The idea that an author can continue to produce well - received content on a fairly regular basis and sell it directly to fans is limited to those who've made a full - fledged career
out of this author thing.
Not exact matches
But there's one easy, important
thing you can do to settle in and become efficient in your new role, writes John D. Spooner,
author of «No One Ever Told Us That: Money And Life Lessons For Young Adults»: Take an experienced employee
out to eat.
Fredrick Petrie,
author of «The End
of Work: Financial Planning for People With Better
Things To Do,» recommends «taxing» yourself in order to get more money
out of your wallet and into the bank — this way you'll make savings a priority from the get - go, rather than budgeting everything else first and then seeing what is left over for savings.
Steven Pressfield,
author of the War
of Art, says, «Resistance is the equal - and - opposite reaction
of Nature to the New
Thing that you and I are called to bring forth
out of nothing.
The
author of The Happiness Advantage and CEO
of Good Think Inc., a research and consulting firm, points
out that the common understanding that happiness as the last
thing to happen after success achieved by working hard has the order all wrong.
God is the
author of the bible and I find it much harder to take
things out of context if we read and study a book line by line and chapter by chapter.
That's one
of the
things I was pointing
out to someone who read a book on necromancy (long island medium) and was totally sold on everything the
author wrote and was now at «peace» from reading about the endless cycles
of death — i.e. soul coming back as such... dying then coming back again as another.
I don't always come
out on the side
of the
author but I always come closer to God — even if it's just to realize that I'm struggling with a particular truth Funny
thing is, God always encourages me and loves me in my honesty.
I can see how one can look at this idea and look at the following examples in Hebrews 11 as «Because they were sure they would get this reward, they did this
thing» but as the
author points
out in verse 39 that they didn't get what they imagined they would, so if we understand faith as «being sure» it would turn
out that it is «being sure»
of something and being totally wrong — instead it makes more sense to understand Hebrews 11:1 as saying that «faith is a realization (or actualization)»
of our hopes, a realization that the
author points
out is greater than we could expect and be sure in.
The
author picks
out exactly the
things that tempt us today — thinking too well
of ourselves, showing partiality, kowtowing to wealth, talking too much — and warns against them.
Clive, you point
out how others often don't understand what Jesus was saying; but while Jesus often labors to try and make
things clear to the unbeliever («Oh, you
of little faith) or at the very least the
author tries to make it clear for us in retrospect (At the time they didn't understand that he spoke
of this...), in this case Jesus switches from something that might be figurative to essentially say «no, I seriously mean this» and it concludes not with Jesus saying «don't go away, this is what I actually mean» but confirming that people would refuse to accept that God intended for them to actually fill themselves with the life that He offered so they stopped following him.
Well, the comment is made that this
author shouldn't take
things «
out of context.»
Of course the
author does nt wonder if maybe the church is doing
things to drive people away, which it is.You my friend are a cop
out and lazy.
I will say the same
thing I told the other guy if you can't figure
out who the
authors of the bible are not even I can help you.
As the
authors point
out, after two or three semesters
of Greek, the best
thing a Greek student can do is simply take
out their Greek New Testament and read, read, and read some more.
The whole
thing rests upon one
author — Michael Prescott's — highly selective excerpting and chopping up
of a private [i.e., thinking
out loud without clarifications] journal written when Rand was barely
out of her teens, fresh from the blood bath
of 1920s Soviet Russia — and still made it very clear that her read on the personalities
of the observers showed that they were not appalled by Hickman's crime — she said there had been far worse, without the same spectacle
of glee — but by his flamboyant and mocking defiance
of society.
The
authors end up on the hopeful note that, now that the real
thing is
out there in millions
of copies, the forgeries will, in time, be consigned to the dustbin
of the irrelevant.
The contemplations
of the
author can be a bit rambling at times and sometimes seem to focus on random
things like what Mary thought
of Joseph's home and workshop, and what the house was like, did the workshop look
out onto a busy road, was Joseph well known for his carpentry skills etc..
We have all heard the rhetoric from a whole host
of financial advisors, best - selling
authors and TV show hosts all saying the same
things: Get
out of debt, build a savings account, invest for the long run.
We have all heard the rhetoric from a whole host
of financial advisors, best - selling
authors and TV show hosts all saying the same
things: Get
out of debt, build a...
«As the ti - tle (The History
of Almost Everything) suggests, bestselling
author Bryson (In a Sunburned Country) sets
out to put his irrepressible stamp on all
things under the sun.
Perhaps one
of the most enlightening
things is that the
author gives a clear and succinct understanding
of the Benedictine phrase ora et labora (prayer and work) and the context by which both can be lived
out and flow one in to the other.
Other than that, the only other
thing I can suggest would be to check
out the post by the original
author of the recipe: http://cookiesandcups.com/my-favorite-vanilla-cupcakes/.
FIFA have immortalised the actual events
of the draw in a short piece on their website, though the unnamed
author quickly runs up against the fact that in an age before celebrity — before rehearsal draws and dancing interludes — the sight
of a man taking small
things out of a larger
thing tends toward the dry side
of prosaic.
As study
author Geneviève Beaulieu - Pelletier says, «These numbers indicate that even if we get married with the best
of intentions,
things don't always turn
out the way we plan.»
«The first
thing you need to do is figure
out what you're reacting to,» says clinical psychologist Roni Cohen - Sandler,
author of «I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You!
