Sentences with phrase «writer friends about»

I've talked to a few writer friends about this recently, and the answers range from «because I thought I was going to make money» to «because it's a stress reliever» to «because it's all I've ever wanted to do.»

Then I might hit up some local writer friends about testing their manuscripts.

I plan to become practically evangelical in telling my writer friends about Authorlicious and 30 Day Books.

«Do tell your writer friends about the newsletter.

I literally just wrote, in an email to some writer friends about my own book publicity efforts, «I'm going for the long haul.»

Not exact matches

Having proved his ability to handle crystal ball work, Buffett, 86, was asked by this writer — an 87 - year - old friend of his — whether he might care to make a prediction about total returns over the 17 years starting now and ending late in 2033.

His newfound strategy of finding the adequate mental space to have quality thoughts came about after he tried to contact his writer friend at BoingBoing.

A Christian writer who's released a book encouraging children to tell their friends about Jesus has said... More

• W. H. Mallock, The New Republic: It defies reason that a professional economist should have written one of the most brilliant satires of the nineteenth century (it appeared in 1877); a conversation novel, in the manner of Thomas Love Peacock, and just about as ingenious as any of his; a grand and ungracious burlesque of the Oxonian intellectuals and writers of the time, many of them Mallock's friends.

Of course there are other reasons for my sporadic blogging this year: a surprise new baby coming which completely disoriented us, a new book to finish writing (and I will share all about that in January), travelling and speaking all over North America, stewarding the message of Jesus Feminist throughout her first year of life, creating the Jesus Feminist collection with Imagine Goods, a trip to Haiti, new opportunities as a writer, three tinies at home with their own lives and drama and growth and change, remodelling parts of our home, marriage, church, friends, life, work, laundry (oh, can we talk laundry?!)

In sum, our reporter friend and those like him should not feel guilty about agreeing with Steele, Loury, Crouch, and other writers who are waking us up to the disastrous consequences of policies promoted under the banner of «civil rights.»

While I could chalk this up to learning a lot about blogging (which I did), or learning a lot about theology and Scripture (some of which is documented on this blog), most of this increase is due to you — my friends and fellow blogger / writers in the online community.

Since then we've exchanged numerous emails, most of which are just me gushing over the beauty of a book she's been working on, and I was only too thrilled to organize a blog hop with some of our fellow food writer friends in an effort to spread the word about her crave - worthy creation.

just before I went to sit in the Letterman green room, my fantastically courageous and brilliant friend Nell Scovell published this article in Vanity Fair about the unfriendly attitude toward women writers in late - night - tv and particularly the hostile work environment at (you guessed it) good ol' Dave's.

Also, contributing Boston Mamas writer Heather (a mother of toddler triplets) suggested that your friend ask the nursing staff about support groups since the nurses often are plugged into community offerings moreso than the doctors.

My writer friend Jenny Johnson sent me a blog post from the Houston Chronicle's SciGuy, describing a recent study from the Journal of Pediatrics about kids and caffeine.

I remember reading a chapter about that once... the writer said that it's even harder for those of us who identify ourselves as attachment parents, those of us who've read all of those books and who've talked with our friends about wanting to be the best parent possible.

If this project excites you, please invite friends and talk about Hudson Valley Writers Resist on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media.

I was in Santa Fe a couple weeks ago visiting one of my best friends you've heard me talk so much about: the writer Emily Rapp.

OK, I've written about this before and it's worth repeating because clearly it hasn't sunk in... That First Date talks about what to consider before, during and after the date and my post What To Talk About On The First Date for some ideas so I won't repeat myself, but, regardless of what I've written and what you've read and heard countless times from many other writers, coaches and friends, men and women STILL perform poorly on first dabout this before and it's worth repeating because clearly it hasn't sunk in... That First Date talks about what to consider before, during and after the date and my post What To Talk About On The First Date for some ideas so I won't repeat myself, but, regardless of what I've written and what you've read and heard countless times from many other writers, coaches and friends, men and women STILL perform poorly on first dabout what to consider before, during and after the date and my post What To Talk About On The First Date for some ideas so I won't repeat myself, but, regardless of what I've written and what you've read and heard countless times from many other writers, coaches and friends, men and women STILL perform poorly on first dAbout On The First Date for some ideas so I won't repeat myself, but, regardless of what I've written and what you've read and heard countless times from many other writers, coaches and friends, men and women STILL perform poorly on first dates.

