Sentences with phrase «thinking about indie»

The console is also shaping up to be an indie powerhouse of note, so that got us thinking about indie titles we'd like to see on the machine.

The title I got the chance to review this past week got me thinking about the indie scene; that title being Castlestorm.

This book will hopefully be helpful to people just starting out (or thinking about indie publishing) as well as those well down the path.

An article in today's New York Times Sunday Styles section got me thinking about the indie - film phenomenon of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl: a young woman who's beautiful and quirky and perfect in the eyes of the lovestruck, mixed - up guy who falls for her.

More importantly, the book was a bit of a paradigm shift in how I thought about indie books.

I'm posting next week about «How Many Book Sales Equals «Success»» and will link to this post as a great example of the right way to think about indie publishing.

[pullquote cite =» Malle Vallik, Harlequin» type =» right»] On romance and self - publishing: «Mass market paperback sales are down, and that's no surprise when you think about the indie world.»

Harlequin's Vallik, noting that the romance market has been «in change for some time,» told the conference, «Mass market paperback sales are down, and that's no surprise when you think about the indie world,» which has gained what McLean conservatively estimates may be 25 percent of the romance market and is focused in ebooks, of course.

(Also see this post about the right way to think about Indie Publishing.)

7) USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith, who has published over 100 novels, on his thoughts about indie vs. traditional publishing (and why indie is the way to go).

What are your thoughts about the indie publishing terrain right now?

Not exact matches

I recently took a little time to think and talk about «home» with Jen at Indie Fixx.

That song and band fall under one of my more favored music genres: Indie / Alternative / Rock... so naturally, when I was thinking about what to call this post, aiming for my sweatshirt to be the focus, I thought of that song.

I could have bought an indie pattern, but I never really thought about it, and this one seemed fine.

Think about how many indie games are produced exclusively for the PC.

Clea DuVall makes an agreeable filmmaking debut on The Intervention, a watchable indie dramedy with some thoughts and ideas about relationships and being in your thirties.

Filmmakers, especially those operating in the indie horror space, love these non-endings because they make viewers think about the film and draw their own conclusions.

Not to be confused with the indie comedy about an improv group, Don't Think Twice (which we highly recommend seeing), this film is a creepy horror thriller about a demonic witch.

In this open, honest interview, McMillen dishes about his role in Indie Game: The Movie, his influences, his thoughts on business, the origins of his games, and much, much more.

I was very suspicious of the language and the thinking about American independents in the early 1990s... I resisted being roped into this catch - all phrase «American indie.»

WHY: 2002's «My Big Fat Greek Wedding» is the kind of indie success story that you rarely hear about any more, but it's also very much a product of its time, which is why it strikes me as odd that Universal thought a sequel no one wanted was a good idea.

Your a real idiot man, ofcourse their not going to talk about it's specs, neither does Microsoft or Sony, tech websites have already taken Wii U apart and looked at it's specs, and said that it's great tech, and the design is clever because of the fact Nintendo is giving you some pretty beefy tech at a low cost, also these tech sites have said, «to see what Wii U is really capable of, we need to see games built for it from the ground up», And Nintendo does have a way better understanding of Wii U's hardware, they were even holding classes at GDC last month to tech indie & 3rd party developers how to cut development time for new games and ported games in half, with a new frame work that they developed specifically for Wii U, and your very stupid if you think that developers are not going to need to learn how to develop for PS4 & the next Xbox.

We've said it before, we'll say it again, but one of the best things about looking back over a year just gone at the movies is thinking of all the names who, just twelve months ago, we were faintly aware of at best, and who now have burgeoning careers, awards buzz, lead roles in indie films and / or blockbuster gigs on the way.

Eventually, it's all any of his family can think about in «Youth in Oregon,» a schematic and bathos - laden end - of - life indie from director Joel David Moore, whose title, if you replaced «Oregon» with «Asia» and said it out loud, cutely tells you the issue at hand.

