Sentences with phrase «work than writing the book»

It's a lot of work, arguably more work than writing the book, but in the highly competitive self - publishing world, getting attention is the cornerstone of growing your book's readership.

Not exact matches

I do not include my online income from my business other than my severance negotiation book because writing takes a lot of work.

When Jason Boyett and I realized we had both written memoir - style books about our experiences with doubt to be published byZondervan in the spring / summer of 2010, we decided to team up rather than compete — an arrangement that has probably worked more in my favor than his, seeing as Jason's already published a shelf - full of books and has earned a reputation for being one of the industry's most thoughtful and humorous voices.

O Book, O Collected Works of Kahlil Gibran, Published by Everyman's Library on a dark day, I lift you from the Earth to which I recently flung you When my wrath grew too mighty for me, I lift you from the Earth, Noticing once more your annoying heft, And thanking God» though such thanks are sinful» That Kahlil Gibran died in New York in 1931 At the age of forty - eight, So that he could write no more words, So that this Book would not be yet larger than it is.

But I do think that it is strange to seek after the Spirit of God in the works of authors other than the one book we know the Spirit wrote... why do that?

Gary Smalley, who wrote more than 60 books on relationships and worked closely with Focus on the Family, died on Sunday.

Elizabeth Lombardo, a psychologist who's worked with celebrities such as Shaquille O'Neal and wrote the book «Better than Perfect: 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love,» suggest stressed - out workers consider ways they can help themselves.

Much more than a sleep book, «The No - Cry Sleep Solution» is written using evidence based research that Pantley did while working with numerous babies and families throughout the world.

Kabat - Zinn, Myla and Jon EVERYDAY BLESSINGS: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting Hyperion, 1998 Written by the parents of three grown children, this book focuses on the thoughts and feelings, rather than the techniques, associated with parenting children of all ages.

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.

AI is predicted to be better than us at translating languages by 2024, writing high - school essays by 2026, driving a truck by 2027, working in retail by 2031, writing a bestselling book by 2049 and surgery by 2053.

, Interestingly Ms. Minger references, more than once, the work of Chris Masterjohn in backing up some of her claims against the findings in «The China Study», the same Chris Masterjohn who at the time of writing did not have any qualifications or credentials in the areas of health, nutrition and biochemistry, much like Ms. Minger, but who does have the credentials to write a foreword in MS. WInger's first book «Death by Food Pyramid».

Or that I would write 15 books in a decade, more prolific in my professional work than I'd ever been before.

When I was logging extra long days while writing my book, I craved lots of chocolate; in my calmer moments, I realized that I was really seeking pleasure fun, rather than the strenuous schedule of work I had laid out for myself.

In addition to hundreds of counseling sessions and the immeasurable work he's done with eHarmony, Neil has authored more than 10 books, has been interviewed more than 7,000 times, and has written dozens of articles for publications like The Huffington Post.

At this very moment I'm eating and plowing through a huge amount of work before boarding a plane to SXSW so rather than re-inventing the wheel here to let the world know about my new and very cool friend / neighbor and her super fantastic, well written book.

The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.

He's the standard analogue man in an increasingly digital world; his books long out - of - print, Leonard doesn't take freelance gigs writing advertising copy because he deems it an objectionable compromise; he instead pecks away at a novel he's been working on for more than a decade, and enjoys simple get - togethers with his adult daughter Ariel (Lili Taylor, fantastic).

This is certainly in the tradition of Kirkman's writing of the comic books, but this Walking Dead tale is arguably even more gripping than Kirkman's own works.

During his 50 years in the field of education, he has worked with educators as a speaker and trainer and has authored more than 50 books and 200 articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention.

Working with a group of teachers, Florio - Ruane and Raphael used ethnic autobiographies, written by authors to illustrate cultures other than late 20th century white America, combined with a context for discussion around these books new to many teachers — «Literary Circles.»

Rick Bass was brought up in Houston, Texas and, for about a decade after leaving college, worked as a gas and oil geologist in Jackson, Mississippi (where he started writing short stories in his lunch breaks) before moving to the Yaak Valley in the northern Rockies, near the Idaho - Montana - Canada border in 1987 with his wife, Elizabeth Hughes, who has illustrated some of his more than 20 books.

