Sentences with phrase «helping authors of fiction»

If left to agents, my books would have died on their computers right then and there for agents are in the business of not helping authors of fiction but stopping them from going any farther.

Not exact matches

We have twenty years of experience working with a wide range of best - selling books and authors including narrative and literary fiction and non-fiction; memoirs; self - help; spirituality; cookbooks; politics; children's books; photo books; commercial fiction; history; science and the environment; fashion, and more.

From there, it's only a matter of time before an independent author blows the top off of the science fiction or fantasy markets and does it without the help of a major house.

Mark is founder of The Bestselling Author, a company that helps authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's book) write, publish, and market their books.

Mark Malatesta is a former literary agent and the founder and president of Literary Agent Undercover and The Bestselling Author, helping authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's book) write, publish, and promote their books.

I think some of the most successful blogs that I see from authors are usually multi-contributor blogs, where you see like five or six thriller authors or romance authors or science fiction authors get together, and that helps reduce a little bit of the burden and the pressure because you're trading off blogging responsibilities, but you're also bringing together all of the different audiences you have, and there's a lot of good cross-pollination there.

Although there are thousands of books that address lofty topics like creativity, plot outlines, and the craft of different types of writing, there are relatively few books devoted to helping authors create a system of time management habits and practices to write their books — regardless of the types of fiction or nonfiction book you want to write.

Apart from ALLi I'm a member of many book promo sites, which I never visit until I have something to push... and also a couple like the One Stop Fiction Authors Resource Group and Tom Winton Helping Authors.

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 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.

As the Founder and CEO of Literary Agent Undercover, Mark Malatesta is helping authors around the world, writing in all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books), get top literary agents, publishers, and book deals.

He helps authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books) write, publish, and market their books.

Today I'm an author coach and my primary focus is helping authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's book) get the attention of top literary agents with successful query letters.

Mark Malatesta is the founder of The Bestselling Author ™ helping authors of all book genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books), around the world, at all stages of development, to write, publish, and market their books.

Each year, hundreds of veteran authors and those just learning the craft of Christian fiction gather in a setting like this to hear skilled instructors, inspiring keynoters... to gain from the insights of industry professionals... to interact with other writers... and to present their ideas to agents and editors looking for stories like theirs, or to mentors who can help them move forward in their writing career.If you write Christian fiction — or want to learn how — the ACFW conference is an investment worth making.

She's an author of historical and speculative fiction, and has a brilliant blog about the craft of writing, Helping Writers Become Authors.

Bill breaks down some crucial strategies in helping fiction authors & non fiction authors get their books to rank amongst the bestsellers on Amazon with the least amount of headaches.

Novel Advice is perfect for authors working on their first fiction novel and looking for advice and motivation to help push through the frustration, confusion, and overwhelm of writing a full length story.

I love keeping up with other publishing professionals on Twitter, and I want to help the crowd of aspiring authors (both fiction and nonfiction) that hangs out there.

The essence of the Humble Bundle campaign with Harpercollins is that customers can pay what they want for a collection of digital literary works from bestselling authors, like Neil Gaiman and James Rollins, while helping support the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America Emergency Medical Fund, a non-profit organization for authors of science fiction and related genres, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its comFiction & Fantasy Writers of America Emergency Medical Fund, a non-profit organization for authors of science fiction and related genres, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its comfiction and related genres, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its community.

Authors responding were skewed farther more towards fiction authors, partly due to the involvement of writers» associations who helped promote the Authors responding were skewed farther more towards fiction authors, partly due to the involvement of writers» associations who helped promote the authors, partly due to the involvement of writers» associations who helped promote the survey.

And even more exciting is that she'll be teaching a separate pre-conference master class starting June 8 to help fiction authors conquer a topic that strikes fear and dread into the heart of many a writer: Read more about This year's pre-conference advanced class: Master the Art of Querying with Agent Kristin Nelson -LSB-...]

All the rest — the literary fiction, the cookbooks, the self - help books, the bread and butter midlist books that now make up 80 percent of every publisher's list — those books they'd cherry pick from self - published authors who'd already tested the market and had the credible sales to prove it.

As a ghost writer, I've helped many people tell their stories, and whether it was a personal triumph from tragedy, family history, a «behind the scenes» account of events, or even a creative work of fiction, the words and the voice of the author always remain recognizable as their own.

Historical fiction author K.M. Weiland's website, Helping Writers Become Authors has solid and sound advice and tips on all aspects of novel writing.

Some of my favorite resources are Writing Excuses, Helping Writers Become Authors, Writer Unboxed, Fiction University, Writer's Digest, and This Itch of Writing.

Also on display on the «Product Detail Page» for this option is our short editing ebook, which provides some examples of «before & after» sections in a variety of genres (fiction, non-fiction, children's, cookbooks, poetry, etc.) Not all authors can immediately recognize the value of investing in professional editing, so this ebook helps put a clearer picture on it.

