Sentences with phrase «known author whose»

Who knew an author whose latest novel features severed fingers would enjoy a well - crafted children's book?

I know authors whose books, rejected by the editors (or the marketers) of Big Publishing Houses, that have sold quite well thru amazon and other e-tailers, in some cases netting them six figures a year.

Back when they first offered the ability to give books away for free for a few days, tons of indie books from unknown authors would hit the top of Amazons list and knock off well known authors whose books were being purchased for $ $.

Not exact matches

As you may or may not know, I started a publishing company almost two years ago, and as part of the process of publishing and marketing books, I wanted to create a «Book Launch» strategy so that the authors whose books we publish could get a good start on helping people learn about their book.

«They got» a (sic) remember there can be no LOVE for one another, because God is the author of love, even though the Bible never says anything of the sort and there are lots of atheists in love and atheists whose love of humanity leads them to significant acts of charity, but nevermind that!

The preacher whose life is always under threat is Troy Perry, founder of UFMCC and author of The Lord Is My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay.

It's arranged roughly in chronological order, covers a time span of 1000's of years, comprised of writings from dozens of different authors (few of whom actually knew each other) yet whose writings all contained a common thread.

The first is Vindiciae contra Tyrannos (1573), about whose author little is known.

Moa originated from the famous Swedish author whose pen name was Moa Martinson who was most known for her proletarian literature.

He proceeded to name 10 of the world's best - known plays, plays whose authors every ninth - grader can identify, pausing after each one, hoping that this series of softballs would help me calm down.

The final study was based on 76,863 transactions of 625 participants — none of whose names is known to the authors.

Many people know about the threatened polar bear and extinct passenger pigeon, but few have heard of endangered and extinct languages such as Eyak in Alaska, whose last speaker died in 2008, or Ubykh in Turkey, whose last fluent speaker died in 1992, says Tatsuya Amano, a zoologist at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and lead author of the new study.

Would original authors — whose approach was known good — agree with having someone else crank through their same procedure after the «datasets and / or calibrations and / or age models» were changed?

While in New York, I had the chance to sip cappuccino with She Knows columnist and author, Jamie Beckman, whose book is featured this month in the Cyber-Dating Expert Reading Room.

One 54 - year - old, an author of 13 books on the topic and whose pen name is the Dating Goddess, knows firsthand the pitfalls of getting back in the saddle.

Tadek is convinced Daniel's killer is the famous author Kozlow (Marton Csokas, effectively repulsive), whose latest work of fiction includes a description of a murder that sounds exactly like the murder of Daniel — and includes details known only to the police.

«Math problems, American authors, and history,» she says and then recites a question she remembers being asked: «What poem begins, «Whose woods these are I think I know...»?»

Young people often want to know about a favorite author or illustrator because they feel that the author or illustrator is speaking to them directly through their work, writes Kay E. Vandergrift, whose Web site provides links to many authors.

My target range for traditionally published authors whose work I know and who come from publishers I trust — almost exclusively Baen — is the $ 6.99 — $ 8.99 range.

But you know what, there are some «professional authors» whose work sucks, too.

As a traditional and mainly self - published author whose books have sold over 850,000 copies worldwide, I think that I know a little bit of what it takes to be a success as a writer.

I know of one author whose publisher was told by a number of key accounts that they were not going to buy the author's newest book because the previous one had come out only three months earlier.

Plus getting published in an anthology with authors whose names are better known than yours can be a huge boost to any career.

Sure, it happens to that rare author, but 99 % of the time, that author has been writing for many years, and in all likelihood, knows someone who knows someone whose grandmother's first cousin worked for the agent's cleaning lady.

I know one elderly author whose motivation is to record her family history and being able to share this with friends and family via Kindle.

Fortunately, I know a couple people whose art and instruction are incredibly helpful to authors and publishers.

These days, authors whose books are being carried by major houses as well as those who are self - publishing, need to know how to promote and market their books.

Besides which, we know that authors blurb each other's books so that, when they need endorsements for their own books, the authors whose books they blurbed will return the favor.

You know the one, whose constant passive - aggressive «BUY MY BOOK» posts soon become so irritating that we have no choice but to issue the offending author with a cease - and - desist before gouging out our own eyes and / or unfollowing them on social media.

