Sentences with phrase «professional authors read»

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This week on The Attached Family online, Attachment Parenting International members can read the debut of the «Professional Parenting» series, a column written by Judy Arnall, Canadian mother of five and author of the widely acclaimed Discipline without Distress — you should see my well - worn copy of the book that gives parents real tried - and - true discipline techniques without resorting to spanking, yelling, or the infamous timeout.

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Dr. Martella has more than 170 professional publications and is a McGraw - Hill Education author of Lesson Connections and Core Lesson Connections for Reading Mastery Signature Edition and adolescent literacy program Read to Achieve.

[TeachHUB Recommendation: Have author Katie McKnight come to your school for reading instruction professional development.

The two Close Reading of Complex Texts Maps, for Grades 2 — 5 and 5 — 8, were co-created by Professional Learning Maps (PLM) and nationally renowned authors and literacy experts Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey.

She is also the author of the Professional Study Guide that accompanies Jan Richardson's The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading, and she wrote and edited the ELL tips included within Literacy Footprints.

In their report «Teacher Professional Development in the Use of Technology,» authors Sam Carlson and Dr. Cheick Tidiane Gadio said, «Experience around the world in developing, industrialized and in... Read More...

The authors conclude that the combined activities of reading, writing, and discussion have the potential to simultaneously foster personal and professional development.

Using the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark requires extensive professional development, as the child is measured on a variety of skills including instructional and independent reading abilities, plus «emphasis on thinking about the author's craft.»

Dr. Martella has more than 170 professional publications and is an SRA / McGraw - Hill author of Lesson Connections and Core Lesson Connections for Reading Mastery Signature Edition and adolescent literacy program Read to Achieve.

Whether an author needs help starting or finishing the manuscript, or requires just the final read - through, Outskirts Press can match them up with a talented professional ghostwriter or editor to help achieve a professional book.

Also, it's good to note that while betas will probably help correct a type here or there, we're not professional editors (we're usually just people who love reading and would like to help out authors)

Her post is part of Rebecca's Bare Necessities series, «in which authors and book industry professionals share annotated reading lists of books they love.»

I don't care about being accepted into a «professional» author's group, be it the Science Fiction Writers of America, The Screenwriters Guild, or Michael Kozlowski's list of approved book club reading.

More often than not Professional Author can be read as «unemployed»

Authors have had their books at least read a few times, and professional authors make their living from the process of wAuthors have had their books at least read a few times, and professional authors make their living from the process of wauthors make their living from the process of writing.

My definition of a professional author is one who writes, finishes a WIP, and then goes through the laborious steps to publish a quality book folks would like to read.

Some people will say «I want only to read books by professional authors because I am of the opinion they are of a certain quality, as compared to self - published works.»

You might say that Howey is a self - published professional author... [Read more...]

To «qualify the distinction» to read: «If you can earn your living from your writing, you are a professional author, anyone else is just a plain old writer» is truly sad.

Since not all authors are experienced or even comfortable selling themselves, professional consultants can... [Read more...]

Mashable wrote that Booktrack «debuted as an iOS app focused on professional authors like Salman Rushdie; a total of 40 titles sold more than 250,000 downloads,» but then pivoted in 2013 to become a platform where «writers can embed songs from a catalogue of 20,000 licensed audio files, adding mood music, ambient audio and sound effects to play in tune with story lines, paced to a user's reading speed.»

Launch a serialized or partial reading, open yourself up to a Q&A that you promote on social media, or just chat with other authors, professionals in the publishing industry, and booksellers.

«There are many benefits to being a professional book reviewer, but none is greater than being handed an amazing intense book by a brilliant new author and getting to read it first.

Beta read is more that I just want a reader; you don't need to be a professional author or reviewer or editor.

Best way for a prospect to initiate contact — Jeff Herman's Directory of Agents Visit our website where you can: review sample queries and proposals for works we've sold; query us via email (24 - hour response time); subscribe to our free publishing newsletter; submit your question to our interactive «Ask the Agent» column; read articles by well - known authors and publishing professionals; meet with us at a writers» conference where I'll be speaking.

I once heard a professional author explain, and I may have read it from another as well, that after decades of work they had run out of new stories to tell.

It's not always the case, but as a generality, you might end up on some more high traffic blogs if you go with a professional service, because the blogs that have thousands and thousands of followers might not have time to read every single email they get from every single author.

Actually, it was two gigs: first of all, a 90 - minute talk about how to self - publish to a professional standard, as part of the university's Reading Series of public lectures, followed by a 75 - minute seminar with MA students talking about blogging for authors.

What I've begun suggesting to folks is to read up on and talk with the indie authors in their own professional writing organizations (such as SFWA, whose voting membership supported self - publishing by an 8 - to - 1 ratio).

Many authors, publishing professionals, booksellers, and readers fear that the reading and writing of literature are in danger of extinction.

To get started, go to the Audible Audiobooks Store to view audiobook titles available for purchase from Audible, read by your favorite celebrities, authors, and professional performers.

- David Cole, national legal director of the ACLU and author of Engines of Liberty: How Citizen Movements Succeed «Extensively researched and exquisitely written, Insane is a must read for policymakers, mental health professionals, mental health consumers and their families, and the general public.»

While information has come out that some authors have engaged in less - than - professional tactics, particularly where book reviews are concerned, the... [Read more...]

Set to launch during this year's BookExpo event, BookLife will not only help authors with the usual suspects like vetted professionals for cover design, editing, and... [Read more...]

Smashwords also has a list of outside professional people offering publishing services like cover design, formatting, and other assistance, and quite a few authors who don't have the services of outside proof - reading families use the Smashwords list.

With so much talk in recent news about the poor quality of indie authors» works and data that shows that only about 59 % of self - published authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it's easy to forget... [Read more...]

These reviewers may very well read indie authors they know produce quality work and are professional in their behaviors.

I've read these tips for self published authors with absolutely no inside connections but it is quite refreshing to read it from an industry professional whose been at it for a while.

Sucking isn't unknown with indie books, where authors may have failed to get professional editing or proofing, and manuscripts can read more like incoherent first drafts than finished product.

An avid reader and a person who travels the world to attend industry events and author conferences, Ricardo shares his insights and tips for authors, including a number of free... Continue reading Episode 18 — Finding the Right Professional with Ricardo Fayet from Reedsy

67 literary professionals, including booksellers, book reviewers, librarians, authors, academics and previous Lammy winners and finalists volunteered countless hours of reading, critical thinking, and invigorating discussion to select the finalists in 23 categories.

The website allows authors to browse a wide selection of professional narrators to read your book and do all of the production work.

Hiring a professional editor can help, but I've read some books that are nothing short of one sales letter after another trying to get me to purchase the author's or the authors» friends» stuff.

Literary Marketplace includes agents that charge reading fees, a practice that is banned by the Association of Authors» Representatives (AAR) and frowned upon by most publishing professionals.

«Whenever i review a book (I am also a professional reviewer for publishing houses that mail me best sellers to review) the author almost always reads my book without my asking and writes a review.

«These are things all professional writers should be paying attention to,» writes Emma Barnes in the address she made at our inaugural Author Day... Read more

Recent troubles have seen authors and publishing industry professionals band together for good like... [Read more...]