Sentences with phrase «go about indie»

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Central Coast of California About Blog Ruth Harris and I are a couple of publishing industry veterans working to help newer writers create their best possible work and launch it successfully into the marketplace — whether you're going indie or taking the traditional route.

Bill Sherwood's film is one of the first and most significant works (indie, of course) about the AIDS crisis that goes beyond the issue of coming out, placing its romantic triangle in the broader context of a vibrant gay community.

Puzzle looks like a familiar but satisfying indie drama about a woman's identity crisis and the unconventional methods she goes to in order to get out of her rut and find value in her life.

My Life as a Dog: Criterion Collection Unrated Available on DVD and Blu - ray Swedish with English Subtitles Before cranking out hit films like The Cider House Rules and Chocolat, Swedish director Lasse Holstrom hit the scene big - time with this little indie about a boy who goes on a journey of discovery when he is sent away to give his dying mother some rest.

The opening act in Toronto feels like a standard indie comedy about (yet another) white male's arrested development, the piano - based score and aversion to dialogue feels indebted to silent films, and once the film transitions to the wilderness it goes into European arthouse territory (the title card doesn't appear until James ends up in BC, a choice that implies this is where the film really begins).

Cake has so much of the stereotypical indie movie cliches going on, in fact, that it never allows itself to become about more than the stretched - out tropes it uses to fill up its narrative beats.

How would an indie developer go about pitching to you?

Your a real idiot man, ofcourse their not going to talk about it's specs, neither does Microsoft or Sony, tech websites have already taken Wii U apart and looked at it's specs, and said that it's great tech, and the design is clever because of the fact Nintendo is giving you some pretty beefy tech at a low cost, also these tech sites have said, «to see what Wii U is really capable of, we need to see games built for it from the ground up», And Nintendo does have a way better understanding of Wii U's hardware, they were even holding classes at GDC last month to tech indie & 3rd party developers how to cut development time for new games and ported games in half, with a new frame work that they developed specifically for Wii U, and your very stupid if you think that developers are not going to need to learn how to develop for PS4 & the next Xbox.

We've said it before, we'll say it again, but one of the best things about looking back over a year just gone at the movies is thinking of all the names who, just twelve months ago, we were faintly aware of at best, and who now have burgeoning careers, awards buzz, lead roles in indie films and / or blockbuster gigs on the way.

* Asked how he feels about going from very small indie films to a massive, effects - driven fantasy / comedy, Green said: «Well, just like probably all of you guys like to see different kinds of movies every week — a little of this, a little of that — it's fun professionally to, like, get in the ring and design creatures and have guys in suits and puppets and just, y ’ know, bring in all this stuff... I remember when I was a kid, and if something like «Behind The Scenes of Return of The Jedi» would come on, I'd just be glued to the screen, wishing that one day I'd be able to get my hands dirty doing something like that.

Four female directors gathered for BFF's Director's Chair panel to chat about their most useful resources, the process of «letting go» to better their projects, and how Method acting works (and doesn't) on an indie film.

I'm into all types of movies — I'm trying to make a horror film (next), and there's some indie movies that'd cost about $ 5 to make that I'd like to do — but this was a chance for someone to write a check for a big - budget comedy, and to be able to do something as balls - out as this one... y ’ know, I'm gonna take advantage of that!»

2013's mercifully little - seen indie Disconnect was similarly a sprawling ensemble drama with intersecting tragedies about the perils of Wi - Fi, and featured Jason Bateman going after a cyberbully with a hockey stick.

The Disaster Artist, a Warner Bros film about a relatively obscure indie drama gone wrong, really had no right to work.

It's an entire subgenre unto itself: the indie comedy - drama about a guy in his 30s who goes back to his small town to deal with his wacky, dysfunctional family and learn some important life lessons.

While Ingrid Goes West is a nerve - wracking cautionary tale, it's also a surprisingly entertaining indie comedy about the obsessive desire for attention in the internet age.

The Iron Man director is going back to his indie roots with this independent comedy about an unhinged chef in Los Angeles.

In going from Wendy & Lucy to Meek's Cutoff, Portland's Kelly Reichardt blithely established the kind of range that most indie filmmakers can only dream about.

We went on to talk about the process she uses to program her festival's dynamic indie films; why she includes indie cartoons in the mix (and how she discovered The Bum Family); and the non-intuitive, but decidedly wonderful, idea to honor both John Sayles and Tommy Chong at this year's festival, Chong on opening night and Sayles at the Sierra Spirit Awards and gala on May 27).

The story is inspired by his own indie to Hollywood struggle about a chef who goes back to his roots in Miami and starts a food truck.

Grab some indie titles and feel good about where the money is going to at the same time.

