Sentences with phrase «just called myself a writer»

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EASTWOOD: And so I... Just through that I got story ideas and I called up Paul Haggis and I said, you know, I can't afford you Paul as a writer but I said do you have any students?

«We gave the writer all the information and then called back just enough to work out the gray areas.»

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As soon as the congregation call's a new pastor (which should be very soon), I'll focus on my new calling as a career counselor, workshop facilitator, writer and blogger (just launched–www.afterthepulpit.com)

Early Christian writers mention an Elder John of Ephesus, who was a follower of Jesus but was not the apostle of that name, and they sometimes refer to him simply as «the Elder», just as the writer of these letters calls himself.

The apparent reckless abandon with which a Muslim leader could call for the death of a writer offends not just our notions of due process or even the boundaries of state jurisdiction but our view of this life as our hallowed destiny.

As for Jefferson, Whitehead says he shared a high view of Christianity, which his statement evidences: «I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just,» The writer concludes that to call them «true deists is as erroneous as to call Karl Barth an evangelical Christian» (The Separation Illusion [Mott Media, 1977], pp. 20 - 21).

I am a musician and a writer, plus a dabbler in drawing and other artistic «crafty» endeavors so I always interpret things from a deep emotional point of view which hasn't always worked in my favour (at least it didn't in the church I attended) and alienated me from non-artistic people who called me too sensitive and too picky and too obsessive and too emotionally involved with just about everything I did, or tried to do.

«In other words,» says food writer Nancy Harmon Jenkins, «you just can't make any old cheese and call it Roquefort.

This site is called «Just Arsenal», the clue is in the name, so why do writers spend so much time writing about other clubs?

The writer, who teaches English at Hostos Community College, said he is finishing a novel called «The Hearts of Hunts Point» and just embarking on a new book that will be both a memoir and a historical account of queer activism in the Bronx.

Just call me, I am not a good writer, feeling kind of shy doing this.

The Writers Guild of America has just finished handing out their awards for 2017, resulting in James Ivory («Call Me by Your Name») and Jordan Peele («Get Out») taking top honors for Adapted and Original Screenplays, respectively.

Among the anticipated highlights at the ongoing San Diego Comic - Con (SDCC), for horror fans was tonight's world premiere screening of The Woods, from director and writer duo of Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett (You're Next), but the whole event just became bigger than anyone imagined, as it has been revealed tonight that the film is actually called Blair Witch and it is a sequel the 1999 found footage classic The Blair Witch Project!

Indeed, seeing how director Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) is the one calling the shots on Terminator: Genesis - drawing from a script written by screenwriter / producer Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar, Shutter Island) and writer / director Patrick Lussier (Dracula 2000, Drive Angry)- it's difficult to gauge just how this film is shaping up, as far as its artistic quality goes.

«Grandma» A career - best performance by Lily Tomlin as an opinionated, irritating, headstrong writer — don't ever call her «feisty» — is just one of the many pleasures of Paul Weitz «L.A. road - trip movie.

And finally, co - writer / director Colin Trevorrow and star Chris Pratt presented a sizzle reel (or, as Pratt called it, «just the tip») from the much anticipated JURASSIC WORLD that showcased the terrifying, genetically engineered Indominus Rex.

The best way to describe just how things play out would be to imagine a situation where four different writers made 35 minute spec scripts on the downsizing concept, and then Payne came along and placed them one after another and called it a movie.

In 1985, just as his movie career was taking off with «The Right Stuff» and «Sweet Dreams,» he appeared in an offbeat play called «Scar» at San Francisco's 130 - seat Magic Theater because the writer, Murray Mednick, was an old friend.

We also talk about making Churchill human and not just the statue, shaping the script with writer Anthony McCarten, the brilliance of star Gary Oldman's performance, plus how Wright gets upset when some people call his films «painterly» believing instead he makes them cinematic and emotional.

Writer - director Mottola's success lies in his resistance to romanticizing his characters — Eisenberg's James, in particular, is just as annoying and self - absorbed as a real 22 - year - old Oberlin grad, and gets called on it.

A team of 50 writers that included just one teacher designed what has been called «the most far - reaching experiment in American educational history» (Hacker & Dreifus, 2013).1 It's hard not to feel the implicit message when such a huge endeavor was decided on with only token teacher input.

