She's a self -
published author of fiction and non-fiction and her website the Creative Penn is an amazing resource of information about publishing and self - publishing.
She is also
a published author of fiction, was the national coordinator of a journalism course delivered in UK prisons and has contributed articles for special sections in the International Herald Tribune.
Not exact matches
I've read plenty
of Christian
authors, know a good deal about
fiction,
publishing, and such.
Stephen Hawking
publishes children's book Stephen Hawking, wheelchair - bound physicist and
author of A Brief History
of Time, this week
published his first children's book in an expected trilogy, designed, he told reporters, to make «real science as exciting as science
fiction.»
Known as a prolific
author of more than eighty books with twenty - two New York Times best sellers in both
fiction and non-
fiction, his works have been
published in more than forty languages.
The breathtaking, richly eloquent, and visually - poetic film - deliberately filmed at a slow pace - about space travel and the discovery
of extra-terrestrial intelligence (many years before Star Wars (1977), Close Encounters
of the Third Kind (1977), and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)-RRB-, was based on the
published 1951 short story The Sentinel, written in 1948 by English science
fiction author Arthur C. Clarke.
Jane was a National Board Certified Teacher and is also the
author of Creative Book Reports: Fun Projects with Rubrics for
Fiction and Nonfiction, Active Word Play, Student Engagement is FUNdamental, and Engage Striving Students in the Common Core Classroom
published by Maupin House / Capstone.
request from an «award winning
fiction author / top client» I'd never heard
of (although I was obviously daft enough to accept a previous request to connect) whose 76 - page novel was compiled by a self -
publishing services entity called Infinity P
publishing services entity called Infinity
PublishingPublishing.
As a follow - up to last week's post about Jonathan Franzen and his comments on the «little videos» that
authors sometimes
publish, I here offer some
of my own thoughts about literary
fiction and the likelihood that it will survive the indie revolution.
Today, we're talking to YA science
fiction author, Beth Revis, about being a hybrid
author, the differences in traditional
publishing and self -
publishing, and marketing from both sides
of the fence.
Mark is founder
of The Bestselling
Author, a company that helps
authors of all genres (
fiction, nonfiction, and children's book) write,
publish, and market their books.
Richard Pine is on our list
of Publishing Agents New York (book agents in New York State),
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Publishing Agents (book agents who represent YA books for teens).
Another source for finding freelancers who work specifically with indie
authors self -
publishing fiction and creative nonfiction is the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals (AIPP), which has a searchable directory of service
publishing fiction and creative nonfiction is the Association
of Independent
Publishing Professionals (AIPP), which has a searchable directory of service
Publishing Professionals (AIPP), which has a searchable directory
of service providers.
Peter Miller is on our list
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Mark Malatesta is a former literary agent and the founder and president
of Literary Agent Undercover and The Bestselling
Author, helping
authors of all genres (
fiction, nonfiction, and children's book) write,
publish, and promote their books.
My friend Janice Hardy came up with the perfect solution: joining the Indie
Author Series at
Fiction University, where I'm writing a series digging into some
of our options for indie
publishing.
Butler is the
author of the bestselling The Diary Of Dennis The Menace and The Wrong Pong fiction series (both published by Puffin) and hosted the nationwide events for World Book Day's The Biggest Book Show on Eart
of the bestselling The Diary
Of Dennis The Menace and The Wrong Pong fiction series (both published by Puffin) and hosted the nationwide events for World Book Day's The Biggest Book Show on Eart
Of Dennis The Menace and The Wrong Pong
fiction series (both
published by Puffin) and hosted the nationwide events for World Book Day's The Biggest Book Show on Earth.
The tendency to want to switch fonts, particularly in
fiction, seems to me to make a book look pretty amateurish, and I've seen self -
published examples where the
author used 2, 3 or more typefaces to indicate different kinds
of text.
Brenda Bowen is on our list
of AAR
Publishing Agents (book agents who are members
of the Association
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Publishing Agents (book agents who represent picture books for kids).
You've probably heard book marketing gurus say marketing your book should start before you've finished and
published it; and whether you're a
fiction or non-
fiction author, there are a couple
of ways you can use audio as part
of your marketing strategy, including it in your media kit when you want to promote your book and boost visibility.
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publishing, and promoting
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Amy Williams is on our list
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Mary Evans is on our list
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publishing agents who are members
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If you
publish independently and wish to participate, please click through the image on the right column
of the screen that reads «Call for Survey Respondents: Indie
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Valerie Smith is on our list
of Book Agents New York (
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Every year I've been a
fiction author (except for my first where I
published in December), I've beaten the 35 a year number with each
of my books.
