Sentences with phrase «greatest authors of this genre»

«If you have never read any books by Paul Casselle, then you should know he ranks up along with the greatest authors of this genre.

Not exact matches

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.

The starkness of that division is evidence of a screenplay with six credited authors, expectations of a franchise that went astray when it abandoned Bryan Singer (as all potentially great franchises seem to abandon Bryan Singer, to their detriment), and a director who's capable of giving good genre (Kick - Ass) saddled with material that's at least fifty - percent garbage.

*** 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!

By bundling your work with other authors, particularly if they are in the same genre, you stand a greater chance of reaching new readers, as well as a better chance of making money in a «pay what you want» model.

Of course, you have to take pot luck with a Little Free Library — you're unlikely to find a particular book that you're looking for, but it's a great no - risk way of being more adventurous with your reading, trying out a genre or author that you wouldn't normally pick uOf course, you have to take pot luck with a Little Free Library — you're unlikely to find a particular book that you're looking for, but it's a great no - risk way of being more adventurous with your reading, trying out a genre or author that you wouldn't normally pick uof being more adventurous with your reading, trying out a genre or author that you wouldn't normally pick up.

Some of the greatest and most well - known authors in the genre, including Baldacci but also names like James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell, routinely maintain three - and four - star average ratings for their books.

She also provides some great ideas in the comments of the event page for marketing ideas for authors in various genres.

Writing reviews and interviewing authors is great if that's your business, but if you want to sell books, you need to understand who your audience is (before you do anything else) and then create content that they actually want, and helps build your brand identity as an author of [whatever genre].

Sneak Peek Samplers are a great introduction to books of bestselling and award winning authors, as well as new up - and - coming gems in your favorite genres.

Title: Toriko Genre: Action, Cooking, Comedy Author: Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Synopsis: This is the great era of gourmet food!

Title: Boruto Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy Author: Masashi Kishimoto, Mikio Ikemoto, Ukyo Kodachi Synopsis: Years have passed since Naruto and Sasuke teamed up to defeat Kaguya, the progenitor of chakra and the greatest threat the ninja world has ever faced.

Title: Death Note Genre: Drama, Psychological, Supernatural Author: Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata Synopsis: Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects — and he's bored out of his mind.

Awarded the National Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading Prize and the American Library Association's Great Websites for Kids, the site features thoughtful book reviews from a variety of genres and age ranges, a large and lively Facebook community, and contributions from other authors.

Great list — may I suggest, http://www.writergroupie.net — I interview authors of all genres to see how they did it.

This feature is great because by default all of your books are listed in one bookshelf, and the possibility to organize them into genres or specific authors is intriguing.

This is a great move by Random House to give customers accessing the United Kingdom version of the iBookstore access to some of the best authors in the Fiction genre such as James Patterson, John Grisham and Frederick Forsyth.

This suggests that there's more money to be had in the romance genre, and conversely a greater chance of something truly valid being said by the author, than, for example, the literary fiction genre.

You reach more readers 2) You have a chance of becoming a genre bestseller 3) Your Author Rank also increases This increase in ranking and increased visibility makes 15 Day Max Push great for 1) New Releases - run your book with us anytime during the first few months after release for best results 2) Attempts to hit the NY Times Bestseller list or the USA Today bestseller list 3) Attempts to become a genre bestseller 4) Promoting the discounted first or second book in a series to increase sales for the remaining books.

We got some great insights into Stewart's creative process, his approach to different genres and authors, plus the opportunities of a... read more»

This site can be a great place to promote your book, but it also has an ugly side where readers one - star EVERYTHING an author writes (even without reading it) for silly reasons: they don't like the author's personality, they think the content is objectionable even though they've not read the book, or they are kamikazi - ing an author who is writing in the same genre as one of their favorite authors.

To elaborate further why this year will be such a great opportunity for boxed sets, David Gaughran has recently teamed up with several authors who write in the similar genre as his, historical fiction, and discussed the process of working from start to finish.

Title: Tidal (Watersong # 3) Author: Amanda Hocking Genre: Fantasy, YA, Paranormal Romance Age Group: Young Adult Rating: 5 stars Purchase: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N Her only hope lies with her greatest enemies Gemma is facing the fight of her life.

Blog tours are a lot of work, but they can be a great way to get more eyeballs on your book, as well as help you make connections with book bloggers, reviewers and other authors in your genre.

If you have a book in either of those genres and an active Author Audience Academy member before the end of November, this is a great opportunity.

I had a fantasy this morning of magically conjuring two manuscripts in the hot - selling - genre - of - the - moment (New Adult Contemporary)-- same author, both great stories — and sending them down the two paths to see the outcome.

Self - published authors of genre fiction series — especially mysteries and thrillers — who have great covers and lots of great reviews.

it's a good idea to like the fan pages of other authors in your genre, and share all of their great content on your page.

If you are a sci - fi author who wants to switch your genre to the currently trending romance, can you convince your fans to follow your story; what will be some of the great moments that make your book great and sellable; if compared to the existing romance books, how can your book compete with their storytelling technique?

Here's a link to a great list of genre story markets put together by Romance author Cathleen Ross.

He also happens to be one of the great travel writers, having authored classics of the genre like The Snap Revolution, about the chaos surrounding the fall of Marcos in the Philippines.

One criticism that particularly interested me had to do with the intersection of fiction writing and judging, making the point, among others, that authors who write fiction know the lives of their characters intimately and in great detail because they plan them, and it is wrong — presumptuous — for a judge to give the impression by adopting a fiction genre style that he knows a litigant as thoroughly.