The «promise of democracy» that Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about in his iconic «I Have a Dream» speech feels very distant today, but not just because of the controversial recent election, Daniel Evans Pritchard told a somber audience at a «counter-inauguration» hosted by a group that called itself Writers Resist.

All they do is call the dealership and tell you exactly the same thing the service writer and / or manger just told you.

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Some so - called vanity books were written by competent writers who just couldn't find a way into the mainstream; others were exercises in ego building — the books were sold or given away free to family members, friends and colleagues.

Anne Rice, Stephen King, among several other of what you call «professional» authors all call us indies, authors and not just writers.

(A fellow writer friend in the Made in L.A. group has just written a great book on this subject called Drown the Cat.)

Ashley Gordon of Mockingbird Publishing called my attention just the other day to the «writers in place» efforts of the Room to Read initiative.

Calling a writer's books «self - pubbed garbage» makes you sound bitter (that it didn't occur to you first) and just plain disrespectful.

If you are a lover of pulp fiction or just thinking about honing your craft to be a better writer, there is a great online resource called iPulpFiction!

I've been called «sellout» and «foolish» by so many other writers for choosing the traditional publishing route that I just don't enter the conversations anymore.

Amazon has just announced the launch of a new project called Kindle Singles which is never before released content from popular writers.

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Perhaps one for a magazine who publishes several short stories per issue, one for an agent who just got done working with Madonna on a book of short stories, and one for a publisher who has published short story collections and anthologies in the past, but since we don't know any of those writers, this would be a cold call type of letter so to speak given we don't know the publisher either, but yet we know he publishes short stories.

Scared of being called talentless, scared of experiencing prejudice, you, the writer, just decide not to write at all.

Amazon just announced a new program called Kindle Worlds that allows writers to sign up for no - mess licenses for established fictional worlds to self - publish stories in them.

Perhaps, just maybe, you should do what real writers call «research» before posting total fantasy and trying to pass if off as fact.

Somewhat stubbornly, I was writing only stories — you couldn't really call them «short,» since they were lengthy and complex, bursting at the seams like pregnant women refusing to buy maternity clothes — and when I wrote to a fellow writer how unfair it felt that these agents wouldn't consider story collections, he wrote back something like «Stop complaining, get off your duff, and just write a novel.

That notion calls to mind three recent posts here at Writer Unboxed: one by Dave King on how much he's learned about dialog from Aaron Sorkin; a second by Kathleen McCleary on how incredibly helpful reading fiction has been for her current work in progress; and just yesterday Greer Macallister's exploration of writing lessons to be learned from the hit play Hamilton.

Successful indie authors, what we call authorpreneurs, are much more than just writers.

I discuss these services a lot, and I just don't have time to defend myself against angry writers who think I'm dissing them by calling them vanity - published.

:) I guess, instead, we'd just call those «prolific writers.»

... not sure where the above comments re self publishing costing thousands comes from... im delighted with Lulu and it did nt cost me a penny to publish my first book Maggie's Shadow and now available everywhere in print and electronic form... i did all the work myself and when stuck asked for help and Lulu's response was almost immediate and either the following day or the next providing invaluable insight on how to proceed ~ and free... i'm now marketing myself and have already agreed to place my book on consignment at one indie bookshop and with others ive yet to call... my library opened their doors to introduce me as a local writer and the local paper just printed the event... little by little its happening but it requires diligence and a willingness to promote one's work... i learn something new everyday and plan to submit my book to many of the self published contests that are now available... i would recommend Lulu to other authors tired of waiting for an agent

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They have an idea or manuscript they have passed around to various agents and publishers with no luck; they may just want to print a few copies of, say, a memoir for family members; they want to use it in their business as a type of calling card; or they actually want to sell a lot of books and make their living as writers.

Just as there are the «toadstool» author services, as I call them, cropping up to try to make money from aspirational writers, many prize schemes can be scams — money - making ventures guised as awards programs.

For me, I'll just keep plugging away, putting words on paper, sending queries, self - publishing when I think I'm ready, but still hoping for a call from a traditional publisher (for the simple egotistical reason that I want to say I was traditionally published, even though many writers make more with self - publishing).

Below, John Green, accepting the Indie Prize given by the American Booksellers Association to writers who best represent commitment to independent book stores, calls «bullshit» to the concept that authors like him, who speak directly to their readers via social media, don't «need the value - sucking middlemen of bookstores and publishers and in the future... no one will stand between author and reader except possibly an e-commerce site that takes just a tiny little percentage of each transaction.»

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