Sentences with phrase «pile of books does»

Imagine what his bedside pile of books does to him.

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Many of us do not seek heaven, or fear hell, or give a steaming pile what your edited, translated iron age comic book says.

This has nothing whatsoever to do with this particular post, but I have to say this (long - winded though it is)... I currently have about 16 hours of documentaries recorded and waiting for me, 2 - 3 loads of laundry to wash, a pile of un-read books, baking of my own to do AND a beef & Guinness stew that needs making for my boyfriend's birthday dinner, and I just spent 3 hours straight reading your blog.

Piled high to the ceiling with new books, old books, rare imprints and out - of - print titles, it's the kind of place one might have found Jack Burden doing research in All The King's Men.

Do you think that the pile of scrolls and books that the Archmaester has Sam copying as his punishment will turn out to be some of the off - limits tomes that he requested access to in the first place?

While the pile of concussion books in my office continues to grow taller, seemingly with every passing day, one that will stay at the top of the very short pile of my favorites is Back in the Game: Why Concussion Doesn't Have To End Your Athletic Career (Oxford University Press, New York 2016) by sports neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher, M.D., and award - winning sports journalist Joanne Gerstner.

If your daughter, niece, or grandchild is a Barbie fan already, a title like Barbie: I Can Be A Computer Engineer might catch your eye, but don't be deceived: as The Mary Sue reports, this book is a big a pile of sexist dreck as you're likely to find in the bookstore.

A pile of books looked at on their bed A special box of quiet time toys taken out just at this time Story tapes played softly in the room Easy puzzles to do See other toys here This time can be up to 1 hour long some time after lunch.

Rather than face the pile of homework that keeps adding up or sit down and stare at a book they don't really understand, they often prefer not to think about it.

Even if you're doing all the right things — reading to your child regularly and keeping piles of books around the house — make sure the teachers are doing their job.

That's one of the joys of being an adult and having your own home, you get to decide if you want coffee rings on your counter or piles of books on your floor — and mind you, I do love piles of books on the floor, I like a house that is clean but artfully messy, that is comfortable and welcoming but not dirty.

What I did was post on Kijiji looking for a young girl who would take the huge pile of out - grown clothing of my daughter's (instead of consignment which was the plan) as well as some books, small toys (some still unopened) and our old, yet still perfect, table top Christmas tree.

I did not start my quest in a high - tech way, but it was an effective approach nonetheless, piling encyclopedias of magnetic materials on my small table in my office, alongside the only existing book on ferroelectrics.

If you don't have an adjustable - height lamp, a normal desk lamp and a pile of books can be used.

And don't forget to eliminate the obvious such as books on the floor, unsorted clutter, and piles of paper.

The beauty of 21 Pictures is that it doesn't just rely on portrait photos, clients can use a whole array of imagery to help construct a profile — photos of their favourite Converse, a few books piled on their bedside table, a snapshot of their vinyl collection etc..

Don't look so surprised: This may be a Disney — Marvel comic - book film — and, as such, pretty much designed by one of the world's biggest corporations to generate piles of money — but these movies have become steadily more politically self - aware and socially conscious over the years.

Does marking done at a distance (the piles of books being carried home each night) actually have an impact on progress?

It wasn't that I was lazy, or had poor time management; or that I didn't have an abundance of books piling up on the bedside table waiting to be read.

Most book manuscripts end up unwanted and unread on publishers» and agents» slush piles, and the majority of those that do make it into print sell fewer than 1,000 copies... It's not even as if writing is that glamorous.

Price doesn't come into the equation for my enjoyment because many of the traditionally published books I read were from the library (yes, my to - be-read pile isn't massive enough on its own, and I have to add to it through alternative means — LOL!).

And five of my books that should have had statements in the pile didn't.

With a teetering to - read pile constantly tumbling down by my bed, and the black hole that is my Kindle hiding dozens of downloads, I've always got more books than I have time to read, but whenever I receive a courteous, friendly request to review a book that sounds interesting, I do my best to squeeze it in, unless it sounds like a book I'd actively dislike.

My preference would be to read / sample titles online and then buy the ones I know I want to keep, instead of having piles of books that I bought and turned out I don't really want to keep.

