Sentences with phrase «most craft books»

I find that often our results are far from the picture - perfect crafts depicted in most craft books.

Not exact matches

In the preface to Several Short Sentences About Writing, he argues that «most of the received wisdom about how writing works is not only wrong but harmful,» and then devotes the rest of the book to smashing assumptions and correcting misconceptions about the craft.
Samuel Balentine, professor of Old Testament at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, crafts powerful and imaginative understandings of some of the most central — and controversial — matters of the book's theology.
Every Grain of Rice — authentic Chinese home - cooking Breakfast for Dinner — sweet and savory breakfast combinations re-purposed for dinnertime The Little Paris Kitchen — classic French cooking made simple enough for every day by TV star Rachel Khoo Sicilia in Cucina — gorgeous, dual - language cookbook focused on the regional flavors of Sicily Venezia in Cucina — sister book to Sicilia in Cucina, but focused on Venice Vegetable Literacy — highly informative vegetable cookbook / encyclopedia, a great resource for enthusiastic kitchen gardeners The Chef's Collaborative — creative recipes from a number of chefs celebrating local, seasonal produce Home Made Summer — a sequel to Home Made and Home Made Winter, packed with simple, summery recipes that make the most of the season's bounty Try This At Home — a fun introduction to molecular gastronomy techniques through the ever creative eyes of Top - Chef Winner Richard Blais Cooking with Flowers — full of sweet recipes that can be made from the flowers in your neighborhood, like lilacs, marigolds, and daylilies Vegetarian Everyday — healthy, creative recipes from the couple behind Green Kitchen Stories The Southern Vegetarian — favorite Southern comfort food classics turned vegetarian by the folks at The Chubby Vegetarian Le Pain Quotidien — simple soups, salads, breads, and desserts from the well - loved Belgian chain Live Fire — ambitious live - fire cooking projects that range from roasting an entire lamb on an iron cross to stuffing burgers with blue cheese to throw on your grill True Brews — a great, accessible introduction to brewing your own soda, kombucha, kefir, cider, beer, mead, sake, and fruit wine Le Petit Paris — a cute little book of classic sweet and savory French dishes, miniaturized for your next cocktail party Wild Rosemary & Lemon Cake — regional Italian cookbook focused on the flavors of the Amalfi coast Vedge — creative, playful vegan recipes from Philadelphia's popular restaurant of the same Full of Flavor — a whimsical cookbook that builds intense flavor around 18 key ingredients Le Pigeon — ambitious but amazing recipes for cooking meat of all sorts, from lamb tongue to eel to bison Pickles, Pigs, and Whiskey — a journey through Southern food in many forms, from home pickling and meat curing to making a perfect gumbo Jenny McCoy's Desserts for Every Season — gorgeous, unique desserts that make the most of each season's best fruits, nuts, and vegetables Winter Cocktails — warm toddies, creamy eggnogs, festive punches, and everything else you need to get you through the colder months Bountiful — produce - heavy, garden - inspired recipe from Diane and Todd of White on Rice Couple Melt — macaroni and cheese taken to extremes you would never have thought of, in the best way possible The Craft Beer Cookbook — all your favorite comfort food recipes infused with the flavors of craft beers, from beer expert Jackie of The BeerCraft Beer Cookbook — all your favorite comfort food recipes infused with the flavors of craft beers, from beer expert Jackie of The Beercraft beers, from beer expert Jackie of The Beeroness
I have managed book - length professional culinary books, most recently Craft Beverage Business Management (Kendall Hunt, 2016) by Madeleine Pullman.
«Craft beer fans are among the most passionate people I've ever met, and the same goes for fans of Star Trek, Star Wars, and comic book superheroes,» says Stone Brewing brewmaster Mitch Steele.
Most craft fairs will be booked well in advance, so you should have plenty of time to think about the products you need to make.
I am an avid reader of most anything from fiction to self - help, health and wellness books, cooking, crafting,....
Most of all, I love seeing our books brought to life in our Oxford and Concord, MA Studios — what we think of as «hubs» in our global community, where we have events like storytelling, arts and crafts activities, African drumming, puppet shows, yoga and even a family café serving healthy and organically produced food... all part of the Barefoot lifestyle and all about connecting families and nurturing creativity, imagination and diversity.
These bookstores usually have a craft section, but give yourself lots of time: Most of these books have simple white spines and unless you speak Japanese, you will need to pull the books from the shelf one by one.
Good moms can stay home with their children and savor (most) every craft - making, game - playing, book - reading moment.
Most kids love the hungry caterpillar and we as moms do a lot of activities and crafts based on this book but did you know that there are also a bunch of the very hungry caterpillar activities on amazon?
Most years, I spend months reading and cross-referencing book lists to craft the perfect summer reading schedule before the first holiday.
Crafted to be your go - to resource for all things related to using essential oils safely and effectively, this book will empower you to approach the primary common health concerns affecting most people today.
i'm most inspired by talented illustrators and painters who have been honing their craft for a while, but inspiration for me can come from anywhere: a tv show, a ceramic bowl, a beautiful landscape, a cool outfit, interior design, a children's book, etc. just seeing something that sparks an idea gets my creative juices going again.
So, to save your blushes, we've crafted the perfect bluffer's guide to the most lied about books.
In my judgment, the statutory mechanism for this (known as QSAC) is among the most poorly crafted laws on the books today.
«Georgia Heard's newest book, Heart Maps — Helping Students Create and Craft Authentic Writing explores the thing most central, most essential, and most necessary in teaching writing.
Santa Barbara Writers Conference 6 - day writing conference with workshops, keynotes, panels, agents, networking, crafting, marketing, banquets, awards, most genres, manuscript consultations, cocktail reception, book signings,...
