Any time an author mentions beta readers, I get excited.
Not exact matches
Some of the
authors mentioned in the New York
Times story worried that they'd sell fewer books if the company put higher price tags on them.
At the
time of this article's writing, the
author did not have positions in any of the companies
mentioned.
The
author is an independent contributor and at the
time of publication had no position in the stocks
mentioned.
At the
time of publication, the
author held TK positions in the stocks
mentioned.
At the
time of writing, neither the
author nor his firm held any of the securities
mentioned.
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.
The
author may have a position in
mentioned securities at the
time of publication.
At the
time this article was written, the
author held no positions in the security
mentioned.
John Partington,
author of The Happiness Factor (New Wine Press) and national leader of the UK's Assemblies of God group of churches, says happiness (which is referred to around 30
times in the Bible) and joy (which gets 300
mentions) are separate biblical entities.
It is telling that Letty Russell, whose thought is solidly trinitarian and feminist, is
mentioned only three
times in passing in this lengthy book, and only one
author considers Patricia Wilson - Kastner's careful work in Faith, Feminism and the Christ.
That would be the book written by dozens of
authors over hundreds of years, edited and reassembled in differing forms with different content countless
times, not to
mention translated with all the inconsistencies in connotation that entails.
Interviewing a cookbook
author recently for an article confirmed that when she
mentioned the food that Scandinavians would eat in
time of poverty.
:::::: I also want to
mention here, Jeffrey Yamaguchi,
author 52 Projects: Random Acts of Everyday Creativity; and Zoe Weil,
author of Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging
Times for taking the
time to read the book in it's early form, and for so generously sharing their kind words about it in the form of the «blurb» on the back of the book.
I think the
author also
mentioned that some kids get used to pooping standing up and really have a hard
time with the leap to doing it sitting down.
The
author mentions several
times throughout the article that babies placed prone to sleep are at higher risk.
Melanie Williamson,
author of «The Complete Guide to Potty Training Children» says many parents lose track of how long it's been since a voluntary (or coached) trip to the bathroom, not to
mention the number of
times your child has gone or attempted to go.
To this day, I get the book out and read it to dad and adlib the text stating, «Jack Schomer had three sons: Jason, John and Lincoln» and, my edits of «and two beautiful daughters», since the
author, never
mentioned Dina or I. Dad laughs every
time I read it because he knows, it was all about the boys.
I found this book called Taking Charge of Your Fertility and the
author does
mention that women who lose weight while on HBC may have a hard
time getting regular again.
The
authors mention that they work out about three
times a week but don't provide readers with additional information about how to integrate exercise into a Paleo lifestyle.
«In theory, there are no poses you must know before a class — you're going there to learn,» says Mandy Ingber, New York
Times best - selling
author of Yogalosophy: 28 - days to the Ultimate Mind - Body Makeover, not to
mention the woman responsible for Jennifer Aniston's yoga addiction (and rock - hard abs).
If you see any suspicious content, press the avatar of it's
author and then «Complain» - Straight personalities may be banned from chats marked as «lesbians only» or «gays only», as well as gays and lesbians may be banned from «straight only» places - This app can be used for random chatting with strangers, but it is restricted to trade nudes with the people you do not know as they may be offended - Horny adults are not welcome to use this app for sexting purposes, as you may be easily banned from the system for sharing inappropriate sexually explicit content with strangers during your text role play games - For your own safety reasons it is forbidden to
mention any personal data, including other social networking or dating apps - Follow the General User agreement: you ready to start meeting new people online, having fun and killing
time?
One of
author Suzanne Collins's most potent and disturbingly plausible ideas is barely
mentioned here — that of the «tesserae», a system by which poorer citizens can choose to have their name entered into the Hunger Games ballot more
times, thus increasing their chances of being picked, in exchange for extra food.
Three independent movies from this year deserve a special
mention... Bill Morrison's documentary Dawson City: Frozen
Time, the socio - political history of a gold rush town, illustrated with film stock recovered from beneath an abandoned ice rink... Oxide Ghosts, director Michael Cumming's assemblage of VHS outtakes from the influential, more relevant than ever TV news satire Brass Eye... and Dispossession, a restrained documentary about the housing crisis that's provoked fiercely energetic audience discussions up and down the land, culminating in a panel discussion at Curzon Chelsea with director Paul Sng,
author Anna Minton and Jeremy Corbyn MP.
