Sentences with phrase «stand alone novels»

With a few exceptions (Wool, Heinlein timeline, Scalzi universe, Nathan Lowell universe) I prefer big stand alone novels that I can get lost in.

I write what I want to read and write: stand alone novels.

Scout, however, is a fantastic way to build an audience or for stand alone novels.

Today, we answered some reader questions / comments about bank accounts for your self - publishing business and making your author site mobile friendly, and then we jumped into discussing marketing strategies for stand alone novels, as well as several different types of series.

We discussed Jake's first novel, The Big Mango (an excellent stand alone novel) which the late great actor, James Gandolfini (The Sopranos, Get Shorty, and more) wanted to make it into a movie and play Eddie Dare.

A brilliant new stand alone novel from New York Times Bestselling author Laura Lippman.

That includes 15 books, 7 children's books and a stand alone novel.

Book two is coming out at the end of the year and, despite it being a stand alone novel, I was aiming to attract more readers in the hope they would want to read the second book.

Not exact matches

«It is anticipated that this novel compound will have significant efficacy in human melanomas and other cancers either as a stand - alone therapy or in combination with other targeted or immune - based therapies,» explained co-corresponding author Rhoda Alani, MD, the Herbert Mescon Chair of Dermatology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM).

Passionflix is a stand - alone production / distribution company for original romance films based on existing novels.

A Most Wanted Man (Lionsgate, Blu - ray, DVD, VOD) will stand as the final film completed by Philip Seymour Hoffman before his untimely death in February and that alone is reason enough to see the film, adapted from the post 9/11 novel by John le Carré and directed by Anton Corbijn, a music video veteran who becomes more accomplished with each feature.

The comprehension can be used as a stand alone practice activity in preparation for the KS 2 Reading SAT or it could be used as part of a novel study unit on The Wind in the Willows.

The resource can be used as a stand alone practice comprehension for the KS 2 SATs or could be used as part of a novel study of «The Railway Children».

Which means I can write as many stand - alone novels about Ireland or horses or time - travel as I want, but as long as I market them as a connected group, I'll benefit from the «series effect.»

Hart, who has been much praised for his stand - alone crime novels, takes on a female main character for the first time in Redemption Road and it is a challenge he embraces well.

When asked why he has chosen to start a series instead of continuing to write stand - alone novels, Rollins says, «For years, readers have contacted me and asked questions about various cast members from my earlier books... I came to realize that I wanted to know those answers, too.

The second entry in the four - book Track series, this serves as a complete, complex, and sparkling stand - alone novel.

The Collected Works of A.J.Fikry (aka The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry) is the fifth stand - alone novel by American author, Gabrielle Zevin.

Using her gifts in fiction and philosophy, Goldstein has produced a true crossover novel, complete with a nail - biting debate («Resolved: God Exists») and a stand - alone appendix with the thirty - six arguments (and responses) that propelled Seltzer to stardom.

Not only will The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, the 10th installment of the Pink Carnation series, be published in August 2013 — reason enough for celebration — but she has a new stand - alone novel coming in April.

First, the five - year fictional delay had to happen because of my storytelling style, in that all my horror / thrillers — not just the Infected series, but my stand - alone novels as well — happen in «real time.»

Trains and Lovers is a stand - alone novel by popular Scottish author, Alexander McCall Smith.

In 2003, John published his fifth novel — and first stand - alone book — Bad Men.

Rankin released a stand - alone, Doors Open [read our review], in 2010, but 2011's novel introduces a new hero that could be as compelling as Inspector Rebus himself.

This novel very much stands alone, but the sense of wonder that pervades the smallest details of Mina's story remains familiar.

She is also the author of the hit crime novels City of the Lost and A Darkness Absolute, three bestselling young adult trilogies, and the stand - alone YA suspense thriller, The Masked Truth.

The novel works very well as a stand - alone read, but it's also the first book in my series, Splendor and Ruin.

Update: You may also want to read my post on Ebook Pricing Strategies for a First or Stand - Alone Novel.

The numbers show that novels do best for me, which isn't that surprising, with each one in my EE series outperforming the stand - alone, Encrypted.

In this chilling original stand - alone novella, available exclusively as an eBook, # 1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz offers a taste of what's to come in his new novel, 77 Shadow Street, with a mesmerizing tale of a homeless boy at large in a city fraught with threats... both human and otherwise.

ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of the No. 1 Ladies» Detective Agency novels and a number of other series and stand - alone books.

This stand - alone novel is Book 3 in the series, «'' A Prairie Heritage.

However, it's got to satisfy, and be worthwhile as a stand - alone — or should have a really tempting cliff - hanger at the end — so that the freebie may entice readers to go for the rest of the novel once they've read the first bit.

Those same subtle perceptions underpin McCall Smith's delightful new stand - alone novel, La's Orchestra Saves the...

The brief sampling below, including both stand - alone graphic novels and several superhero comics that meaningfully engage multicultural topics, is a great way to get started in the classroom or the library and let students explore this garden themselves.

Ng's writing is beautiful and that alone makes the novel a stand - out.

«Child, whose stand - alone novels generally are not quite as good as the series novels he co-writes with Douglas Preston, turns the tables here, setting his hook in the first couple of pages and slowly reeling the reader in.»

A Closed and Common Orbit is the stand - alone sequel to Becky Chambers» beloved debut novel The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and is perfect for fans of Firefly, Joss Whedon, Mass Effect and Star Wars.

In her first stand - alone teen novel, the New York Times - bestselling author dazzles us with a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

In A Deeper Sleep, her first novel since Blindfold Game, the stand - alone political thriller that made Dana Stabenow a New York Times bestseller, Stabenow returns to the popular and award - winning Kate Shugak series.

Plume, the division of Penguin who has published O'Donohue's other titles, is releasing Streak of Lightning as a stand - alone ebook - only title, a short, fun read to tide fans over until the author's next full - length mystery novel in the series is released mid-fall of this year.

Which book would you like to see as the Group Reads selection for the Spring 2017 Challenge in the category Stand - alone Fantasy Novel?

In general, I prefer stand - alone suspense novels to series, so I was thrilled to learn that Lippman has a September book coming out that is indeed a stand alone — and not part of her series about Baltimore PI Tess Monaghan.

After this she wrote a number of stand - alone novels dipping into a variety of genres leaning to romance before truly hitting her stride in 2001 with the publication of The Other Boleyn Girl,...

This is particularly important in series fiction, but even in stand - alone novels, it often becomes the central focus of your book.

«After publishing a number of stand - alone novels, I decided to create my first mystery series.

After writing five stand - alone novels, Mike hit on the idea for his Dev Haskell PI series, the twelfth of which, DOG GONE, was released earlier this month.

Hound will only accept proposals for brand new series or stand - alone graphic novels.

Ellis fans will delight in the characters and Ellis's easy hand in manipulating their fates, and though the novel's synchronicity with Zero is sublime, this also works as a stellar stand - alone.

The Bodies Left Behind is Jeffrey Deaver's 11th stand - alone novel.