Sentences with phrase «worst thing an author»

The worst thing an author can do is build a blog and then not keep it current.

The worst thing an author can do is consider their cover design like a blank canvas and add whatever they want, wherever they want.

One of the worst things an author can do is shop queries on the open market for material that hasn't been substantially revised in light of feedback from competent beta readers.

Not exact matches

«At almost any given age, most of us are getting better at some things and worse at others,» Joshua Hartshorne, an MIT cognitive science researcher and the lead author of a study looking at how intelligence changes as we age, told Business Insider.

«The thing that is the most noticeable about Stormy, especially on Twitter, is that the usual methods that the internet has of shaming and mocking have little to no effect on her,» Brian Watson, author of «Annals of Pornographie, How Porn Became Bad,» tells Ad Age.

The author should consider that she is no longer «Catholic» and maybe that's not a bad thing.

Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of the best - selling book «When Bad Things Happen to Good People,» said Mourdock's remarks were off - base: «He's invoking the will of God where it is not appropriate.»

But according to at least one author, that's not such a bad thing.

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.

But as the author and finisher of our faith, he can sometimes write bad things and end things with cruelty.

In a way, the author is trying to answer the question, «Why do bad things happen to good people?»

The whole thing rests upon one author — Michael Prescott's — highly selective excerpting and chopping up of a private [i.e., thinking out loud without clarifications] journal written when Rand was barely out of her teens, fresh from the blood bath of 1920s Soviet Russia — and still made it very clear that her read on the personalities of the observers showed that they were not appalled by Hickman's crime — she said there had been far worse, without the same spectacle of glee — but by his flamboyant and mocking defiance of society.

The authors do not go with the traditional answer to the problem of evil that since God is in control and since God is good, we must call all evil things that happen good, even if they appear bad.

If the Holy Spirit is the author of truth, then why does he tell some pastors that speaking in tongues is a gift to be used today, while at the same time telling another pastor that speaking in tongues is a bad thing?

This is what I believe: if God is the author of all things good, then He doesn't cause bad things to happen.

«Kids» fears tend to grow along with their imaginations and because older children can think of bad things happening to their parents or themselves, this sometimes leads to new or increased clinginess,» explains Dr. Eileen Kennedy - Moore, a psychologist and the author of «Smart Parenting for Smart Kids.»

The author seems to be implying that the hospital is doing some sort of bad thing to the multips that is causing them to bleed and retain at higher rates than they would have if they had stayed home.

Susan Newman, social psychologist and author of «Little Things Long Remembered: Making Your Children Feel Special Every Day,» said parents should discourage bad behaviors by taking away privileges such as dessert, or setting an earlier bedtime.

Putting a child with special needs in a traditional classroom setting will only make things worse, according to Thomas Armstrong, author of the book «The Myth of the A.D.D. Child».

«For a long time having a «bird brain» was considered to be a bad thing: Now it turns out that it should be a compliment,» said Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Suzana Herculano - Houzel, senior author of the paper with Pavel N?mec at the Charles University in Prague.

However, the authors note that looking at more product photos is not always a bad thing.

However, these defects are not always a bad thing, said Martin Gruebele, the lead author and an Illinois chemistry professor and chair.

He is the author of Straight People: A Spotter's Guide to the Fascinating World of Heterosexuals, 50 Shades of Gay, Drag Teen, and the upcoming A Very, Very Bad Thing, a young adult novel published by Scholastic.

It's not that things have come easily to the famously prolific and scattershot actor, director, author, student, teacher, Oscar co-host, and now four - time Saturday Night Live host — it wouldn't be the worst thing if more famous actors put their talents into film adaptations of their favorite books.

The authors seem to believe that board members spending «little time on district business... might not be an altogether bad thing: limited time on district business could mean less opportunity to micromanage or engage in petty politics.»

Among those boys, «fag» was the worst thing one could be called; one boy told the author, «It's like you're nothing.»

The authors of «Bad Ones» and I are in agreement on at least one thing.

The authors, Mills and Wolf, say they're unsure whether having fewer kids designated as special - needs is a good thing or a bad thing.

I can't see that as a bad thing for self - pubbed authors in general.

This isn't a bad thing as self - publishing offers many advantages, and in a lot of cases, successful self - published authors are offered contracts with publishers because of their existing author platforms as they've proven their appeal.

Because I'm convinced of two things: that bad books will sink to the bottom fairly quickly and thus don't really pose much of a nuisance to me, and that the only ones who are ultimately hurt by bad books are the authors putting them out.

The screams of self - published authors over this, however, are not necessarily a bad thing.

The worst thing on the planet for me would be where trad publishers start paying 50 % or more to their authors, and lose their battle with Amazon, only to see their books priced in the weeds.

Gary L. Stewart is one of the authors for whom too much of a good thing is probably a pretty bad thing after all.

But, sometimes, bad things happen that, as an author, ties into your book.

It isn't about bad grammar and poor storytelling skills, cuz even traditional authors do those things.

If things get too bad and authors start backing out then Amazon's entire system will collapse.

And in most instances, just as with traditionally published authors, that's a bad thing.

Back to the subject — though Lulu may increase its sales by selling commercial books, I don't see that it's a bad thing for the independent authors.

But not all established, bestselling authors think the upheaval in the book biz is a bad thing.

But then, from the perspective of the aspiring author, is that a bad thing or a good thing?

Relevant — The worst thing an aspiring author can say is that «they don't read much.»

The worst thing I see is when an author truly believes they don't need an editor, that they can do all the refining of the manuscript themselves.

This does illustrate perfectly one of the worst things about the traditional publishing author.

As you know, and as we love to talk about all the time, the best and worst thing about self - publishing is that the author has all the decision - making power.

But good things come from bad reviews — the author might become a better writer because of it, or someone else might see the review and say, «This reviewer doesn't like werewolf stories, but I love them!»

Kingsley darkly notes that «European politicians believed that the continuation of a rescue mission would only makes things worse encouraging more migrants to make the journey» — a journey the author claims can not be stanched, no matter how much invective against immigrants is unleashed.

If publishers let Amazon get away with this, Amazon will gain that much more power in the industry, and eventually publishers will have to eat those costs too, which will be passed on to authors... There's no good route out of this, and letting Amazon get away with this is definitely the worst possible thing that could happen.

And that's the worst thing that can happen to an author — despair.

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