Landline follows the basic formula for an indie «dramedy»: angst ridden teenager who thinks no one understands her; lead character having second thoughts about marriage: check; dysfunctional family who doesn't know how to communicate: check, check check.

The first thing to be said about the warm little indie Sunshine Cleaning is that its producers aren't shy about wanting you to think of it as the next Little Miss Sunshine.

The latter could be considered an indie version of the former, or at least the comparison wouldn't leave my mind once I thought about it, and I couldn't help feeling a little let down that this family walked instead of driving a VW bus.

However, it makes me think of the film The Last Word, which is not a doc but an indie comedy about an obituary writer (played by Amanda Seyfried).

5:00 pm: Keegan - Michael Key, whose indie pic about comedy improvisers Don't Think Twice owns the 2nd best theater average of the year, is hosting the ceremony tonight.

The indie drama is so good, it got me thinking about some of my favorite movies over the years about first love.

What started as an indie game that enabled players to build and craft on their own homegrown servers, Minecraft has grown into a global phenomenon that is transforming how educators think about project - based learning for topics like coding, game design, and engineering.

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.

Yet it's not uncommon for authors, and especially indie authors, to wait until the last minute to think about book reviews.

While you may not be able to call yourself an indie publisher unless you own an actual publishing company, I think you * can * call yourself an indie author if you are maintaining control of your work and putting it out independently, but anyway, sorry about rehashing old stuff there.

I do think, Susan that an author interested in eventually having his or her own imprint can learn more about the process from an indie than from Lulu or Author House.

I think it's fair to say that when people talk about the indie movement in the book world, we're really talking about a broad set of configurations from small presses to collectives of writers to individual authors, whether they create their own imprint or just operate as a self - published author in the Amazon or Smashwords universes.

I think it's great these professional organizations are allowing indie authors into their groups, though I suspect over time they too will come to recognize how commercial results alone are an inadequate measure of professionalism because ultimately they'll shut out professional authors — wonderful writers — who write about unpopular or arcane topics.

The CEO of Smashwords, Mark Coker had some interesting thoughts on what customers are starting to notice about indie e-books.

I thought about my brand: «creative» + «indie» but never pulled the trigger.

If, as an author, your intent is to create a book that will help you build towards a franchise of books from which you could one day make a living, or to create a book that takes your career to new heights or is a marketing tool for your business, then think about becoming an indie publisher and not an indie author.

If you are an indie author — or thinking about self - publishing — this is a book you need to consider reading from cover to cover.

I think when you're talking about the wannabes and bad indie books you're talking about people without SKILLS, not necessarily people without talent.

I think I've made myself clear in my previous comment — I am talking about self - publishing when I talk about «the grand illusion» and other related topics, not «indie» as you define it — I don't actually use the term «Indie» in my articles for the very reason that there is confusion out tindie» as you define it — I don't actually use the term «Indie» in my articles for the very reason that there is confusion out tIndie» in my articles for the very reason that there is confusion out there.

Yes, it seems like a human editor could easily go through and make judicious choices, rather than machines, but then things will operate more like the NYT bestseller lists, where someone is manually approving bestsellers rather than letting the market dictate (something else indie authors are very upset about; they think the NYT list should be numbers only).

Now, the thing with being an indie writer is you have to think about things that when traditionally published you don't -LSB-...]

Also think about what makes them different / unique, and what formats they'll be available in, and whether you plan to publish via traditional publishers, indie, or both.

The first 6 months I had a knot in my stomach that wouldn't go away, thinking about all I had to learn and do, but I've found a true support system in my fellow indie author friends, who have guided me every step of the way.

I thought long and hard about taking Vengeance from Ashes indie.

But the same thinking that makes a publisher offer a book contract to an internet comedian does speak volumes about how indie authors can work to reach new readers and build an audience that will buy their books.

When the New York Times ran a piece about Tinkers» unlikely rise to fame, Jennifer Weiner retorted on Twitter: «Indie booksellers, book bloggers congratulating themselves for getting TINKERS sales all the way to... 7,000» and «Then again, I also never thought Times would fail to review debut by guy w / Iowa degree.