Sentences with phrase «for authors of all genres»

Lakshmi Subramani Success Story Interview with Mark Malatesta — During this insider interview on our literary agent blog, Laskhmi Subramani, author of the memoir Lights Out shares his best tips for authors of all genres (at all stages of development) about how to...

Jeri - Anne Agee Success Story Interview with Mark Malatesta - During this insider interview on our literary agent blog, Jeri - Anne Agee, author of the children's chapter book series The Life and Times of Birdie Mae Hayes shares advice for authors of all genres about...

Book Marketing Coach sessions are for authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books) who want help to write, publish, or market their books.

There are special considerations for authors of every genre, including children's books, that need to be considered when writing or pitching a project.

And it works for authors of all genres or categories.

During this insider interview on our literary agent blog, Carol Plum - Ucci, author of more than half a dozen young adult novels published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in hardcover and paperback, including The Body of Christopher Creed, shares advice for authors of all genres about how to write, publish, and / or promote their books.

Essentially, book awards stand to provide vetted recognition for authors of any genre and any publishing model, but only if the author continues the streak with the required legwork that will get that information in front of readers.

A group for authors of all genres located in Virginia and would like to network for writing tips / ideas, book promotion, book fairs, book signings,...

The Rotary, a community - service based organization is a terrific organization for authors of every genre and background, especially if you have an interest in humanitarian causes.

Facebook is good fit for authors of all genres.

We've produced thousands of books for authors of every genre.

Essential resources for authors of all genres to get up to speed and discover the latest publishing trends.

This self - publishing company has served authors with quality service and products through the years, and in their desire to further help their clientele, they have offered Ingram Catalogs that are tailor made for authors of every genre.

Not exact matches

Tracing the course of the author's work from Typee to Billy Budd, Kelley shows convincingly that Melville — though he borrowed from many different sources — belongs completely to none of the established genres of Victorian city writing: the Romantic pastoral that used urban depravity to extol rural virtue; the popular «Reform Literature» of the yellow journalists that sensationalized municipal corruption and disorder; the «scientific» tracts of the emerging city planning movement; or the urban strolls of the flâneur and the Addisonian «spectator» (a genre that reached its peak, for New York, with what Kelley calls the «humorous - genteel - sentimental - melodramatic - ironic» observations of Charles Dickens in his 1842 American Notes).

The real advantage of a golden age for a literary genre is the elevation of its second - rank authors: Merely good writers become great writers when they happen to live at the right moment.

To suggest that a collection of ancient texts, written by multiple authors and in multiple genres, spanning thousands of years and countless cultural contexts provides a single, uniform prescription for how to be a woman is absolutely ridiculous.

I'm also thankful for Lawrence J. Cohen, author of Playful Parenting (one of my favorite books ever), who is a calming voice of reason in the parenting literature genre.

Not Daily Mail readers, that's for sure: «Prime Minister mauls best - selling author Hilary Mantel over «plastic princess made for breeding» jibe», a classic of its genre, and one my 22 year old self would thoroughly approved of had I written something similar for my then employer.

Discover the tale of each girl and Yaoi, primarily known as boys» love in Japan, is a Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, typically marketed for a female audience and usually created by female authors.

The Sum of All Fears is recommended primarily for fans of Tom Clancy (obviously) and those into political thrillers as a genre regardless of author.

*** Includes 129 original reading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice!

Many content textbooks are written in a way that makes both the cognitive and language load unsupportable for language learners; reading a wide range of authors and genres can also be overwhelming.

The maturity of their business was immediately apparent from the detailed information available to authors, including a per - genre subscriber count and price for e-book promotions.

Share your stuff with other writers you trust, join a Google or Facebook group of authors in your genre, share excerpts on your blog and ask for honest feedback.

The Power Writing Mastermind Group is an online community created by Pennsylvania author and writing coach, Jason W. Blair, for writers of all levels and genres.

There are lots of literary agencies looking for new authors, in every genre or category.