Though fictionalized, Pearsall shines a light on Hampton, an amazing, lesser - known artist whose pieces are housed in the Smithsonian Museum, with an author's note detailing the true story.

While this might be a viable option for individual authors whose readers already know where to search, it can be... [Read more...]

While this might be a viable option for individual authors whose readers already know where to search, it can be incredibly difficult for publishers to lure readers, given that many consumers may be familiar with a name or title, but are rarely in tune with who launched a particular book.

I was attracted to this collection because of the many contributing authors I admire in it, and also because I knew Scott Nicholson (whose novels I've recently become a fan of) would do a great job with selecting helpful and interesting advice.

Malerman is one of those authors whose work I'm always interested in because I know that no matter what the basis of the story is, I know it will be something special.

Marcia is also an author, which means she knows how it feels to be the one whose work is being edited.

(Incidentally, I'm not saying all those other books are junk — they could be amazing books, whose authors just don't know how to keep them visible).

You probably know it already but wouldn't believe it still, but many big - name authors whose work have gone on to become classics or bestsellers have experienced rejection, the same way you're experiencing it now.

My opinion may change as all the industry shifts, but as of right now, the only way I'd buy a self - pubbed book is if I knew the person or if they were previously a traditionally pubbed author whose re-issuing their backlist.

Some of the most successful individuals with projects held through crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe were already well - known, or nearly so — people like Amanda Palmer, frontwoman for the band the Dresden Dolls, who reportedly received $ 1.2 million on Kickstarter to fund the creation of a new album and book, and comic writer / self - published author Ryan North, whose book «To Be or Not To Be» is still reportedly the highest publishing Kickstarter project ever.

Often they operate more on the level of curators whose intake is limited to people they know and a group of agents their company has history with, taking on finished projects that someone else (an agent, a professor in creative writing, a literary consultancy, the author) has edited and polished.

Open lesbianism was practically unheard of in the 1940s, but Jinny and Laura (an Italian expatriate who played violin in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and worked as a documentary film producer) were «companions» whose relationship was evident to those in the know, according to Hemingway's Boat author Paul Hendrickson.

Part of the fun of reading is being surprised, whether by an author you thought you knew or a story whose next step you thought you could predict.

The author, whose best - known novels are The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, says winning the award is «flabbergastingly flattering.»

Well known for creating compelling characters whose lives are relatable and realistic, best - selling author Sherryl Woods returns with a new Ocean Breeze trilogy, which follows three generations of the Castle family.

If, on the other hand, your idea is likely to stick around for a while — like the ideas of, I du n no, Orwell or Postman or Keynes or, well, any of a hundred thousand other authors whose ideas are still relevant today, then maybe it's worth taking the time — and the multiple rounds of copy - editing and revising and proof - reading and checking and double checking that causes publishing to the so slow — just to make sure you get it right before you publish.

Many authors I know, through my book promotions consultancy Off The Shelf and the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), whose blog of self - publishing advice I edit, are climbing aboard the authors I know, through my book promotions consultancy Off The Shelf and the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), whose blog of self - publishing advice I edit, are climbing aboard the Authors (ALLi), whose blog of self - publishing advice I edit, are climbing aboard the scheme.

I know of one author whose writing career allowed her husband to quit working, as well, and he's subsequently started his own PR firm.

Even a cynic like Marlowe understood the value of a happy ending, and that lesson hasn't been lost on DePoy, the author of this curtain - raiser, who seems well positioned to keep alive the Marlowe we know — as well as the Marlowe whose heroics will always remain the stuff of legend.

Although some indie authors price their books at the lower end of the spectrum (as low as.99 cents) in order to compete with better - known writers whose work is being released through traditional publishers, some readers may be put off by prices which seem artificially low, because they won't trust the quality of the book.

I want to be able to snag a book whenever / wherever, and I'm out of shelf space so unless it is a book that I desperately want a hardcover / TPB / MMPB of (mostly these books that get my precious shelf space are either by authors I know, authors whose work I absolutely love, or a combination of the above), I'm going to get it on my Kindle.