Sentences with phrase «know about the manuscript»

Not exact matches

Perhaps we should know more about the date if we could understand the mystery concealed in the number assigned the «beast» in Revelation 13:18, the number 666 or, in some manuscripts, 616.

What I think is really important for me about the book is, I wrote it as if I were dying, and I finished the manuscript, and then they told me I had cancer and that it expanded further than they'd hoped and that it was more advanced than we would want, and I didn't know if it was going to be my last Christmas.

The KJV didn't edit out anything, any 20 books or what have you; even if it did, it wouldn't matter, because we could see it, since modern archaelogists have found various manuscripts in Israel, Egypt, and the Sinai penninsula of the complete Bible dating from 250BCE to 350CE, which the KJV translators didn't even know about.

The KJV isn't perfect, but that has nothing to do with what we know about the Bible today from physical manuscripts and from modern English versions of those manuscripts (NASB, ESV, NIV, etc)

According to an ancient chronicle (preserved in the Abd - Al - Kadir manuscript), Omar, who was known for his ability to cure the sick through prayer, was once exiled from Mocha in Yemen to a desert cave near Ousab (modern day Wusab, about 90 km east of Zabid).

Most publishing companies are now very specific about exactly what is to be done with manuscripts, and you will need to know what they're talking about.

That Solomon held on until his chance came and knew how to seize it, and that within three months of his return to freedom he had a finished manuscript with which to take revenge on those who had enslaved him (and to continue to take that revenge 150 years later), says all that can be said about his strength and his courage.

Considering that Midnight Publishing's sole focus is to work one on one with authors to prepare them and their manuscripts for publication or querying, we know quite a bit about literary agents and are here to share some important tidbits.

The story of self - publishing isn't about the writers who don't know their craft anymore than the story of trade publishing is about writers who draw unicorns on the margins of their cover letters and scatter glitter in their manuscripts.

Many of the publishing houses don't accept new submissions at all, and even if they do, they have guidelines when selecting manuscripts you not even know about.

I am still writing draft # 1, and I never knew anything about multiple drafts, beta readers or the 3 major structural issues of a manuscript.

I have interacted with well - known authors who have had endless complaints about the level of control that the editorial teams exert on their manuscripts.

There, the company writes about the Author Day conference: «This is an exciting opportunity for authors to get face - to - face feedback on their unpublished manuscripts from those in the know.

I knew nothing about what constitutes a typical word count, so I put a 150,000 word manuscript to e-reader, not realizing that the publisher taking it to print was going to have to break it up into almost a complete trilogy.

If you're prepared to do the work yourself, you'll need to know a little bit about basic HTML and CSS, so that you can turn your manuscript into the source file you'll need to convert to various ebook formats.

Authors no longer have to worry about getting their manuscript tossed into a slush pile.

Bill knew that this was all new to me, and he made me feel like he really cared about me and my manuscript.

This document is akin to the «Reader Report» generated within literary agencies about considered submissions (I work in this capacity for agents as time allows, so I know intimately manuscripts are approached and discussed internally).

Most manuscripts have about 100,000 words, but are known to also be a bit shorter or much longer.

Start with a great product (your manuscript), connect with as many of your ideal customers as you possibly can (through blogging and social media), and build relationships with that group by sharing as much as you can about your book and letting them know why you think they would like it.

If anything, it's worth the look just to show how much work and iterations go into every basic element of a book — it's no longer just about managing to write and complete a manuscript.

This is your opportunity to show that you know your subject, know how to write about it, and can create a polished manuscript.

Working through the countless rounds of revisions needed to make your manuscript sparkle, to turn your clunky first draft into a polished final one — no doubt about it, it all takes determination and courage not to give up.

-LSB-...] We all know about the pre-published author manuscript contests, but Jami Gold discusses what to look for in published - author contests.

He says, I do sometimes hear from writers who know a published illustrator who has created some illustrations for their manuscript, or who has offered to do so, or who might be persuaded to do so... They wonder if in such a case the usual warnings about submitting manuscript and illustrations together still apply... [E] ven if you submit your manuscript with the illustrator's samples, and even if the editor likes the samples, she may not believe that they are a good match for your manuscript, or even that teaming up your manuscript with that illustrator's work will «help» it.

I don't know a great deal about the book business in India, but I'm sure you could benefit from consulting an objective developmental editor to polish your proposal and possibly improve your manuscript with revisions of the core concept, structure, and literary style.

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 have their manuscripts not only edited but proofread (and usually several proofreading passes) and yet a reader will find errors / typos in our published books.

I knew I wouldn't have a prayer of selling my finished manuscript to another publisher in time to get it out for the flood's 50th anniversary, which was an important publicity hook for the launch, and I wasn't about to let the three years I'd spent researching and writing it go down the drain.