Sentences with phrase «than writing a book only»

Yet, rather than writing a book only for people experiencing illness or life - threatening situations, Nepo's book is for everyone.

Not exact matches

Honestly, much better than many of us who only write books for a living.

It allows the Word of God to remain alive rather than shrouding it in the binder of the most read, but yet the most misinterpreted book ever written — because many of those who read it, read it through the eyes and mind of an ancient civilization that was only beginning to understand the mysteries of creation.

Having attended McCourt's reading, I can only conclude that the critical reception of Angela's Ashes says more about the expectations of «serious» Irish writing than about the book itself.

Advertisements booked to appear in The Magazine in print and / or online may only be cancelled by the submission in writing of a cancellation note no later than 30 days before the print issue reservation closing date.

Award - winning book, Parenting at Your Best comes from a completely different perspective than any parenting book ever written before; from that of a mother and father looking back over their lives as parents after losing their only child in an accident; sharing the things they believe they did correctly as parents, as well as the regrets that often sneak up on them.

It is, however, unlikely that Borges knew of Luria's work, since Luria published his book (in English) only in 1968, more than 25 years after Borges wrote the story of Funes.

This is a «novel finding,» they wrote (pun intended), and good news for book lovers in more ways than one: «The robustness of our findings suggest that reading books may not only introduce some interesting ideas and characters, it may also give more years of reading.»

As he wrote in his bestselling book Man's Search for Meaning, «It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make - up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds...»

I was inspired to write it when: I realized that the existing books about distilling are either incredibly technical or they only demonstrate the less - than - glamorous moonshining capabilities of having a home still.

This is the only book written by a beautiful Russian woman married to a western man - for more than 5 years!

I really hate to go much more than $ 5 — the only one of mine that is, is the all - in - one Trilogy that is a portmanteau of three separately - available books (which come close to 480,000 words — hey, when I say I write long - form, I write long - form!)

In the long run, you'll find it is much better to take the time you need to write the best book you can write than to finish your project in a hurry, only to find that the end results don't meet even your own standards for quality.

Editors whose only claim to fame are credentials in one form or another, maybe they've written a slew of books, and are affordable to new authors, should only be considered by authors for whom their writing is little more than a hobby.

Book Facts • In a USA Today article, 82 % of all Americans want to or intend to write a book some day • Most book never sell more than 150 copies • Almost 900,000 books were self published last year • Amazon only sells 7 - 10 % of all books sold in the US • 40 Million iPads sold in 2011, 100 Million + iPhones • Millions of Kindles, 5.9 Billion mobile subscriBook Facts • In a USA Today article, 82 % of all Americans want to or intend to write a book some day • Most book never sell more than 150 copies • Almost 900,000 books were self published last year • Amazon only sells 7 - 10 % of all books sold in the US • 40 Million iPads sold in 2011, 100 Million + iPhones • Millions of Kindles, 5.9 Billion mobile subscribook some day • Most book never sell more than 150 copies • Almost 900,000 books were self published last year • Amazon only sells 7 - 10 % of all books sold in the US • 40 Million iPads sold in 2011, 100 Million + iPhones • Millions of Kindles, 5.9 Billion mobile subscribook never sell more than 150 copies • Almost 900,000 books were self published last year • Amazon only sells 7 - 10 % of all books sold in the US • 40 Million iPads sold in 2011, 100 Million + iPhones • Millions of Kindles, 5.9 Billion mobile subscribers

It's worse than losing the author to death, in some way, because it not only ruins the book we just read, it ruins our choice to ever read another word this author may write.

A bad self - published book would probably hurt the author more than anyone else because you only get one chance for a good first impression and if you write a bad book, a reader probably will avoid any other books you put out no matter who publishes it.

In truth, I've realized only recently that the main reason I wrote a book on this most grand era is this: In revealing to all of us the more than 250 Nick VIPs who contributed to SLIMED!

SCHWAB: As someone who writes for both the adult market and the YA one, I'm fascinated by the feedback I get, primarily an expectation from adults that a certain measure of transparency or simplicity is warranted in YA, whereas overt complexity — structural and metatextual — is not only warranted but expected in adult, and when it's present in YA, they often use it as an example of why that book is more adult than YA!

Publishing is a business, and even if you're one of the lucky few who scores a book deal, you'll still need to build creative discipline (so it becomes easier to sit down every single day to write), constantly improve your craft (so each book you write is better than the last), foster a network of writers and influencers (who will support and help promote your book), and build a readership (so your mom isn't the only person who buys your book).

But to writers who think that their only job is to write a salable book, I'm sure it seems like a lot of unnecessary work (the fact that they're living in a fantasy world if they think they won't have to do stuff other than write in traditional publishing now too is entirely beside the point).

Hal Elrod has not only succeeded in writing a # 1 bestselling book, but he's enjoyed its increasing — rather than diminishing — success over time, which is the opposite of typical publishing market tendencies.

I don't believe the public only wants books written by over-tanned drunks who go clubbing anymore than blog readers only want slideshows and posts on Apple.

I say this not to be negative or downplay what you're saying, as I've seen it work for lots of writers, but only to broaden the point that not everyone is capable of that upfront investment, and as hopelessly impatient I can be at times, this is an issue than «just writing more books» will not solve regarding indie publishing in the big picture sense.

-LSB-...] the next novel, not only because research shows that novelists with more than one book sell better (http://annerallen.com/2015/03/how-do-i-sell-my-book-6-tips-for-new.html) but primarily because writing is what writers do (or what they should be doing anyway).

The books in this column were chosen not only for their lively writing but also because they require more than one session to share.

Not only does this type of book take more time to write, it takes more time to read... and readers don't have any more time to waste than authors!

Five published books later, I can honestly say, putting myself out there and getting involved in my local writing world was not only the key to getting published, but a whole lot more valuable than an entire inbox full of rejections.

Even if you assume only the more intelligent 2/3 of adults could read for pleasure (which may be less than the real figure), and I would appeal to 1:10 000 — that's still near 16000 readers in the US alone, which if I cleared $ 1 a book (my average through tradition publishing HC, Paperback and webscription) and wrote two books a year — would be a living of sorts.

To succeed, your book not only has to be well - written, but it has to be significantly and obviously different than existing books.

One of my friends is a partner in one of the big ePubs and she says its rare for a book to sell more than a few hundred copies (a few leak into the thousands, but those are written by people like Mary Jancie Davidson and are special â $ œeBookâ $ only offerings).

So, I scoured the internet for evidence that someone other than the Big 6 (now Big 5) were not the only ones able to write and sell books.

In defense of those of us indie writers who only publish one book a year (sometimes just barely within the calendar year as with my last one which was released Dec. 22 — 15 months after the one before that), if you write compelling characters in a series of books readers want to know more about, you can do more than make working - class income.

Then they devalued my writing further by paying me less than a half penny per page, which means my earnings dropped to $ 1.00 for full reads in the US and only 25 cents for my books in India.

The trainer Paul Loeb, in his book, «Smarter than you Think», writes a particularly interesting chapter on a proper canine diet, and following it seems to work; feeding a diet of wet food not only decreases the daily number of trips to the bathroom, but decreases the incidence of allergic reactions to a dogs dander.