Sentences with phrase «living as a professional author»

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As CEO and founder of the Canfield Training Group, I have personally helped 1000s of thousands of people become multi-millionaires, business leaders, best - selling authors, leading sales professionals, successful entrepreneurs, and world - class athletes while creating balanced, fulfilling and healthy lives.

As an author, professional speaker, lifestyle design specialist and private consultant, Ronnie Landis has become one of the leading sources for raw living foods and super foods, tonic herbalism, blender alchemy, peak performance strategies and functional nutrition.

And it's worth a lot, as is the emotional investment of billions of fans worldwide in the boy wizard Harry Potter and the marvelous, sometimes macabre inventions of author J.K. Rowling, brought to such vivid life onscreen by a small army of professional dreamers.

With all due respect to Corina Koch, Carla Douglas, and those who make a living via the editing services they provide to fledgling authors, the dark underbelly to authorship is the need for professional editing that comes as a very rude, unforeseen, and typically unaffordable surprise to most new authors.

As to referring to yourself as a «Professional Author» well, are you making / attempting to make a livinAs to referring to yourself as a «Professional Author» well, are you making / attempting to make a livinas a «Professional Author» well, are you making / attempting to make a living?

If your distinction is merely the descriptive «professional author» (meaning making a living at writing) then fine, but why still come off as unresponsive and / or flat - out, demonstrably wrong?

In other words, you're arguing that someone who — before uploading their novel to Amazon Kindle — had their manuscript professionally edited and formatted; had the subject matter fact - checked by industry professionals; then later had the cover image professionally designed; and who owns all the legal rights to their novel; then unless the person earns a living from the sales of said novel, then they can not be considered as a genuine author.

Eleanor Kuhns sent a letter with the Advanced Readers» Copy of A Simple Life that introduced us not only to the author as a person, but to her life as a professional librarian with her passion for boLife that introduced us not only to the author as a person, but to her life as a professional librarian with her passion for bolife as a professional librarian with her passion for books.

In order to be a professional author, to make enough money to live off your art, you need to treat your writing career with the same respect and diligence as you would any other type of business.

«Gender bending is just the first sign that unusual happenings are afoot in this origin story for a revamped Sherlock Holmes series by bestselling author Thomas... There is also a tantalizing, slow - burn love story between Holmes and a longtime friend befitting Thomas» skills as a romance novelist... The ground has been laid well for future incidents in the professional and intimate life of Charlotte Holmes.»

leads a double life: as an author and a professional speaker and has written seven books in over 12 countries including an a

In a climate where so much of our lives ends up on the internet, it can be hard to distinguish between «John Doe the self - published author» and John Doe's day job as an insurance salesman, since aspects of both of his professional lives may be equally accessible online.

1) Be Genuine Authors often feel the need to present as a professional and distance their private lives from the public.

With London in the international spotlight as the global publishing industry turns its attention to The London Book Fair, what better way to recognise the value of books than this week - long festival that brings together authors, professionals and audiences alike to celebrate the many ways literature enriches our lives.

While the traditional workforce relies on resumes to tell prospective employers about their professional history, this is your chance to highlight your achievements in life and as an author to your prospective readers.

In the time since that post went live, we've seen an author on Amazon taking the fight to reviewers because they didn't like his book, another author going on a rant because of another writer's politics and espousing the fact that you aren't a «professional writer» if you self - publish on Amazon and then the latest from HarperCollins, once again proving that legacy publishers look at their customers as thieves.

Very few traditionally - published authors make their living solely on the basis of what they publish, at least initially (and this is especially true of fiction writers, many of whom write their first novels while working as teachers, lawyers, or other professionals).

While I appreciate that as an professional author you're interested in making a living by exploiting your copyrights, the system as a whole should benefit the public first and foremost, with benefits for authors or publishers not considered at all, save for how that factors into maximizing the public benefit.

It was there that she spoke to artnet News about the exhibition, which features darkly political large - scale works from 1986 to 1989; finding renewed success late in life; and the endurance of a career that has seen her excel at everything from teaching at the renowned Iowa Writers» Workshop to authoring Emmy and Obie award - winning scripts and plays to touring the country as a professional wrestler.

Before establishing himself as a world - famous author and filmmaker, Michael Crichton began his professional life as a doctor and scientist.

There have been times, as a legal and professional publisher, when I have mused on a life without troublesome and quirky authors who take holidays, have families and sometimes put their professional work before their writing commitments.

As an author, speaker, and professional Christian life coach Shane Hansen «walks» with people who are seeking to live happier, fuller, more meaningful lives.

Combining interviews with people from around the world with the author's personal experience as the wife of a super commuter and professional knowledge as a licensed therapist specializing in supporting super commuter couples, this book provides a glimpse into this unique lifestyle, highlights the top three factors to consider before starting a super commute, and offers practical guidance for navigating not only the commute itself but also the ins and outs of staying together while living apart.

Author Lisa Poelle, M.A., has spent 25 years working with parents, early childhood professionals and work / life issues, and she provides realistic advice that can stop biting in as little as two weeks.

But this singular notion will help you keep your office tidier, your paperwork better organized, and both your personal and professional life running more smoothly, according to Regina Leeds, known as the «Zen organizer» and author of the book Right Size, Right Now (De Capo Press, 2015).