If you don't like writing about yourself or think you are going to get writer's block it's a good idea to enlist the help of a friend; the kind of friend who is always saying to you «I can't understand why you're still single, you're such a catch».

About author: The author is a renowned writer, writes many blogs and articles on social networking and dating sites to encourage people for joining such platforms where they can find new friends and partners.

About Blog Writer of this blog, Aishwarya Mohan Gahrana is Practicing Company Secretary and Insolvency Professional working with M / s Aishwarya M Gahrana & Associates, a New Delhi based peer reviewed firm of company secretaries having pan India presence through friends and associates.

He's drifting through life, thinking about becoming a writer, and also trying to romance his best friend Mimi (Kiersey Clemons).

Writer / actress Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein 72, Ira & Abby 62) makes her feature directing debut with a romantic comedy about two best friends (played by Westfeldt and Adam Scott) who decide to have a baby together while maintaining a platonic relationship.

With less financial risk and more creative freedom, streaming platforms like Hulu are telling new stories like «Resident Advisors,» about dorm room rule enforcers in college, directed by «Friends» writer Ira Ungerleider.

We have a mutual friend in common and he was the first person to read the script, because he's a writer also and I was very nervous about showing it to people.

From his lead role on the NBC comedy «Scrubs» to his directorial debut, «Garden State,» the writer / director / actor seems capable of just about anything — including undertaking the role of music producer and launching the careers of his musician friends in his spare time.

Containing engaging interviews with Didion fans and friends including Calvin Trillin, David Hare and Hilton Als, «Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold» does that thing that the best documentaries about writers to: it makes you want to return to its subject's work as soon as possible.

Childhood friends Nick Kroll and Family Guy writer Andrew Goldberg created this «toon about their pre-teen misadventures, with Kroll voicing his younger self and partner - in - crime John Mulaney lending his vocals to his animated best friend.

Cite Coney Island, as writer scripter Nick Hornby does in a screenplay based on Colm Toibin's novel, and you think of how your dad gave you a dollar in 1945, about the same amount as your friends received from their folks, an amount which gave us four hours of fun in Coney Island where Nathan's hot dogs were fifteen cents and a bag of fries the same.

Writer / director Michael Dougherty has given movie buffs everywhere a gift, not just in terms of crafting an excellent film (one that's assuredly destined for cult classic status), but in granting us the opportunity to surprise the hell out of all of our friends on Halloween night with a trippy little horror flick that they know nothing about.

Seven Psychopaths Rated R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality / nudity and some drug use Available on DVD and Blu - ray From Martin McDonagh, writer / director of the brilliant indie In Bruges, comes this equally dark little comedy about a struggling writer (Colin Farrell) who gets mixed up with his friend's (Sam Rockwell) dog kidnapping racket.

Joseph Gordon - Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard and writer Will Reiser talk about their movie about two friends dealing with cancer, out today.

Lest you think director Paul Feig and writers Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who has a cameo as a prescient airline passenger, have stinted on story and strung together a series of sketches, you'll be glad to hear there's a plot here as well that will bring to mind «My Best Friend's Wedding» and half a dozen Renee Zellweger films about ugly ducklings that long to be seen for their inner beauty.

Based on To an Early Grave, the humorous and cynical novel by Wallace Markfield, Bye Bye Braverman is a fuzzy, unresolved, bittersweet satire, which centers on four Jewish intellectuals who, on their way to a friend's funeral, reminisce about their dear dead friend Leslie Braverman, an idealistic but minor avant - garde writer.