How does one make something beautiful from a string of words and longings, from memories and imaginings and, more practically, from computers and books and piles of almonds?

If the book happened to be chosen and accepted from the slush pile of manuscripts, the author (in reality the agent since old school publishers don't really like to interact with the actual author) was notified, and small check was sent as an «advance» for what the publisher hoped to at least earn out that advance.

Having thirty «commercially» published books to my credit, I'm now entering the indie waters, but finding, to my dismay, a huge mess of every editor's slush pile for the taking on the big A. I take the time and pay the money to edit my work, and I wish others would do the same.

I deserve one because... A. I don't have an e-Reader right now and if I don't get one soon, I'm going to have to sleep on a pile of books.

Anything that is porn doesn't count — we're talking about writing, not jerking off on a page, which has always had different «marketing» attached to it — and those real books that have gained a mainstream audience have done so specifically because they were eventually traditionally published, i.e. pulled out of the self - publishing slush pile.

Kindle sales, which I estimate are approximately 160,000 units as of this writing, are a great indication that people do want an alternative to hauling a pile of books or to reading on a PC.

As a working author myself, I have limited time available in which to read books for review, and I don't have time to waste picking through the vast piles of unpublishable dreck in search of the one rare quality self - published book.

I have to say, though, that I don't see self - publishing as an excuse or reason to just put out a steaming pile of nasty and call it a book.

Sure, if you go trad you'll get a big fat check so you'll be able to quit your day job and spend some quality time with the ol' muse... oh, wait, no; if you win Slush Pile Lotto, your prize is one third of a pretty mediocre check that may pay a month or two of rent during the six months before the book is done and you get the second third of said check.

This does not guarantee that your book or short story will be sold, of course, but a well - formatted manuscript is easier to read and has a better chance of rising above the slush pile than one that looks unprofessional.

Therefore, they put books that don't have good openings at the bottom of the pile.

If you're an indie author, maybe you didn't realize that you're leaving a pile of money on the virtual table by just selling your book in ebook and maybe print format.

In other words, the hard truth of the slush pile --- that most manuscripts in it don't even approach publishability --- is also the hard truth of self - published books.

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Editors and reviewers likely don't have time to read the pile of books on their desk as it is.

If you don't sell large quantities of your book, the remaining copies will be returned to you, meaning you have to find the space to house those piles of books that you may or may not sell.

However, before you do, it's not so much celebration and family, it's piles of end - terms, stacks of text - books, and a constant, gnawing pressure in your chest that's screaming «I'm so far behind!»

Eh, I have a pile between Pathfinder and 3.5, and most places don't seem to want to go through the work of truly hyperlinking their index (it seems a struggle just to get them to put an index IN to some of the books) and leave it at bookmarks.

Since I have been ruining my chance at a literary career by not writing my own things for about a decade — to illustrate this specifically, I did not finish a book while a Canadian literary giant who was championing it was still alive — I thought a two week timeframe was about right so that I didn't collapse in a pile of goo.

New unheard - of author Robert Galbraith's Cuckoo Calling at first count was not doing so well getting noticed by anyone — including those agents / editors confident enough to admit they rejected the book in the slush pile.

If I don't like the book sent to me, it languished in a pile in the corner of my office.

Where this perspective does work, however, is in its relationship with the camera - a voyeuristic, slightly shaky jobby that's often a little bit askew, making you feel particularly vulnerable when the twiggy heroine is climbing a precarious pile of books or vertiginous filing cabinet.

A pile of books reveals that the top tired and well thumbed copy is actually a fictional book by a fictional writer; 5 well worn, aged box files are stacked horizontally on top of one another with such hand - written titles as Time Lines, Tide Lines and provenance; a home made page - per - day calendar, assembled in an ad - hoc manner from a metal lever arch and laser printed A4 paper with notes and images taken from the artist's notebooks including sketches, ideas and general to do lists.

No one expresses nostalgia for doing research by browsing a big pile of books on the floor.

One friend wisely suggested looking for these books on Audible, so you can listen as you work and you don't have to add yet another book to your large pile of books.

This is a router that doesn't need to sit under a pile of books or stay stuffed in your closet in shame - it doesn't look half bad.