As
mentioned, The Raven follows the final days of Edgar Allan Poe's life — presenting the tortured
author as a self - absorbed and desperate social outcast whose work was still, at the
time, mostly under - appreciated.
A few weeks ago I
mentioned an
author in a tweet and could not believe that he took
time to respond.
And, please take some
time to look up some of the
authors I
mentioned above, especially Ron Morrish.
Last year, we
mentioned that there is a
time and place for rapid
authoring while opting for it.
In addition to what I
mentioned above in terms of what attracts a literary agent to an
author, once an
author has gone as far as they can go with the writing / editing of the manuscript and honed in on a knock - out query letter / hook, then it is
time to begin the process of querying a literary agent.
To kickstart the program, Amazon has commissioned several
authors, including New York
Times bestseller Barbara Freethy, and award winners John Everson and Colleen Thompson, to produce fan fiction for the series
mentioned above.
Edit: I
mentioned in my review that the
author paid $ 1,000,000 for this abandoned villa because she said in the book that she wrote «milione» at the closing so many
times.
As seen in the New York
Times, and favorably
mentioned in Seth Godin's blog,
authors can save
time checking multiple aspects of multiple titles, monitoring:
Mentioned in the video: Kevin Kruse's «15 Secrets Successful People Know About
Time Management»: http://amzn.to/1TJO8B0 Steve / SJ Scott's
Author Page: http://amzn.to/1UjxpRL K Book Promotions Tool used: http://dalelroberts.com/kbook (These are affiliate links; however, I honestly and wholeheartedly endorse these links and products.
As I
mentioned in a recent post, Outskirts Press spent a lot of
time over the past ten years educating
authors on what self - publishing was, and how it worked.
You won't find a simpler explanation of the writer's toolbox than Stephen King's On Writing, not to
mention it's a great peek into the writing process of one of the most successful
authors of our
times.
I was having coffee with my
author friend Lauren de Lanier and she
mentioned that she would likely spend more
time commenting on blogs if she had a more personal way of appearing on sites, particularly WordPress sites.
I wish the New York
Times article had urged would - be
authors to do their homework before they committed to publishing their books through any of the companies they
mentioned.
Instead of spamming her fellow
author's wall, that paranormal
author I
mentioned in # 2 could have sent an email (or DM — yes, this is a
time when it's OK) saying how cool it is they have such similar books and how about a joint contest or give - away?
Just about blogging, as I
mentioned, you and I have both been blogging as non-fiction
authors for a long
time now.
And, there're other aspects of your
author platform to maintain as well like your social media, and if you're working, have a family or other responsibilities that take your
time, that doesn't always leave you a lot of
time to blog, not to
mention actually write the books you're trying to promote with your blog and social media, does it?
This is one area where Amazon may have the clout to step in since a number of bestselling
authors are making those titles available digitally for the first
time through its Kindle platform; Amazon is specifically
mentioned in the English summary of the law as being targeted by this measure.
«As our publicist for a first
time memoirist, Stephanie was able to facilitate placement in The Huffington Post and our title's selection as one of IndieReader's Best Books of 2011, not to
mention over 15 reviews, Amazon sales rank improvement, and invitations to private & public
author events with high volume traffic.
Authors need to master the art of soft selling —
mentioning their book at the right
times; promoting without being overbearing.
Along with previously
mentioned authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jesmyn Ward, this year's grants also went to University of Michigan anthropologist Jason De León, whose work deals with Mexican migrants; historian Sunil Amrith, who writes on how climate and environment impact South and Southeast Asia today; and New York
Times Magazine investigative journalist Nikole Hannah - Jones.
But the vast majority of
authors, as I've
mentioned previously, don't make any money with their books (which means, actually, they're losing money: not just in expenses, but in the huge opportunity costs from all the
time they've sunk into writing, and then trying to figure out how to market their books).
As a side note, I should
mention that nonfiction
authors do not need to have a full manuscript ready when it comes
time to pitch agents and editors.
The Tate website is constructed and worded to produce the impression that Tate is a commercial publisher — the last
time I checked, the fee was
mentioned just once on the entire site, in euphemistic language that many
authors are likely to miss or misinterpret.
The
authors mentioned in Fringe Fiction won't be household names and their books aren't New York
Times bestsellers but each of them have fans, a few of them followings and all could use extra word - of - mouth.