Sentences with phrase «only older writers»

Not only older writers but everyone who is self - publishing needs to weigh options and costs carefully.

Not exact matches

No question about it, the listening is demanding, not only because of the writer's rhetorical style but also because of the assumption that the reader knows the Old Testament and the wilderness life of Israel, a life centered in the tabernacle and the daily ministrations of the priest.

A little later, packing up his manuscripts, Ford happened to see «the page and the very commended phrase «old - eyed», and to notice that somehow in the rounds of fatigued retyping that used to precede a writer's final sign - off on a book in the days before word processors, the original and rather dully hybridised «cold - eyed» had somehow lost its «c» and become «old - eyed», only nobody'd noticed since they both made a kind of sense.»

Only in the church, the writers argue, do old people find their rightful role and place.

We have looked at only two examples which illustrate how the Old Testament writers were concerned with history.

To be sure, Maeterlinck, when he was suggested for membership in the French Academy, the first Belgian in history to be so honored, wrote a letter to Le Journal asking that they choose instead «my old friend Emile Verhaeren, first, because he is my elder; second, because he is a very great poet, while I am only an industrious and conscientious prose writer.

Not only does a fluent reader make the transition to being a fluent writer much more easily than a non-fluent reader, but as students get older reading plays an important role in math, science, and social studies, too.

The first time Chirlane McCray stepped into City Hall, she was a 36 - year - old speech writer for then - Mayor David Dinkins — the city's first and only black mayor — in the early 1990s.

Now, Daddy has become an MC martyr, Stepdaddy a reckless sociopath, and the only question for Jax is why the writers are still jerking him around as in the old, complicated days.

Whether he's showing Blake binging on whiskey in between puffs from a cigarette but before puking in a trash can in the alley outside the stage or talking with his newfound love about her kid, his inability to take a much - needed favor from his old student, or when he's going to get to see her again before downing some more whiskey while smoking and soon passing out on his bathroom floor, writer / director Scott Cooper seems to only care about the obvious details of Blake's here - and - now life.

The horror - film tropes resurface only intermittently in their later films: a hand bursting out of the ground, recalling the final shot of Carrie, during the prison break in 1987's Raising Arizona (a shot also used in The Evil Dead); the wood chipper that in Fargo (1996) is put to the grisly use that Marty had intended for his incinerator; Anton Chigurh's slasher murders in No Country for Old Men (2007); and, most acutely of all, in Barton Fink (1991), a film about a writer's worst nightmare, writer's block, complete with sweating wallpaper, expanding plumes of blood, and a hellfire climax.

The endeavor of dramatizing the events of something as horrific as the 2002 Washington D.C. killing spree of «The Beltway Snipers», John Allen Muhammed and his then 17 - year - old partner, Lee Malvo, requires a deft hand and a measure of control and restraint typically demonstrated only by the most seasoned of filmmakers, especially if you're going to examine the infamous killers as intimately as writer - director Alexandre Moors does in his debut feature, Blue Caprice.

In writer / director Dan Fogelman's upcoming dramedy Danny Collins, Pacino plays an aging rocker whose career has since withered to singing only old hits of his own and cover songs galore.

That continued trend of bringing back old writers, though, only highlights the dated feel of much of this reboot; if you were told that these episodes were written 20 years ago, you'd probably believe it.

Only 30 years old, writer - director Patrick Vollrath is already a prolific director of short films (according to his IMDB page, this is his seventh), and he's a filmmaker I plan to keep an eye on.

Nonetheless, Nathaniel generally went unnoticed by passersby until the fateful day, Steve Lopez (Robert Downey, Jr.), a writer for the L.A. Times, was struck by the virtuosity being exhibited by this homeless man on a battered, old instrument with only two strings.

(Only «Toy Story 3» director Lee Unkrich and writer Michael Arndt had the guts to kill off a couple of old characters to keep the numbers down.)

The first (and only) feature directed by a promising young writer - director named Steve Gordon, who died the following year of a heart attack at age 44, the first Arthur was hardly a masterpiece, but it was a highly enjoyable comedy of manners done in a style that, even at the time, seemed quaintly old - fashioned.

This setting allows Bay and writer Ehren Kruger (who wrote two good movies over a decade ago — Arlington Road and The Ring — before descending into Hollywood hackdom) the films only flourish of ironic «wit» — the crotchety old gent theatre owner (great character actor Richard Riehle, wasted here) complains that all they make sequels and remakes nowadays.

