senior in college... I want to be a fiction writer, I like anime, video games and stuff like that... I can be known under the name joseph

Oxford, MS About Blog Square Books is known for its strong selection of literary fiction, books on the American South and by Southern writers, a large inventory of reduced - price remainders, and its emphasis on books for children.

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.

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.

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.

Industry watchers and devoted fans of the Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Django Unchained writer - director already knew he was working on an ensemble western to be called The Hateful Eight.

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.

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!

Then, after you helped me get a well - known agent with Hartline Literary Agency (for my previously self - published murder mystery), he got me a deal with an American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) approved publisher.»

There was no real way of knowing if Writers Digest was still on track when it said that a market like Tomorrow Speculative Fiction would take six months to get back to you.

Irving and Doctorow are two of his favorite writers and I know he is excited about their new books — Abby, Fiction Editor

I think it's fair to say that's what a fiction writer is most often drawn to — tumult of one kind or another; and in that sense the family in the last quarter century seems to me to be among the most fascinating of human social or economic inventions — more than business or real estate, no matter what Tom Wolfe says, more than the church or the law or the hospital.

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.

In the IndieReCon class above, she also discusses her own brand — the Ninja Writer icons, Writer's Dojo community etc, that she is better known for in the writing world, rather than discussing her Young Adult reader base for her fiction.

You just need to know how to think like a science fiction writer, and in eleven videos, Kris will show you how.

He is a member of the permanent fiction faculty at the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, a low - residency MFA program also known as the Whidbey Writers Workshop.

Whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, smart writers who know how to build their catalog around funnels will always make more money directly with their words than writers who publish their work using the old «hope and pray» business plan.

People who haven't read my fiction sometimes assume it can't be any good, and that I'm only doing so well because I know how to market my books — so they think I'm cheating or I'm not a real writer (even though I've gotten over 600 reviews this year).

I know some writers in [young adult fiction] who have had a much easier time continuing their series in digital than getting a print contract for the fourth or fifth book.»

Besides, all writers should know that unless they become an outlying best - seller, fiction authors make diddly squat.

Just to give one example, I got to know Ben Wolf, editor - in - chief of Splickety Publishing Group, through the Florida Christian Writers Conference and the Realm Makers speculative fiction conference.

It also means not disregarding other forms of fiction because the best stories use elements of both literary and commercial fiction and knowing how each works makes us better skilled writers (Susan Forest).

Lian Hearn (a.k.a., Gillian Rubinstein, a well - known Australian writer of children's books and plays) talks about the writing of the international historical fiction sensation, The Otori Trilogy.

Clarke was also known for his short stories and was the only science fiction writer to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

«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.

I write memoir, but as for fiction writers and blogging, I am always interested in knowing more about the authors I love.

I know I promised everyone a post answering that big question — do fiction writers need platforms?

The Good Hart Residency Program offers two - to three - week residencies to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in Good Hart, Michigan, a rural town on the scenic route known as the «Tunnel of Trees,» within walking distance to...

Tell me, fellow writers, do you know of any recent debut fiction authors who found an agent by cold querying?

For a great short piece on what contemporary writers need to know about writing descriptions, see Janice Hardy's post at Fiction University: Three Things to Consider when Writing Descriptions.

Fiction agents of this period knew the fiction publishing contracts of the time and were able to help writers with those conFiction agents of this period knew the fiction publishing contracts of the time and were able to help writers with those confiction publishing contracts of the time and were able to help writers with those contracts.

Now as a, this is ridiculous obviously, but you know the literary fictions write character - based book and genre - based writers write plot - based books.

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.

(I know some writers who are doing $ 3.99 and making fine money on short fiction, but I like the $ 2.99 as a good balance.)

Many writers know him through his internationally known «litblog,» «Flogging the Quill,» where he critiques opening pages of fiction submitted by writers, and his monthly contribution to the «Writer Unboxed» writer'sWriter Unboxed» writer'swriter's blog.

c. Briefly let us know the ways you [the potential nominee] participate in Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (ie.

Short stories have also had a strong presence in much genre writing, particularly science fiction with numerous publications bringing us such writers as Arthur.C.Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury to name such a few, all of which were among the pioneers of the very short story as they were then known.