Sentences with phrase «known nonfiction author»

My wife is good friends with a well - known nonfiction author but is reluctant to ask her to even look at the manuscript because she's afraid it will affect their friendship.

Foregoing 35 % of the market was a risk most agents and authors did not care to take, and while Kirshbaum eventually landed a string of reasonably well - known nonfiction authors, including Tim Ferriss and Penny Marshall, the resuts were mixed at best.

Not exact matches

When I first decided to become an independent author and self - publish after having gone the trad route with nonfiction and made a few attempts to go the trad route for fiction, I knew next - to - nothing about the social media circus I was about to join.

Most of the time authors don't need to know how to write a book proposal unless they're trying to find representation for a nonfiction book.

He is the author of a work of nonfiction, Things My Son Needs to Know About Life, and a number of novels including A Man Called Ove, his first novel.

Sarah Bolme presents An Important Element in Publishing Nonfiction posted at Marketing Christian Books, saying, «With decreased time spent reading, decreased attention span, and knowing that the majority of readers don't read a Christian nonfiction book in its entirety, every author should pay attention to this important element for nonfiction books.»

This is absolutely critical for nonfiction authors, and while an impressive following isn't as important in fiction, we do look to see if the author knows how to promote their books and has included ideas, statistics, and examples in the book proposal.

He wrote the book on writing fiction, and he has built mailing lists both as a fiction and nonfiction author, so no matter what genre you're writing in, he has some great tips and knowledge about building an e-mail list.

Since 2005, she has moderated a nonfiction book group that has hosted such nationally known authors as journaling expert Janet Conner (Writing Down Your Soul), genocide survivor and professional athlete Gilbert Tuhabonye (This Voice In My Heart), and Paul Woodruff (Reverence), a TV guest of Bill Moyers.

Discover insider secrets for authors of fiction, nonfiction, and children's books... so you'll know how to write a book proposal that's absolutely irresistible.

An author known for her nonfiction work recently complained that her social media followers hadn't purchased her first novel.

I know it can work really well for fiction (both from my experiment and from the many authors over at kindleboards.com) but will it also work equally well for nonfiction — and a stock market book at that (not really a highly sought after topic after all is it)?

I chose nonfiction because it was both easier for me to document what I knew to be true and to save time by providing a resource aspiring authors could use.

In 2007 he was the first author to simultaneously hold the No 1 position on the Sunday Times Bestseller nonfiction and fiction lists for The Dangerous Book for Boys and Wolf of the Plains.

He wrote the play Tongues and authored several nonfiction titles including The Half - Known World and What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak.

And just how powerful this kind of information can be for the nonfiction author who knows how to use it.

Despite writing more than 30 books of fiction and nonfiction, author Julia Cameron is best known for one: The...

Despite writing more than 30 books of fiction and nonfiction, author Julia Cameron is best known for one: The Artist's Way, the iconic bestseller that guided millions of readers to improved creativity.

Authors of short form fiction and nonfiction reading this post will no doubt agree and look for a way to sell their own short - form work online.

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If you're a nonfiction author, they want to know your credentials.

Savvy nonfiction authors and novelists alike add this tool to their book marketing tool kits because they know that any trade journal publicity helps sell books.

The greatest challenge for eBook authors, both fiction and nonfiction, is getting their eBook known.

It's impossible to know whether Amazon's KF8 will turn things around for non-narrative nonfiction authors who want to enter the eBook marketplace.

Most authors I know want to put the focus on the books, not themselves — unless they're nonfiction authors who are also thought leaders, speakers, or otherwise public figures.

But for the majority of nonfiction authors, there are more benefits in building a platform and becoming known within a community for a particular subject matter, given that the risk presented by idea theft is quite small.

I'm Matt Herron, also known as M.G. Herron, the author of three sci - fi novels and a nonfiction book for writers called Scrivener Superpowers that was launched to bestseller status on Amazon twice with the help of email newsletters.

Author Credentials It's important to know something about the author's background — especially if they've written a nonfictionAuthor Credentials It's important to know something about the author's background — especially if they've written a nonfictionauthor's background — especially if they've written a nonfiction book.

Although I am now known as a nonfiction author, my writing career began in the first half of the 1960s with the publication of a poem in an anthology.

You'll also want to know that the book addresses novelists more than nonfiction authors.

Stephanie is known for her content - rich presentations on a variety of topics for both nonfiction and fiction authors.

(I am a two - time Amazon bestselling author in two different genres, so I know how to draw up a marketing plan for both fiction and nonfiction.)

And when I began working with the program, myself, I approached three independent authors I know to see if they'd like to give SELF - e a try and report on their experience — novelist, veteran ghost writer, and editor Roz Morris in London; nonfiction specialist Victoria Noe in Chicago; and North Carolina cozy - mystery novelist Elizabeth S. Craig.

According to a press release by NYT Culture editor Danielle Mattoonon, Senior will focus on nonfiction, which is no surprise, given her background as a journalist writing about politics, social science, and mental health and as the author of the best selling All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood (HarperCollins / Ecco; HarperCollins and Blackstone Audio; OverDrive Sample).

Interviewed by Poynter.org yesterday, Lozada talked about his plans, which are focused on «building a digital audience,» by using «author interviews; short posts that highlight key nuggets from new books; deep dives on trends in nonfiction,» such as his piece, «The End of Everything» and adds, «while I know that lots of people use reviews to help them decide which books to buy and read, lots of them also see reviews as a substitute for reading the book.

Most aspiring nonfiction authors are shocked when they find out exactly what they must do to get a book from an idea to a bound volume held in readers» hands — no matter how they decide to accomplish this goal.

Includes popular and nonfiction ebooks published in NC, novels by well - known local authors, and award - winning short fiction and poetry.

She is the author of several nonfiction books, including Your Adopted Dog: Everything You Need to Know About Rescuing and Caring for a Best Friend in Need, co-authored with Katerina Lorenzatos Makris.