Sentences with phrase «most creative authors»

Not exact matches

«For many people, I think their first impulse is to have an event,» says Joan Schneider, president and creative director of Boston public relations and marketing communications firm Schneider Associates, and author of the book «The New Launch Plan: 152 Tips, Tactics, and Trends from the Most Memorable New Products.

Advising the new head of the Boardroom this season will be world - class business minds, including investment guru Warren Buffett, one of the most successful businessmen in the world; former Microsoft CEO and Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer; Tyra Banks, a supermodel, actress, TV host, producer, accomplished businesswoman and CEO of the Tyra Banks Company and cosmetics brand, TYRA Beauty; actress, author and entrepreneur Jessica Alba, the founder and chief creative officer of The Honest Company and Honest Beauty; and Schwarzenegger's trusted confidante and nephew, prominent entertainment attorney Patrick Knapp Schwarzenegger.

Lehrer (author of the best - selling How We Decide) explains why we get our best ideas in the shower, shatters the myth of the muse, descries creative working environments that increase productivity, and tells story after story about the ways in which the world's most creative people work.

-- Elisabeth Prueitt, co-founder of Tartine Manufactory and author of Tartine All Day «Modern, creative, appealing, and, most importantly, fun — this is Ottolenghi at the top of his game.»

You may be familiar with author Amy Chaplin's work through her beautiful blog, where she shares some of the most practical and creative natural foods recipes around.

Created in partnership with New York Times best - selling author Jonathan Safran Foer (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Eating Animals, Everything is Illuminated), who curated the series, these stories are meant to entertain customers while exposing them to some of the most creative and influential people of our time.

Because so many digital media limit the number of characters an author can use at a time, students are becoming more creative to get the most out of their limited space.

«We are delighted to work with Scribd and Oyster to offer this exciting new model for readers to find and read eBooks, and to do so in a manner that respects the value of our authors» creative endeavors and supports our mutual goals of selling the most possible copies of their books.»

Like most people who love books, I enjoy a fair amount of coffee, but mostly it's the infectious enthusiasm of the creative and innovative authors I work with that keeps me excited and motivated.

Whether you're a librarian, a bookseller, or just a general lover of books, you know that independent presses and authors are publishing some of the most innovative, creative, and beautiful books.

My main concern on this blog, is helping overcome the challenges facing indie authors, artists and entrepreneurs with creative solutions that aren't obvious and in most cases have never really been considered.

This thriller is set in the Christian history that most are familiar with, but takes a new look at it through the author's creative and intriguing fiction that is woven throughout the story.»

Her book publicity course offers a perfect mix of practical tools, creative ideas and unfailing encouragement and support to help authors learn to make the most of each and every opportunity to get their books known.

Applications like iBooks Author from Apple can do a lot of the technical work for you but the most important parts are creative and planning, and that is all up to you.

I think most of us will end up as hybrid authors, quite honestly — the catch is to make that new model work for us in a productive and creative way.

-- Derek Murphy, Creative Indie The problem that most authors have is «soap - boxing» their -LSB-...]

Authors, book reviewers, bloggers, newspaper and radio interviewers, and fans across the globe agree: «John Locke is one of the most creative contemporary talents in America today.»

From the author's point of view, the most interesting characters to write are always the dark ones, so my favourites in purely creative terms are probably Mathilda Gillespie from «The Scold's Bridle», whose twisted voice comes through her diaries, and Fox in «Fox Evil» whose even more twisted voice comes through his complex love / hate / abusive relationship with 10 - year - old Wolfie.

Most authors start out having to juggle their writing and publishing work with a day job, and most authors fantasize about the ability to ditch that job and focus exclusively on their creative wMost authors start out having to juggle their writing and publishing work with a day job, and most authors fantasize about the ability to ditch that job and focus exclusively on their creative wmost authors fantasize about the ability to ditch that job and focus exclusively on their creative work.