Carolyn's mother, Elise, now spends much of her time working on genealogy projects and has written more than 30 books about Colonial American families.

Rather than resting on their laurels in the years since WPR was written, they've been evolving their once - fledgling business a little bit at a time: expanding to eight publishing imprints, 10 high - profile podcasts, a coordinated staff working behind the scenes, millions of words published, and hundreds of thousands of books in the hands of eager readers.

It's both inspirational and depressing to watch someone else sell more books than you are (I'm often in that position, with the crazy successful indie authors I hang out with)-- but that the most important thing is to keep writing, keep improving, keep putting out your best work, and keep finding ways for your audience to find you.

«There is more to writing a book than developing a concept, working out the bugs and editing the flow.

1) The Big Five: Since publishing has gone from being a gentleman's business to being owned, run and operated by corporations, you have a much better chance of getting your book published if you are Snooki from Jersey Shore hawking your new diet manifesto than if you're an unknown (or even established but not famous) writer who's written a brilliant work of literary fiction.

In the meantime, if you really want to know my work, there is no better indication than the books that appear on my Writing Coach page.

According to the New York Times, 81 % of Americans want to write a book but less than 1 % actually see their work ever published.

Putting it on Amazon doesn't make it more of an accomplishment than recognising that despite having written a book it isn't quite the right quality to hit shelves or needs work you don't yet have the ability / finances to give it.

But concluding that all book trailers are a silly approach to book promotion doesn't make any more sense than deciding that blogging for book publicity is a bad idea after you've seen a badly - written book blog, or reasoning that media releases don't work after you've seen an incompetently - handled press release (most likely, one that reads as if it were an ad for a book, which won't accomplish anything, rather than an actual news release, which most likely will help you achieve your book promotion goals).

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).

I don't have 2 more years to find the right agent --(I have more than One book in me) and for those of you worried about quality of your work — try working with a reputable professional writing Coach as I have for 6 months — taken me to a whole new Level and Beyond — worth every dollar.

If you have one book, you'll probably be working for four years (writing, publishing) and you'll probably spend more than $ 1000 publishing, so even after you reach 1000 copies you're probably not earning money.

Besides working as an editor for a major publishing house, Terry has published in over 50 magazines and written more than 60 books.

It's about how you are going to market and sell books, so you can reap those returns and work towards elevating your author brand, turning your passion of writing and publishing books into more than just an expensive hobby, but a venture that sees income return.

He can and does experiment but has yet to find anything that works better than writing the next book.

In Team Up I've been working with a writer who's started writing a book more times than she can count.

Sometimes an author may elect to create a new name for himself if he's writing in a different genre or different voice, as Stephen King chooses to do when he writes as Richard Bachman, a fact that eluded some of his readers through more than four books and is now the subject of a work by Michael R. Collings, Stephen King is Richard Bachman.

You might even find that writing worthwhile blog posts to reach out to potential readers is harder than the work of writing your book in the first place,» remarks Penelope Trunk, top career advice blogger and bestselling author of Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success.

Writing this book has made me realize that there are many adults who feel just as trapped by the groups they are in, if not more so, than the teens with whom I work.

Pulitzer Prize - winning film critic Roger Ebert has written more than 15 books, worked for the Chicago Sun Times since 1967 and been on television for 40 years.

Even back then, the kind of books I was intending to write were fetching so little in advances that I would have done better selling a couple - to - four articles at my old feature rate (we're talking 2500 word features, too — so, I'd make more for less work writing and selling four of those as WFH or open license pubs than I would for writing an 80k word reference book for writers, for example).

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.

(BTW, I write in more than one genre, I'm finishing a. mystery / detective at the moment and I have a non-fiction book in the works.)

So your job as an author (other than writing the best, most honest book you can) is to find your specific target market and share your work with them as much as possible.»

Indie writers can write and publish more books in a year (even with all the extra work) than almost all traditional writers can.

Without making my first book free, I'd probably still be making a few hundred dollars a year and struggling to find time to write as I worked a full time job rather than writing full time and loving every minute of it.

The tagline should be more about the type of books you write, or maybe the thing that sets you apart — your USP — in the genre rather than a single book you're working on or that's coming out most recently.

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