We are a LONG way from the time
when MOST authors — even genre authors — will be better off self - publishing than being published.
But why should
they when most authors are still too scared, to ingrained with the idea that you don't ask for nasty little things like audits?
And
when most authors say «blogging isn't working for me» it's because they rarely post, and when they do, they don't post content that attracts readers.
To expect an author to do such a job (especially
when most authors tend to be introverts) is like expecting the marketing expert to be able to sit down and write a publishable book.
Not exact matches
«
When it comes to establishing positive relationships with your coworkers, the
most important thing is to get to know them first as individuals,» says Dorie Clark,
author of Reinventing You.
After studying hundreds of people both rich and poor,
author Tom Corley reveals the one thing
most self - made millionaires do
when they first wake up.
When Jessica Jackley, founder of the micro-loan business Kiva and
author of Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration From Entrepreneurs Who Do The
Most With The Least, was asked to leave the TED conference due to the event organizer's no children policy, she did the natural thing: Jackley took her complaint to Twitter:
Starting today, people in the U.K. will come face to face with one of the country's
most famous female
authors when they pay for a pint.
When you're the world's
most successful
author, you can pretty much set your own terms with publishers.
Most important, says Mike McKeever,
author of How to Write a Business Plan: «Outline the legal responsibilities of both parties and
when and how the money should be paid back.»
This week,
when I asked for a book recommendation (http://on.fb.me/O7k7tQ), introduction to a public company CEO (http://on.fb.me/P9x6vR), and received an intro to an
author I interviewed (http://on.fb.me/P9xb2C); it was generally the weak ties in my network who I had never met or hadn't connected with for years that gave the
most support.
As an example, I not only agented this book myself to a major NYC - area publisher, I brought in Jay and his famous brand, I brought in Stephen M.R. Covey for the foreword, and even wrote my own back cover (something
most authors never get to do
when working with a major publisher).
In Saudi Arabia, there is no incentive for boys to work hard in school because the government will provide
most men with jobs when they grow up, explains Madawi Al - Rasheed, the author of A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia and a visiting professor at the London School of Econom
most men with jobs
when they grow up, explains Madawi Al - Rasheed, the
author of A
Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia and a visiting professor at the London School of Econom
Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia and a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.
Author's note: since this column is old, the search links within it will
most likely not produce the same results they did
when this was originally written.
In the prologue of their 2013 book entitled Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending,
authors Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton state: «
When it comes to increasing the amount of money they have,
most people recognize that relying on their own intuition is insufficient, spawning an entire industry of financial advisors.
Yesterday, a little Twitter feud (the best and
most official sort of feud) started
when A Year of Biblical Womanhood
author Rachel Held Evans tweeted about The Nines — a very popular annual online church leadership conference.
When I was born in 1960, two Gospel
authors (John and Mark) cracked the top 10 for boys, and Mary was the
most popular name for newborn girls.
Given the
author's remarkable learning,
most readers are likely to learn a great deal, especially
when he uses Augustine's sermons as source material; but the captious tone and prosecutorial zeal of the effort starts to grate as early as the first chapter.
When Christ Was Gay: http://www.soulforce.org/forums/showthread.php?t=648 (original
author's site has been sucked into the internet vortex, for the
most part; thankfully someone did a copy - and - paste job!)
Yesterday, a little Twitter feud (the best and
most official sort of feud) started
when A Year of Biblical Womanhood
author Rachel Held Evans tweeted about The Nines — a very popular...
It is not an exaggeration to say there is no way the writer would say something like, «Such - and - such college has the dubious distinction of being the
MOST religious campus etc. etc.» The
author is fueling the notion that somehow being less religious is somehow a bad thing
when each day and throughout history it has been shown time and again being more religious is more of a liability.
The
authors are
most helpful
when they focus not on proof texts from Jesus» teaching but on our relationship of praise and devotion to the God incarnate in Jesus Christ.
The
author reviews a book by Stanley Hauerwas:
When Hauerwas asserts that liberal Christians are those who take «humans, not God, as the center of Christian faith,» or when he says that one of «the most cherished conceits of modernity» is that «humans are the measure of all that is,» he reveals that he has not thought hard enough about what liberalism and modernity mean to their propone
When Hauerwas asserts that liberal Christians are those who take «humans, not God, as the center of Christian faith,» or
when he says that one of «the most cherished conceits of modernity» is that «humans are the measure of all that is,» he reveals that he has not thought hard enough about what liberalism and modernity mean to their propone
when he says that one of «the
most cherished conceits of modernity» is that «humans are the measure of all that is,» he reveals that he has not thought hard enough about what liberalism and modernity mean to their proponents.
But the book takes a rather surprising turn
when Besançon discusses how icons came to be, in the
author's view, fetishized by the Orthodox churches, especially by Russian nationalists» the
most flagrant case being Joseph Stalin's order that icons be displayed in Moscow the day after Hitler's invasion of Russia in 1941 to whip up nationalist fervor in his atheist state.