For his romantic roundelay Trust the Man, a New York - set movie very much in the vein of Woody Allen, Edward Burns and early David O. Russell (see review here), writer - director Bart Freundlich did his best myna bird impression — «gathering stuff from my life that I thought was funny, about the way you relate to your wife and kids, or conversations with friends about the ways that they relate to those topics,» he explains by phone — and then shaping and pruning them down, grinding them up against the age - old pressures of temptation and fear of commitment.

Crossfire Edward Dmytryk, USA, 1947, 35 mm, 86m This adaptation of writer / director - to - be Richard Brooks's novel The Brick Foxhole, about a group of vets, led by Robert Mitchum's Sergeant Keeley, searching postwar Washington for their amnesiac friend (George Cooper) so they can clear him of a murder charge, embodies the essence of what has come to be known as «film noir» — moody, troubled characters; nocturnal action; chiaroscuro cinematography; low - key acting spiced with bits of bravura eccentricity; and a plot so crazy that it feels like a nightmare.

There's this running joke among my friends about my obsession with the film The Room — that little ol' gem from confusingly accented writer / director / producer / star Tommy Wiseau.

Waller - Bridge, 31, is the creator, writer, and star of last fall's pitch - black Fleabag (also on Amazon Prime), based on her 2013 award - winning one - woman play about a damaged woman who's grieving the death of her best friend in none of the standard Kübler - Ross ways.

A movie like this demands some kind of grounding, and that's what is sorely missing from co - writer / director Jonathan Levine's comedy about three friends trying to have one last weird and wild Christmas Eve, before giving themselves over to the more pressing responsibilities of life.

Set in 1979, writer / director Mike Mills weaves an intriguing tale about Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), a chain - smoking, single mom who enlists the help of family and friends in nurturing her rebellious 15 year - old son, Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), as he struggles to find his identity while growing into manhood.

But about two - thirds of the way through, director Irwin Winkler and writer Mark Andrus take a brief but no less bizarre turn as George's hilltop cul - de-sac starts to resemble that in Knots Landing: Robin, who has two children with current husband Peter (Jamey Sheridan), finds herself fallling back into George's arms; Coleen (Mary Steenburgen), George's neighbor and mother to Sam's friend Alyssa (Jena Malone), starts taking an unhealthy interest in her daughter's sorta - boyfriend Josh (Ian Somerhalder).

Featuring an all - star comedy cast including Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat, Rachel Bilson, Christopher Mintz - Plasse, Donald Glover, Scott Porter, Andy Samberg, Connie Britton and Clark Gregg, The to Do List is a comedy about close friends and a special summer project, loosely inspired by the real - life adventures of first - time writer / director Maggie Carey.

Chuck & Buck follows the reunion of two childhood friends, writer Mike White in the role of Buck and filmmaker Chris Weitz (About a Boy, American Pie) plays Chuck who now goes by Charlie.

As if there weren't enough doomsday - themed films released last year, 2013 will see no less than five different movies on the topic — that is, if you include «World War Z.» But before audiences flock to theaters to watch stars like Brad Pitt and James Franco try to survive the end of days, writer / director Todd Berger's «It's a Disaster» offers a darkly comic tale about a group of friends (and one stranger) who are forced into an impromptu therapy session following a biological attack on the city.

Seven Psychopaths was about a struggling writer drawn into a world of crime after his best friend started kidnapping dogs.

If the idea is to keep the costs down, how about arranging time for your writer friend to meet & hang with people you know with traits that fall «outside the bell curve» — the weirdest of the weird?

One of my friends posted in our local Romance Writers of America chapter's loop about how enthused and reenergized she was after coming back from the RWA conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Australian writer Murray creates a true original in a 13 - year - old girl who has her own way of «overhauling the ordinary state of things» as she speaks in a unique voice about her eccentric friends and tries to separate the rumors about her family from the truth.