Sentences with phrase «successful traditional career»

I think it applies best to people who are hoping going indie will transition them into a successful traditional career selling literary fiction.

By the time my second novel was ready for publication, I'd decided I didn't have the personality type to have a successful traditional career.

Not exact matches

Now he's back to his traditional ball that made him so successful over his career.

But NYC's traditional public school system is on a fast track to nowhere without a successful strategy to turn around the vast majority of non-charter, non-selective admissions schools that continue to fail to prepare students for colleges and careers.

One author in particular — Elle James — taught me a lot about her highly successful career being a hybrid author, working with traditional houses as well as being a driven indy author with a great track record.

CJ combines both traditional publishing deals with indie publishing to create a successful hybrid career.

People who think traditional publishing will die underestimate how difficult it is for a successful author, who has built her career on that system, to go about the process in a different way, with a different team.

The traditional publishing industry no longer seems to want to «nurture» /» guide» new authors and accompany them on a long and hopefully successful career; instead, they want writers who will hit the «bestseller» list with their very first novel and sell more than 20 000 copies in a flash (I may be exaggerating with the numbers but I don't think I'm that far off!).

Yet, platform can make or break a traditional publishing deal and it's the foundation for a successful book launch and career as an author.

Learn from those who have gone before you, including: - interviews with successful authors - both traditional and self - published - advice on getting published and dealing with agents - advice on writing and marketing your books - social media success stories and step - by - step tutorials - trends in digital publishing - advice on publishing careers - and much more!

They used to say the same kinds of things about J. A. Konrath — sure, he's been wildly successful with self - published e-books, but he already had a successful career in traditional publishing and an established fan - base, so you couldn't do it.

Iranian, Zürich - based Shahbazi has made a successful career (she's shown at the likes of MoMA and Kunsthalle Bern) of augmenting and subverting traditional art - historical tropes — portrait, landscape, and still - life among them.

Moreover, moving from Ivy League law school to clerkship to biglaw firm was (and still is) a traditional career path that would virtually guarantee a successful legal career.

Imagine that you have had a successful early to middle career working in a traditional law firm.

Similar to the comments above, a successful career does not necessarily mean a traditional path or even having the same job for more than a few years at a time.

I agree that it is important to remember that a successful career may not follow a traditional path.

Not everyone will join Generation Flux, but to be successful, businesses and individuals will have to work at it... Few traditional career tactics train us for an era where the most important skill is the ability to acquire new skills.»

Tammy Lawson was on track for a very successful sales management career when she decided to leave the world of traditional employment to purchase and manage a franchise organization that was in distress and required turnaround.

The one - day seminar goes well beyond the traditional ETAP focus on resume - writing, interviewing and proper business attire, to address the more complex issues related to successful senior military - to - civilian career transition.

Going through the traditional channels of job boards and classified advertisements is rarely a successful strategy for a career changer.