I always love finding out what an author's research process is, so when I learned that writer Ingrid Thoft actually attended and graduated from the University of Washington private investigator program, I simply had to see how that helped her pen her debut crime fiction novel, Loyalty.

Michael La Ronn is the author of over 30 science fiction & fantasy novels and author self - help books.

Variety has more on Tyra's decision to write fiction (she's already the author of self - help book Tyra's Beauty Inside & Out):

This is meant to help Christian leadership, parents who need to keep track of what is being fed into their children's minds, and Christian authors — by encouraging them to write powerfully edifying Christian fiction.

We have several editors on staff who specialize in crime fiction and have lots of experience helping authors make their characters unforgettable.

NINC membership benefits focus on helping authors of commercial fiction make the most of their careers.

GoodeReader sat down with Matthew Cavnar from Vook, the the digital publishing platform that helped two different authors earn Publishing Innovation Awards, one for a work of fiction and one for non-fiction.

So I'm about to try an experiment and I hope that independent authors of literary fiction will help by playing a role.

RSJ also supports authors and readers by providing marketing opportunities to help get great books into the hands of more readers via online promotion, knowledgeable workshops, and conferences celebrating talented authors of romantic and women's fiction.

Check out our resource library here at The Kill Zone (down the right sidebar), as well as blogs like Writer Unboxed, Janice Hardy's Fiction University (formerly The Other Side of the Story), K. M. Weiland's Helping Writers Become Authors, Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi's Writers Helping Writers (formerly The Bookshelf Muse), Elizabeth Craig's Mystery Writing is Murder, Joanna Penn's The Creative Penn, John Yeoman's The Wicked Writing Blog, and more.

She helped me write the first iteration of «Career Change «and made supportive noises as I talked about becoming an author before I had much of a clue about anything, before this website, before writing fiction.

TCK Publishing specializes in marketing for both fiction and non-fiction authors to help get their message and stories out to millions of readers all over the world.

The company works with publishers and self - publishing authors.Jim has a master's degree in creative writing, and uses his passion for stories — all kinds of stories, fiction and nonfiction — to coach authors, helping them to develop their writing skills.When Jim isn't editing, he's still reading, and reviewing books for Bookmunch [5].

-- all the book promotion you need — Book ambassadors to support your book launch — Dozens of marketing ideas to promote your fiction or non fiction book — Beta readers to help make your book better — Interviews with bestselling authors you can learn from to help you step up your writing and marketing — Resources to help you become a better writer and help you sell more copies — A community of support to keep you motivated — One stop solution to hire a book cover designer, publicist, editor, brand marketer, web designer and more

Award - winning author of literary fiction with extensive branding and advertising background and a decade of teaching creative writing at graduate and undergraduate levels, Merrill has helped hundreds of writers develop material and prime manuscripts for publication.

1 Structure, Plan and Write 1.1 Turning Real Life Into Fiction 1.2 Kurt Vonnegut on the The Shapes of Stories 1.3 The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction 1.4 Plot Worksheets to Help You Organize Your Thoughts 1.5 The Snowflake Method For Designing A Novel 1.6 Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction 1.7 Study the Writing Habits of Ernest Hemingway 1.8 Making Your Characters Come Alive 1.9 Vision, Voice and Vulnerability 1.10 10 Points on Craft by Barry Eisler 1.11 Coming up with Character Names 1.12 Using the Right «Camera Angle» for Your Writing 1.13 The Art of «Layering» in Fiction Writing 1.14 Weaving Humor Into Your Stories 1.15 On Telling Better Stories 1.16 The 25 Best Opening Lines in Western Literature 1.17 6 Ways to Hook Your Readers from the Very First Line 1.18 Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character 1.19 How to Finish A Novel 2 Get Feedback 2.1 Finding Beta Readers 2.2 Understanding the Role of Beta Readers 2.3 Find Readers By Writing Fan Fiction 2.4 How Fan Fiction Can Make You a Better Writer 3 Edit Your Book 3.1 Find an Editor 3.2 Directory of Book Editors 3.3 Self Editing for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten Book Self Editing Tips 3.5 Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Space?

Paula enjoys reading and reviewing Christian fiction, writing Christian romance and devotionals, and helping other authors realize their dream of publication.

Every author of self - help books, children's books, cook books, poetry and speculative fiction who ignored our review guidelines and sent us review requests even though we clearly call out that we don't review any of those categories.

As an author of award - winning and bestselling fiction, I can help you write your story as a ghostwriter and then market it via social sites.

Louise Harnby is a professional proofreader and copy - editor who specializes in helping independent authors of fiction and non-fiction bring clarity and consistency to their books.

Any self published author promoting a novel, self - help or non fiction title knows that, after the work of writing, the real work comes when you're marketing your book.

«Libraries can help authors grow their readership; I know because I've discovered some of my favorite authors of historical fiction — who inspired me to write — through libraries.»

While these books are targeted at authors, they will also help you get a grip on what a publisher must do, and the principles of good fiction.