As I am scrolling and looking I will also look for other authors in the genre and see if they have a big following and follow some of their followers in the same way I described above.

I told her that's especially important for authors — who spend years writing books that people won't read instead of thinking in terms of genres that sell.

It might seem far - fetched to think about two or more agents wanting to represent you — especially if you're a new author — but it can happen (for authors of all book genres).

Steampunk (and Harlequin and Amish romance) author Shelley Adina joins us today to talk about managing multiple pen names and genres, keeping a long - running series fresh (and selling), paying for foreign translations of indie books, and working the cons to get in touch with more readers (and take trips you can write off on your taxes!).

Dear Author and Smart Bitches both run regular features on their sites highlighting books that have gone on sale for $ 2.99, $ 1.99, or $.99, because the romance genre in particular is full of readers that burn through so many titles that they are eager to snap up books for as cheaply as they can get them.

Meanwhile, Penguin already has one foot in the self - publishing / author services pool with Book Country, an online community for aspiring genre writers that launched a suite of self - publishing services last fall in the inevitable step towards monetizing its modest user base:

Best way to figure out what works for any audience is read websites / blogs / forums with authors of that genre who are actively promoting.

Title: The Fine Print of Self - Publishing Author: Mark Levine Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: North Loop Books Release Date: 6th edition (June 5, 2016) Format: Digital & Paperback Pages: 307 The Fine Print of Self - Publishing, now in its sixth edition, has been lauded by industry professionals as the go - to book for authors considering self - publishing.

To answer your question, through the Romance Writers of America and its chapters, my genre (romance) offers contests for unpublished authors.

Things like the author's platform, the ability to sample, the social aspect of the «top 100» lists by genre, and the lack of «cover art embarassment» for those guilty - pleasure readings.

A literary oasis for booklovers and authors alike, the Tucson Festival of Books welcomes authors representing a wide variety of genres.

As an editor he's excited to work with any genre and focuses on all aspects of a manuscript to help the authors create the best book possible for our increasingly competitive marketplace.

One of the increasingly frustrating aspects of the current publishing revolution is also the very thing that provides authors with a satisfying writing and publishing experience, and that's the need for the once - rigid rules of genre and categories to be thrown out.

Reader name: Nancy Hometown: Champaign, Illinois Favorite genres: contemporary fiction, historical fiction, biographies and suspense Favorite authors: Audrey Niffenegger, Ann Patchett, Stieg Larsson Favorite books: Unbroken, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Time Traveler's Wife, Water for Elephants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Three Cups of Tea

First, some 20 years ago, it was the YA novel that was declared dead, only for an influx of new authors and the arrival of the Michael L. Printz Award to take the genre to unexpected heights.

Jayne Ann Krentz is a prime example of an author who uses pen names for different genres.

For instance, over one - third of genre fiction authors have self - published.

Looking to the gender of the authors of the books reviewed, cross factoring this with data on the price, genre and how the books were published brought the study's authors to a lousy conclusion: Books written by women that are released by mainstream publishing houses sell, on average, for 45 % less than those written by men.

While unabashedly geared for the «prepublished» ebook author of speculative fiction, much of the advice crosses genre boundaries and proves useful to writers aiming for traditional print markets, as well.

Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks

Lots of us readers have all the patience in the world for prices to come down as long as we have good stuff to read, which is no problem these days with all the indi authors (and I read lots of different genres, too).

Unfortunately, the children's books genre is the exception to the rule, and its authors will pay dearly for it; unless, of course, Amazon makes good on the promise to add multipliers for illustrations (another author I spoke to contacted Amazon customer service and their response was they MIGHT do this — but MIGHT isn't a sound place for basing business decisions / strategies).

The HarperCollins team is also working with Accenture to sell e-books directly to consumers — starting with the works of C.S. Lewis at cslewis.com and Narnia.com, with the possibility of more launches for other authors and genres — rather than going through intermediaries.

For example, they can look at a book and then (like shopping in real estate) they compare to other books of the same length in the same genre with the same basic author recognition.