Craig (Pat Healy), a struggling writer, has just been laid off from his job as an auto mechanic and owes $ 4,500 in back rent; he'll be evicted in a week (along with his wife and 15 - month - old son) if he can't come up with the full amount, and even that would only buy him a month.

Josh Radnor, probably best known for his continuing role in the TV sitcom How I Met Your Mother, is not only the writer - director of the semi-autobiographical Liberal Arts, but he also plays its main character, Jesse Fisher, a 35 - year - old New Yorker experiencing some sort of midlife crisis.

It's complex and classic fantasy, and it's further inspiring to young readers — and aspiring writers — because the author began the first book in the series, Eragon, when he was only 15 years old.

I decided to overhaul my old target market worksheet, previously only available to those who purchased my Web Writer's Guide e-book which is no longer available.

In the old days when traditional publishing was the only course a writer could take, with the exception of very expensive vanity publishing, the approach to writing was pretty much as follows:

Randomly stumbled upon this tonight and I see most of the comments are now years old... but in response to your last comment Tracy about how you know at least some writers that make $ 1,000 a day by writing longer works... out of curiosity, are these writers publishing dozens of books to get to that level or did they just find the right niche and only have to publish a few books to get to that level?

However, in my own reviewing, and it is done usually for new writers, as my old favorites have tons of fans and reviews and will not miss mine, I only vaguely reference the plot, but do say why I read the book.

The reason I ask is because I'm not only a somewhat slow, deliberate writer (I write genre, but with literary characteristics and a heavy emphasis on craft), but I also have a full - time job and a 10 - month - old boy.

«Unlike myself, my old friend Derek Haines (and a few other writers I know) constantly hop in and out of bed with whichever publisher they decide is the flavour of the month at the time, only to cast them aside later like an ex lover, when they decide they hate them for some reason or other.

In the old days (we're talking 15 years ago) there was really only one choice for writers who wanted to release their words to the world: You sent your manuscript to a publishing house, and then you prayed.

We publish reviews of only the best literary fiction, older and new, as judged by other literary fiction writers.

I think what you say might well be true for the older generation of writers who started writing when all that silly submitting and querying bullshit was the only way to reach readers.

A TYPICAL YEAR OLD LION DOG c. 1923 C.R. Edmonds, Farmer's Weekly, February 7, 1923) Height — 24 inches at the shoulder Weight — 60 lb Colour — Tawny, fawn or brindle Coat — short and hard Tail — Longish and thick, free from feather and carried low (Note: two breeders have advised the writer that considerable difficulty is experienced in the tail as at times varying lengths of tail occur in the same litter, some being only six to seven inches long like a docked dog, others with a kink like a Bulldog and others with long tails as described.

K and J: Actually, only one of our 22 writers is an old friend from before the blog.

We publish reviews of only the best literary fiction, older and new, as judged by other literary fiction writers.

In 1993, while only 19 years old, Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo (Os Gemeos) met with young American graffiti writer Barry McGee.

By David Tirrell - Wysocki, Associated Press Writer DUBLIN, N.H. â $» The Old Farmer's Almanac is going further out on a limb than usual this year, not only forecasting a cooler winter, but looking ahead decades to suggest we are in for global cooling, not warming.

We publish reviews of only the best literary fiction, older and new, as judged by other literary fiction writers.

«It's never a good idea to bash your old employer or throw your former boss under the bus because it just makes you look petty... Employers are looking for versatile and adaptive employees, so harping on the bad things at your prior company will only make you look like a Debbie Downer,» says Wendi Weiner, resume writer and career transition coach.

Answer: With the Principal of the Dynamic Resume Solutions, Darlene Dassy, being a Global Leader and Professional Resume Writer with 14 years of broad experience in the career services industry, we can proudly tout: Through ongoing industry deducation and commitment, Darlene is one of only a handful of careers professionals who has earned the industry's oldest and most prestigious Master - Level Credentials... Master Career Director (MCD), Certified Master Resume Writer (CMRW) and Certified Executive Resume Master (CERM).

Awarded by Career Directors International (CDI), the Certified Master Resume Writer is the careers industry's oldest master - level resume credential and the only one endorsed by a professional association.