Most authors start off self - publishing as a purely creative endeavor, with little expectation around writing more books or earning a great deal.

Sure, the author electronically published his book, but the book never went through any kind of evaluation, most probably wasn't edited (because many self - published authors wish to retain all creative control over their book) and more than likely didn't sell more than a hundred copies.

This book is different and offers really creative ideas for authors but will never be found by the ones who need it most unless I can get reviews.

Alex Marwood is a pseudonym for author / journalist Serena Mackesy whose About Me page on her website is one of the funniest and most creative I have read in a long time.

But sometimes, that pseudonym can mean creative freedom, at least in the case of one of the most famous contemporary authors.

The author is an important part of the process for most hybrid publishers, and they will have creative input along the way, although not total control.

Editors with creative function cost an enormous amount of money for all but the most successful authors.

Indeed, one of the most creative - marketing author - marketer - speakers I am aware of, Seth Godin (to use an example of someone who is familiar to lots of bloggers) often gives away eBooks because he knows they enhance his «brand» and will help generate revenue in other ways.

By far one of the most creative resources I've come across for authors, the Better Novel App is an innovative tool that helps authors organize their manuscript in an organic, distraction - free workplace.

The very thought of selling is intimidating for most authors and creative folk in general.

And conferences may, better than most destinations, show us just how fast we can zip down so many roads and find ourselves again at the creative heart of the matter: authors.

Most authors are not overly concerned with the formatting during writing, since writing is a creative process rather than a technical one.

Most creatives (including authors) find it difficult, or at least painful to do much coding.

Now, however, with the rise of the Internet, e-books and many opportunities and methods available to writers, self - publishing is a real viable alternative for authors who want to get the most out of their work, without sacrificing creative control.

Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn also ranks in my top five most useful sites for indie and traditionally published authors.

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.

The Creative Penn is an incredibly successful website in and of itself, and is recognized as one of the most helpful destinations for self published authors today.

Some of the world's most successful authors still do a lot of teaching and other work to keep themselves afloat, so it's extremely rare to be able to make a living from creative writing alone.

Why is it that books — one of the cheapest, most valued creative books available — is the only product that is rude and exploitative if you offer people willing to pay authors a decent amount the choice of a hardcover version?

The large agencies are the ones most authors would recognize, such as Curtis Brown, International Creative Management, and William Morris.

Most of the authors they interviewed used Creative Commons licenses.

Having worked with a large number of successful authors, each project is treated as an opportunity to get the client's message across in the most effective and creative way.

Orna Ross is an award - winning author - publisher, advocate for independent authors and other creative entrepreneurs and, as Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, «one of the 100 most influential people in publishing» (The Booksauthors and other creative entrepreneurs and, as Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, «one of the 100 most influential people in publishing» (The BooksAuthors, «one of the 100 most influential people in publishing» (The Bookseller).

I absolutely consider myself an entrepreneur as well as a creative, but I realize that most authors don't have the business background I do.

Probably the most famous example is American sci - fi and horror author Scott Sigler, interviewed here on The Creative Penn podcast.

Among the 4,000 hybrid authors surveyed by Writers Digest, creative control is the most rational factor that ties them to the title.

Most importantly, BB eBooks encourages major executives to listen to each and every indie author's voice right now because they are the creative elements that have helped drive the eBook industry to its prosperity in the first place.

I think that the author of this article (and most people) justify our dogs actions with the most creative mental acrobatics we can come up with to make them look innocent.

One of the most universally recognizable iconic figures in modern popular culture, Conan was born from the creative genius of pulp fiction author Robert E. Howard.

Early abstract works and mature landscape paintings were also deeply conceptually rooted within the author's mind, but the portrayal of women remains Willem's most intimate creative output.

Gonzalez is a contributing author for The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, Second Edition and Third Edition by Christopher James and is featured most recently in the news book Gum Printing, A Step - by - Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice by Christina Z. Anderson and Alternate Processes in Photography by Brian Arnold.