Sentences with phrase «other nonfiction works»

Other nonfiction works well worth discussing are Kenneth C. Davis» In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives (2016) and John Lewis and Andrew Aydin's March trilogy (2013 — 2016), all of which provide gripping perspectives on black history while also asking readers to consider that history's influence in our present - day lives.

Using other nonfiction works, the course guides students in recognizing the importance of analyzing evidence, recognizing symbolism, examining word choice, and identifying figurative language in nonfiction literature.

Not exact matches

Since that epic chronicle of two inner - city Chicago teens» crusades to become professional basketball players — one of the most acclaimed and successful nonfiction features of its decade — James has gone on to make other probing studies of American life, such as the intensely personal Stevie, the capital - punishment exposé At the Death House Door, and last year's The Interrupters, a devastating immersion in the work of street - violence mediators.

It now transpires that McKay, a Saturday Night Live graduate who is no stranger to political satire, viewed The Other Guys as a slapstick allegory for the recent financial crisis and was working on the movie when he first read Michael Lewis's nonfiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, an account of the people who predicted (and profited from) the crash of 2007 - 8.

Its policy is to publish poetry, short fiction, essays, creative nonfiction, memoir, essay reviews, nature - writing, translated work, literary journalism, and other autobiographical, historical, religious and scientific writing of literary distinction.

One house published my nonfiction work and the other pure fiction written under my penname, John Franklin.

In the course of doing research for a book like Astoria, which my agent has called «historical adventure,» I find myself reading bits and pieces of all sorts of works of nonfiction, as well as explorers» journals and memoirs, history, anthropology and many other eclectic subjects.

In addition to copyright law, there are other, often more powerful, ways for nonfiction writers to protect their work and themselves.

Your book will be published alongside other authors who take their work seriously and who have written compelling nonfiction books.

She is passionate about teaching and especially enjoys working with nonfiction authors, consultants, speakers, entrepreneurs, and other professionals who care about making a difference in the world.

Sides is also the author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, among other works of beautifully told historical nonfiction.

Kline has written six other novels — Orphan Train, Orphan Train Girl, The Way Life Should Be, Sweet Water, Bird in Hand, and Desire Lines — and written or edited five works of nonfiction.

He has written numerous other works, including short stories and nonfiction.

There are already far too few publishers willing to invest in nonfiction authors, who may require years to research and write histories, biographies, and other works, and in novelists, who may need the help of a substantial publisher to effectively market their books to readers.»

Amazon has been quietly working to build its presence on the publishing side, acquiring both literary and commercial fiction, memoirs and other nonfiction.

It's not enough money for me to stop doing other, nonfiction - writing work.

If you have a nonfiction book with a lot of styles, sidebars, illustrations, charts, graphs, or other complicated design considerations, you may need to find and hire a freelancer to work with directly.

Now that you've written a nonfiction book to help others in life or at work, don't let it collect dust or expect it to sell itself.

I've reviewed books (fiction & nonfiction) professionally for some 20 years and use my blog for original comments and to reprint my published work, though others are welcome.

I have published three different nonfiction books, and the tactics that work well for one don't work for the others.

I've also edited a broad range of nonfiction books including memoirs, histories and biographies, and works in many other fields.

Because any work (fiction or nonfiction) that is ready for proofreading should be finished in every other respect, the proofreading process falls into a gray area relative to this requirement.

A creative nonfiction piece can be an essay, article, memoir, poem, or hybrid work among other shapes.

She writes both fiction and nonfiction, and her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail and several other local newspapers and magazines.

Through Write The Vision, my goal is to present and to help others present life - affirming works of fiction and nonfiction.

Over and over again, she and the other contributors stress the importance of reading good work, as well as writing it, and the aspiring poet, novelist, journalist, essayist, creative nonfiction writer — or simply curious reader who relishes good writing — could do no better than to begin with In Fact.

This is an extension of the articles I've written to try to show nonfiction authors how they can bring more people to their website or blog to become part of their community, to support their ongoing work, and to buy books or other products related to the books they publish.

Pinterest is a strong choice for nonfiction work in the categories of crafting, home decor, fashion, and other stereotypically female - dominated interest areas.

While this post is geared toward writers of fiction, the same principles can be applied to memoir and other narrative nonfiction works.

As Editorial Director of Short Fuse Publishing, he has published The Short Fuse Guide to Query Letters, The Nonfiction Book Proposal Demystified, and many other works of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.

C&R publishes 16 + books of fiction, poetry, nonfiction and other work from a wide range of authors and orientations each year.