But, unfortunately (and the
author proves this point) this is what
most people think of
when they think of Christianity.
Most often,
when the
authors of Scripture want to write about eternal life, they use the words «eternal life» (or «everlasting life» in some translations).
Most of the current hermeneutical options tend toward reduction or exclusion in the act of interpretation, as
when they utilize either structuralist or «historical - critical» methods, focus on either sociological data or «ideas,» and locate «meaning» in the internal «world» of the text, or in the external reality to which it refers, or in the
author's intention, or iii the reader's response (see OTIPP 1).
Why do you condemn Catholicism
when the
author of Catholicism, apostle Paul, is also the
author of what you call Christianity in America and
most of the world today?
You can see the real danger perhaps
most clearly
when the Indian novelist Arundhati Roy, universally admired
author of The God of Small Things, writes in the Manchester Guardian that Osama bin Laden «is nothing more than the American President's dark doppelgänger.
The
author mentioned that fermented black beans are among the
most distinctive Hunanese seasonings, especially
when used in combination with chillies.
The bestselling cookbook
author admits that her
most frequent late - night craving is Hot Pockets, and
when asked what the
most overrated food trend of all time is, she declares: Froyo (we don't disagree).
Author Amy McCready writes that many parents struggle to say «No» to their children
when they
most need to hear it in order to develop compassion and gratitude.
Amy McCready,
author of «The Me, Me, Me Epidemic» (Tarcher / Penguin, $ 26.95), writes that many parents struggle to say «No» to their children
when they
most need to hear it in order to develop compassion and gratitude.
Heidi Murkoff, the
author of the book, What to Expect
When You're Expecting, referred to by
most as the «pregnancy bible» isn't at all surprised.
Power play: Hanna Rosin, journalist and
author of The End of Men: And the Rise of Women, elucidated how successful these contemporary couplings can be: «They are on paper the
most stable, prosperous marriages the Western world has seen in decades,» Rosin wrote in 2013,
when she described Frank and Claire Underwood of the Netflix television series House Of Cards as a shining example.
Which is why Mandy Len Catron's
most recent Modern Love essay was so gratifying — the University of British Columbia professor and
author of the just - released book How to Fall in Love With Anyone, used our renewable marriage contract
when moving in with her romantic partner.
«American parenting stands out as the
most odd of parenting practices
when compared with non-Western cultures,» says Meredith Small, a professor of anthropology at Cornell University and
author of Our Babies, Ourselves.
When I saw that this month's featured
author was Margaret Wise Brown, I knew this was the title that would be
most familiar with kids.
I was older than
most when I read Lavinia Derwent (Elizabeth Dodd), an
author with a wonderful imagination that simply captivates children.
Consequently, the last
author often gets the
most grief if things go wrong — and much of the credit
when things go right.
«People had trouble picking out the correct logo even
when it was right in front of them,» said Alan Castel, an associate professor of psychology at UCLA and senior
author of the study, who showed in 2012 that
most people did not know the location of a bright red fire extinguisher near their office, even though they had walked by it hundreds or thousands of times.
Few first - time
authors need no editing, and
most learn from experience
when an editor helps to improve their writing in a kind and considerate manner.
«
When most people think about cancer genetics, they think about single key mutations that foster tumor formation — very specific things like the BRCA genes,» said Joe R. Delaney, PhD, a fellow in the Clinical Translation program at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center and lead
author of the paper published February 15 in Nature Communications.
The
authors note some limitations, including that the last measurement in their study is at the age of 53,
when COPD is just starting to emerge, but
most patients are diagnosed in their sixties.
However,
when high - magnitude impacts (60g or greater) were evaluated, in some drills — namely, open - field tackling, Oklahoma, one - on - one, and position skill work — the
most common impact location was the top of the helmet, which the
authors suggest may represent improper tackling technique.
Lead
author, Dr Huw Griffiths from BAS says: «While a few species might thrive at least during the early decades of warming, the future for a whole range of invertebrates from starfish to corals is bleak, and there's nowhere to swim to, nowhere to hide
when you're sitting on the bottom of the world's coldest and
most southerly ocean and it's getting warmer by the decade.»
«
Most people have trouble admitting they were wrong
when their initial decisions lead to undesirable outcomes,» says researcher Andrew Hafenbrack, lead
author on the new research and doctoral candidate at INSEAD.
«Findings from our study can help managers determine the
most viable ways to enhance valuable recreational fisheries in Lake Michigan, especially
when the open waters of the lake are declining in productivity,» said Yu - Chun Kao, an MSU post-doctoral scientist and the lead
author of the report.
«
When we feed mice high fat foods, which is like going to McDonalds every day, they become obese and lose
most of their brown fat,» said study lead
author Kosaku Shinoda, a postdoc in Kajimura's lab.
«
When we look beyond fossil dinosaurs, we find
most of Halszkaraptor's unusual features among aquatic reptiles and swimming birds,» concludes lead
author Andrea Cau.