You would be amazed at what service projects and groups are
out there doing
things that you never knew about — dolls and bears made up to be the the weight
of your baby (Molly Bears), stuffed animals made
out of your baby's clothing and blankets, peer support and parent advocates waiting to help the newly bereaved, personalized jewelry makers (like My Forever Child), stone painters, heart sewers, pillow - making people (Heaven Born for miscarriage), memory - box makers,
authors (there are books for almost every subject on this topic waiting to be discovered), research and education groups, story - sharing sites, support groups, chat groups, blogs, Facebook groups, foot / hand print kits, music and funeral planning resources... Consider starting here before starting something new.
«For a long time having a «bird brain» was considered to be a bad
thing: Now it turns
out that it should be a compliment,» said Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Suzana Herculano - Houzel, senior
author of the paper with Pavel N?mec at the Charles University in Prague.
«As the
authors point
out, parasitoid venoms act in a much subtler, more fine - tuned manner than the better known predatory or defensive venoms
of things like snakes, spiders or cone shells.»
This study was promptly seized upon as proof that the world is not warming, even though a single example
of localised cooling proves no such
thing, as the lead
author of the 2002 study has tried to point
out.
This article is actually called the «Evolution
of Minerals» and one
of the
things, as your rightly point
out, that the article does is the
author Robert Hazen suggests that, you know, we had thought
of minerals for their timeless quality but actually they've been quite varied and diversified over time, just as life itself has, and that life has been the actor in this.
The new study definitively shows that the pseudogap is one
of the
things that stands in the way
of getting superconductors to work at higher temperatures for everyday uses, said lead
author Makoto Hashimoto, a staff scientist at SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), the DOE Office
of Science User Facility where the experiments were carried
out.
Scientists can figure
out how much mass there is in a galaxy by tracking how fast
things inside move, Pieter van Dokkum, one the
authors of a new research paper published in Nature, told Newsweek.
This is a laudable goal and I've long been a huge fan
of interdisciplinary work, and smart
authors try to check
things out with an appropriate mix before they submit a paper.
And that's just one
of the many
things that separate me from just about any other practitioner or
author on psoriasis
out there.
Dave Asprey: Mind Share for people listening, this is my dear friend JJ Virgin's group
of highly influential health
authors and celebrity types where we get together once or twice a year usually about 100 or so, 150 people, and talk about how we can better serve listeners, people like you, in just in getting information that's impactful that's
out there that maybe is missing because all
of us are sort
of just tired
of or even disgusted by some
of the
things that big industry is telling people to do.
Third: one
of Australia's best known kids»
authors Paul Jennings wrote a story entitled «Spaghetti Pig
Out» which featured a magic remote control that affected living
things with hilarious results.
Perhaps the best two pieces I've come across are from the Newark Star - Ledger's Tom Moran including an opinion piece on where
things stand that notes district progress along with charter school improvements and reformers» misguided focus on the parts
of the story Russakoff leaves
out (Newark students are better off, despite the political noise) and also a Q & A with Russakoff in which the
author rebuts a deeply flawed NYT review, proposes a forensic audit of Newark's $ 23,000 - per student spending, but calls the Zuckerberg - funded reform efforts a «wash» over all (Author Dale Russakoff discusses new
author rebuts a deeply flawed NYT review, proposes a forensic audit
of Newark's $ 23,000 - per student spending, but calls the Zuckerberg - funded reform efforts a «wash» over all (
Author Dale Russakoff discusses new
Author Dale Russakoff discusses new book).
Martin was, among other
things, the
author of the report put
out by the Civic Committee in 2003 called «Still left behind.»
Because I'm convinced
of two
things: that bad books will sink to the bottom fairly quickly and thus don't really pose much
of a nuisance to me, and that the only ones who are ultimately hurt by bad books are the
authors putting them
out.
With the abundance
of publishing houses
out there right now, having a good editorial staff is one
of the biggest
thing that attracts
authors to submit there.
Sure there are social media platforms like Goodreads, Wattpad, Facebook groups etc. and then there are the «real» opportunities that are so much harder to facilitate and organize (and pay for e.g. expense vs profit) like community or regional events and networks as you point
out above, but I feel really strongly that the most important
thing for an
author to do in order to build a loyal paying (italics) fanbase / readership is to produce good quality works that are publicized properly and to spend time interacting with those
of your readers who you know buy your books because they came to you in the first place.
One
of the increasingly frustrating aspects
of the current publishing revolution is also the very
thing that provides
authors with a satisfying writing and publishing experience, and that's the need for the once - rigid rules
of genre and categories to be thrown
out.
Based on a pick - and - choose menu
of services that includes more than just editing — which right away is a departure from the standard, as too many «
author services» companies require all or none expensive packages — the platform is delving into
things like review services that will send
out copies
of an
author's book to their channels, along with talks
of translation (an ungodly expense for indie
authors that can easily cost upwards
of tens
of thousands
of dollars per language) and audiobook services.
In addition to the books listed above, I can't wait to read two new novels from Nashville
authors: The 13th Sign by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb (
author of Autumn Winifred Oliver Does
Things Different and Selling Hope) and
Out of The Easy by Ruta Sepetys (
author of Between Shades
of Gray).
As numerous
authors and publishers have pointed
out, there's no such
thing as too many books being published, or not enough readers for the volume
of content.
Many times those decisions are not favorable to the individual
author — and if you find yourself locked into a pre-determined timeline for exclusive distribution you may be stuck with the new order
of things until the clock runs
out.
Most
of my work here involves helping
out with support emails the others pass along and also drumming up new business (on both the
author and reviewer side
of things).
Now, the one
thing that makes me different from a lot
of self - pubbed
authors is that if I find a typo or some other issue with a print book, I can't just change it before the next on - demand book is printed and shipped
out.
Whether you are a brand new
author just trying to figure
things out or a veteran self - publisher, one
of the most important decisions you will need to make about your books is how to distribute them.