Sentences with phrase «time authors do»

LitVote: Were you in a writers group when you wrote your book and what do you recommend first - time authors do to get feedback on their books?

As Rachelle Gardner noted in a recent blog post, the typical advance for a first - time traditionally published author is $ 5,000 - $ 15,000 per book, and most of those first - time authors do not sell through their advance, so that is all the money they will ever get from that book (and if you don't sell through in the first 12 mos, the publisher may not be so excited about buying another book from you).

Many first time authors don't have a solid foundation, Stefan, but you'd be surprised at how much easier things get once you have clarity on these «must - dos».

Trad - Pub Authors: Launch Big or Die In 2012, Rachelle Gardner noted the typical advance for a first - time traditionally published author is $ 5,000 - $ 15,000 per book, and most of those first - time authors do not sell through their advance, so that is all the money they will ever get from that book.

Most first - time authors don't realize this, but creating a tight, logical flow of your book is the key to a compelling book.

Most first time authors do not always understand what part they will have to play in marketing their book.

First time authors don't need to sell an organ to self publish for profit.

An unpleasant truth about writing books that's frustrating but needs to be addressed is that several first - time authors don't make back their investment in their book due to lack of publishing know - how, book marketing, author notoriety, and the sheer number of books published per year.

Most of the time authors don't need to know how to write a book proposal unless they're trying to find representation for a nonfiction book.

Beyond Paper Editing provided technical expertise and insights into the publishing industry that were essential to getting our book to market, knowledge that we as first - time authors did not have.

This first time author did an excellent job and I will look forward to future novels from her.

Half the time the author doesn't know what the hell he's writing about - especially not those war novelists.»

Many times authors don't like the idea of giving their book away for free.

A reputable publisher makes its money at the same time the author does: when readers buy the book.

Not exact matches

A long time ago, I learned a very effective way to do this from none other than influential author and podcast host Tim Ferriss.

This one statistic alone should make all employers more interested in boosting bliss: Truly cheerful employees spend about 80 % of their time at work doing what they're there to do; the least content spend only 40 % of their time on job - related activities, according to a survey by workplace happiness consultant and author Jessica Pryce - Jones.

«What we found is that people who spent money to buy time reported being almost one full point higher on our 10 - point [happiness] ladder, compared to people who did not use money to buy time,» wrote Elizabeth Dunn, an author of the study and a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia.

Author of «I Know How She Does It,» Laura Vanderkam, explains why the morning is the best time for productivity and exercise.

Time - management expert Laura Vanderkam, author of What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast (Portfolio Trade, 2013) says one of the reasons people say they don't like mornings is that they stay up too latDo Before Breakfast (Portfolio Trade, 2013) says one of the reasons people say they don't like mornings is that they stay up too late.

But rather than start up any old publishing company — after all, times and technology have changed in the last century — Gao would build an e-book empire that didn't rely on authors to pump out blockbuster ideas.

The authors also do a fine job unpacking some of the most catastrophic organizational failures of recent times — 9/11, the financial crisis, and the BP oil spill.

And if you want to take things a step further you can add a related idea from author Laura Vanderkam that works for similar reasons — stop saying you don't have time for things.

New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell wrote extensively about Kenna in his 2005 book Blink, arguing Kenna's music - a cross between rap and the British new wave music of the 1980s - failed to gain widespread acclaim in the U.S. because it didn't fit into any familiar category.

For March 2014, the national house price index was flat — which doesn't sound particularly alarming, until the authors point out that this is the first time in 15 years that house prices haven't increased in March, typically the kickoff of the important spring buying season.

Many first - time authors are surprised to discover that although publishers don't help market your book, they still take the vast majority of earned revenue.

«In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time — none, zero,» says Munger, according to David Clark, author of «The Tao of Charlie Munger.»

«If it has to happen, then it has to happen first,» writes Laura Vanderkam, time management expert and author of «What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast.»

Here's an experience I've had over time that I'm guessing you can relate to: many of the books I've read that have taught me the most or had the greatest impact on me do not appear on the recommended lists of business luminaries, famous authors, or Hollywood stars.

The New York Times bestselling author and radio show host of The Cardone Zone also talks about how he looks and feels younger than he did 20 years ago — because he stopped trying to please everyone and started living his life for himself.

Eric Abrahamson, a professor of management at Columbia Business School and author of The Perfect Mess, adds that order comes with a cost: «If you stop to tidy up every time something becomes disordered you'll continually interrupt yourself and never get any work done,» he says.

Today, the average paper has four times as many authors as it did then and the work being done is far more interdisciplinary and done at greater distances than in the past.

However, we learned from New York Times bestselling author Tim Ferriss that the customer is not always right — nor do they get to call the shots.

The following statistic alone should make all employers more interested in boosting bliss: Truly cheerful employees spend about 80 % of their time at work doing what they're there to do (even happy people need an Instagram break); the least content spend only 40 % of their day on job - related activities, according to a survey by workplace happiness consultant and author Jessica Pryce - Jones.

Writing for Quartz, author Richard Koch argued that history has shown that greater amounts of time spent at work do not correlate with greater prosperity.

No predictions were made as to the future habitability of the Town of Tangier at 2100 or the types of habitat (upland or wetland) that might be present, though study authors did note that interior water had increased over time and that present upland ridges may need to be raised in the future.

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At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.

Do I personally agree with the author, to some extent, I think the 1 / 10th rule is a bit extreme almost to the point of being silly but at the same time I am a vocal advocate of living below your means so whatever gets the job done.

That doesn't mean there aren't good long - term positions that come up from time to time, and this author will be more keen to point those out when they do appear.

At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have any positions in the companies mentioned.

- Robert Mitkowksi, Jr At the time of this article, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.

- Harvey S. Katz, CFA At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.

Just be aware that if you are a first time author, you're not going to be able to get much above minimum, no matter what you do.

In a letter sent late Friday to Rep. Devin Nunes (R - CA), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee and the author of the GOP memo, White House counsel Don McGahn writes that «although the President is inclined to declassify the February 5th Memorandum, because the Memorandum contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages, he is unable to do so at this time.»

Books, music and movies have all seen their physical bodies and storage locations dissolve, to be replaced with on - demand downloads and digital copies.The digital content revolution has done a lot for increasing access and visibility for artists and authors, but the current publishing giants have failed to adequately adjust to the times in a few crucial areas.

-- Seth Godin, New York Times bestselling author of The Bootstrapper's Bible «Everything Chris Guillebeau does is in earnest.

Jesus said; I will show you my faith by my works: Faith without works is dead: (There is no life) = If we have the Faith of Christ (a gift from God) then we will have the works that go with it that is evident of our faith; the works will testify to our faith, then do we produce fruit that will remain: If our heart does not convict us to do what is right according the written word, then we are not in faith: Our hearts are far from the life of Words of our Lord penetrating into our hearts because our hearts are wicked; even Paul who said; follow me as I am of Christ; how was that??? In and by the Holy Spirit, even Spirit of truth as Paul takes us through the Words of the Lord to have us established in the truth: The Word of our Lord is as refined silver, 7 times in the fire: Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith, to them who believe: In the Bible one's «belief» and one's «behavior» are often compared.

I feel like the author spends more time doing theology based upon his feelings than he does based upon the Biblical text.

Nowhere, though, does the author take time to unfold Foxman's story of being a toddler hidden in Christian homes, of being kidnapped, and of a rough economic beginning in the new world.

«Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.»