One
of the big reasons why Christian
fiction right now is on the decline is
authors are no longer getting good incentives from traditional
publishing companies.
The Science
Fiction and Fantasy Writers
of America governing body has approved bylaw changes that now accepts self -
published author for Active and Associate memberships in the organization.
The prize identifies, and puts at the forefront
of the competitive
publishing industry, exceptional books written by first - time
authors from three categories: Literary
Fiction, Genre
Fiction (this year Speculative
Fiction; a different genre is showcased each year), and Non-
Fiction.
This app has been requested for a number
of years and
authors who
publish their fan -
fiction on Wattpad can now design their own book covers more intuitively than ever.
Even the recently announced science
fiction and fantasy writers
of America will now accept self -
published digital
authors, BUT they have to sell books.
Jaden Terrell is the
author of Racing the Devil (Permanent Press), the first in a series featuring Nashville private detective Jared McKean, and is a contributor to Now Write Mysteries, a collection
of writing exercises
published by Tarcher / Penguin for crime
fiction writers.
Major writing organizations such as the Romance Writers
of America, Canadian Writing Union and
Published Authors Network all accept indie published authors as members and the Science Fiction Writers of America is currently drafting guidelines to do
Published Authors Network all accept indie published authors as members and the Science Fiction Writers of America is currently drafting guidelines to do th
Authors Network all accept indie
published authors as members and the Science Fiction Writers of America is currently drafting guidelines to do
published authors as members and the Science Fiction Writers of America is currently drafting guidelines to do th
authors as members and the Science
Fiction Writers
of America is currently drafting guidelines to do the same.
Self -
published authors need to rid themselves
of the attitude that they are «writers» simply because they put words in a certain order to form sentences, regardless if their work is
fiction or non-
fiction.
He's been
published in a number
of publications, including The Irish Times, and his
fiction was featured in Surge, an anthology
of new Irish writing
published by O» Brien Press with the aim
of showcasing «the very best
of the next generation
of Irish
authors».
Jonathan's road from his first
published short story in 1978 to being a full - time indie
author of more than thirty novels
of (mostly) military science
fiction.
NeWest
publishes literary
fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, and drama, as well as a line
of mystery novels, with a particular interest in books by Western Canadian
authors.
For instance, over one - third
of genre
fiction authors have self -
published.
That is the ratio
of already
published and known
authors on the Print
Fiction list to unknown / previously unpublished
authors.
Our ghostwriters have over 30 traditionally
published titles in print, both
authored and ghostwritten, in a wide range
of fiction and nonfiction genres.
Incidentally, Lynn Viehl is a good example
of an
author who has
published in multiple genres and categories — science
fiction, romance, dark fantasy, young adult, christian
fiction, and non-
fiction (including many free ebooks on writing craft).
A recent trend in OEL manga is collaboration between established American
authors, major
publishing houses and manga publishers, such as Warriors: The Lost Warrior a manga adaptation
of the popular young adult
fiction series by Erin Hunter from TokyoPop and HarperCollins.
Karen Solem is on our list
of AAR Book Agents (
publishing agents who are members
of the Association
of Authors» Representatives), Christian Book Agents (publishing agents who represent Christian fiction and / or nonfiction), Book Agents USA (publishing agents in the United States), Fiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent fiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for teens), and Picture Book Agents (publishing agents who represent picture books for
Authors» Representatives), Christian Book Agents (
publishing agents who represent Christian
fiction and / or nonfiction), Book Agents USA (publishing agents in the United States), Fiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent fiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for teens), and Picture Book Agents (publishing agents who represent picture books for
fiction and / or nonfiction), Book Agents USA (
publishing agents in the United States),
Fiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent fiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for teens), and Picture Book Agents (publishing agents who represent picture books for
Fiction Book Agents (
publishing agents who represent
fiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for teens), and Picture Book Agents (publishing agents who represent picture books for
fiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for teens), and Picture Book Agents (publishing agents who represent picture books for
authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (
publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Young Adult Book Agents (
publishing agents who represent YA books for teens), and Picture Book Agents (
publishing agents who represent picture books for kids).
Book Marketing Coach sessions are for
authors of all genres (
fiction, nonfiction, and children's books) who want help to write,
publish, or market their books.
I do not know what will happen in the future, and I understand how
authors are being cheated under current e-book contracts, however, I do not read, nor do I plan to
publish the type
of fiction that does well self -
published (romance, science
fiction, horror, dystopian, paranormal).
The experience
of collaborating with six other independent
authors to create an open - source, science
fiction universe was an adventure all its own, (see the background on the Paradisi Chronicles here), but I hadn't anticipated how nervous I would be about actually
publishing my own novel in this new universe.