Today's Indie news: Use Your Words coming to the Nintendo Switch, Maldita Castilla EX about to be sent to lotcheck, first English screenshots for Drancia Saga, Cosmic Star Heroine need your help to come to the Nintendo Switch, two more gameplay clips for Shakedown Hawaii, new character revealed for NBA Playgrounds, solution for the recipe card issue in Go!

A top - notch cast of indie character actors surround him: Melanie Lynskey plays his ex-wife; Heather Graham appears as an old flame raring to go; Ashley Hinshaw is a fuck buddy from the Internet; Michael Chernus is a friend in enraptured disbelief to hear about his newfound sexual conquests; and Anna Camp («Pitch Perfect,» hysterical here) plays a rather looney new paramour.

Made on a small budget, with recognisable, though indie - ish actors, this film is about love and regret, posing the characters and audience with the questions - what personal mistake would you go back and change if you could?

C + Promised Land Rated R for language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Matt Damon and John Krasinski co-write and co-star in this little indie about a natural gas salesman (Damon) who goes into a small American town in order to convince them to allow his company to tap into their resources only to find opposition from a young out - of - towner (Krasinski) who is determined to thwart his every effort.

Jacob Unrated but contains graphic violence and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Local Houston area film maker Larry Wade Carrell writes, directs and stars in this terrific little indie horror B - movie about a mentally disturbed man (Dylan Horne) who goes on a killing spree when a tragedy occurs with his loving young niece (Grace Powell).

Everything else that I have read, recently, about local book signings for Indie Authors only mention things like «grueling,» or they go on to question the value of such in today's digital marketplace.

He goes on and on about how indie publishing is leading to a decline in sales.

She got so much buzz about her decision to turn down a trad pub contract to go indie, that everyone wanted to read or at least look at the book.

It Has Officially Hit Myth Status When some of the biggest supporters of indie publishing and indie writers start going on about how they are giving up paper books to New York, I finally just shook my head and assigned all the silliness to myth status.

Whether you go indie or you publish through a traditional publisher, you're going to be the one who needs to care most about promoting your work.

While a lot of reviewers write to help themselves remember what they read or to tell other readers about the book (good or bad), the book reviews that help indie authors are the ones posted where readers will ultimately make their purchasing decision — or where the readers go for trusted opinions.

Like Lynn, I've been wondering about going indie to publish my first novel, now in edits.

(Check out another great post we did about this: Go Pitch Yourself: A case for indie author public relations).

I had heard other Indie authors raving about going free and how much it helped them get their series off the ground, but I never knew the full power of it until I set my own book free through Smashwords.

Yes, it seems like a human editor could easily go through and make judicious choices, rather than machines, but then things will operate more like the NYT bestseller lists, where someone is manually approving bestsellers rather than letting the market dictate (something else indie authors are very upset about; they think the NYT list should be numbers only).

As indie self - published writers, we get a bad rap about this issue, but every single indie author that I know goes to great length and expense to -LSB-...]

I applaud that you are going to take this unemployment time to learn, via Mark Coker's videos and others» videos via Google Hangouts, as well as free webinars, blog posts, groups» posts and articles, all about the publication and marketing processes for indie authors.

The first 6 months I had a knot in my stomach that wouldn't go away, thinking about all I had to learn and do, but I've found a true support system in my fellow indie author friends, who have guided me every step of the way.

Now one thing you got ta know about Moses is that he's going indie, like a lot of writers these days.

The only people who care about the on - going, mostly foul mouthed attacks by the trolls on Goodreads and Amazon are their victims — the Indie writers concerned.

We wouldn't go as far to say that publishers were «excited» about indie publishing.

Agents are in the business of selling books, so a manuscript evaluation can give an indie author great feedback on what will make his book be more successful as he goes about selling it himself.

With so much talk in recent news about the poor quality of indie authors» works and data that shows that only about 59 % of self - published authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it's easy to forget that the traditional publishing industry has its fair share of mistakes, too.

With so much talk in recent news about the poor quality of indie authors» works and data that shows that only about 59 % of self - published authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it's easy to forget... [Read more...]

I always wanted to «go indie» but I didn't know anything about self - publishing except that an author named Joe Konrath was making a crap load of money doing it.

What I truly love about being an indie author is sharing my stories with a freedom that doesn't make my books any less than those who go through big publishers.

The creators of the Indie Petition, on the other hand, have many, many links and updates about what's going on, the debate, and their position on it.

This is the first in a series of blog posts for those of you who are thinking about joining the revolution and going indie.

So here's one of the really cool bits about being an indie - author: I went back to the manuscript and rewrote Andie as a brunette.