In this way, getting reviews for your book may well be the most important factor in hooking new readers (a good cover and well crafted description being the other elements).
Her most fun, and slightly paradoxical, tips involve preserving your precious volumes and demolishing others to use in a host of lit - nerd crafting projects — including a ladder shelf, a lighted book box, a bed headboard constructed with tessellated book spines and linens printed with your favorite text passages.
I've been reading writing craft books for almost two decades, and it's gotten to the point where most of them don't tell me anything I don't already know.
In addition to listings for most literary agents, the 2013 Guide to Literary Agents includes craft and business advice from more than 35 literary agents on topics like query letters, children's books, synopses and proposals, memoir writing, first chapters, conferences, platform, and more.
Rather, Peter Ackroyd has used his skill, his extraordinary knowledge, and his historical intuition to craft this major full - scale book on one of the most towering figures of the English language.
The 2013 Guide to Literary Agents has listings for most American literary agents, but it also includes craft and business advice from more than 35 literary agents on topics like query letters, children's books, synopses and proposals, memoir writing, first chapters, conferences, platform, and more.
These are the five sites I've found to be the most useful for knowledge on the craft of creating comic books and getting the word out.
Jami, after reading most of this, and clicking on a few links, I'm never going to buy another craft book!
If there is one writing craft book I'm most thankful for bringing home, A Writer's Book of Days would bebook I'm most thankful for bringing home, A Writer's Book of Days would beBook of Days would be it.
My most recent library haul included a memoir, popular non-fiction history book, a writing craft book, and a fiction book that was popular with the book clubs a few years back.
TOUR STOP VARIETY — In my very first virtual tour, most of the tour stop formats were Q&A interviews where the host (who had read the book) would ask interview questions that ranged from book inspirations to craft advice.
Stedman has crafted a beautiful story: an original plot filled with dilemmas that will have the reader contemplating long after the last page; luminous prose that is marvellously descriptive of the Western Australian landscape and effectively conveys the post-war atmosphere; and characters with depth and appeal whose situations evoke empathy (only the most hard - hearted reader will finish this book without a tear shed).
I suppose the most difficult to write was Helen, not for reasons of craft, but because my grandmother died while I was writing the book.
To compare Thubron's writing to most travel books is to compare the beautifully crafted treasures inside the museum to the tawdry baubles being hawked on the museum steps.
Publishers and their allied Authors can craft the most beautiful argument in the world and conjure up an image of puppies drowning and pandas going extinct and kittens being stomped under boots if we don't pay $ 14.99 for books.
A well - crafted book description is one of the most important ways to promote your book.
I've been blogging for over seven years, and comments have seriously dried up across the blogosphere, but at some point, I do begin to wonder whether the time and effort I put into blogging is worth it — especially when the thing I love most about blogging, teaching writing craft, could be done via... I don't know, selling books on writing craft?
And most importantly of all, craft a cover (either yourself or with the aid of a designer) that speaks to the readers you know will want to read your book.
Packed with strategies to craft marketable book ideas and then turn those ideas into books that sell, you can use these tools over and over again to get the most out of your writing.
At first, you came to the San Francisco Writers Conference to learn the craft of writing, to hear famous writers describe how they became famous, to learn the secrets of how to create a winning book proposal, to become enlightened by publishers about what they want and, most of all, to pitch literary agents, those elusive creatures who seem always to be heading the other direction.
I've included the various books on writing craft that I've found most useful as a writer.
The most successful books combine craft and commerce — top - notch writing with a story idea that appeals to readers.
Join us May 26th and May 27th for two days exploring the art, craft, and business of creative nonfiction with authors, agents, book publishers, and editors from some of the most thoughtful magazines in America.
He'll discuss how to craft proper book descriptions, how this impacts discovery, and the three most common errors you can make.
Barry Eisler, who has tackled both legacy and self - publishing (and succeeded wildly), suggests a reading of three books — Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies by Sol Stein, Learning to Write Fiction from the Masters, by Barnaby Conrad, and Robert McKee's Story: Substance, Structure, Style and Principles of Screenwriting to improve the craft of storytelCraft Techniques and Strategies by Sol Stein, Learning to Write Fiction from the Masters, by Barnaby Conrad, and Robert McKee's Story: Substance, Structure, Style and Principles of Screenwriting to improve the craft of storytelcraft of storytelling.
As authors, we would also think the craft of writing is the most important piece of a great book.
Out of curiosity, we also decided to find and declare a winner for the inaugural BNC BiblioShare Most Canadian Book Award based on our hand - crafted criteria.
Though I'm asked often, I rarely review a book because most of the books I read out here are poorly crafted.
While most non-fiction authors don't need to study plotting and character development, knowing how to craft a sentence, use correct grammar, and outline a book are all still important.
Named one of Fast Company's most influential women of 2010, she's got a new book out, «Switch Craft: Battery - Powered Crafts to Make and Sew».
The Art of Not Making: The New Artist / Artisan Relationship is the first book to tackle these questions head on, exploring the concepts of authorship, artistic originality, skill, craftsmanship and the creative act, and highlighting the vital role that skills from craft and industrial production play in creating some of today's most innovative and highly sought - after works of art.
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