Sentences with phrase «writer friends in»

I was sitting with a couple of writer friends in the lobby of the SF Hyatt Regency, talking about all this, when Joe Konrath arrived and made his way to the bar area.

I've engaged a few of my writer friends in the early stages of a science - fiction / fantasy platform that could end up thriving as a subscription model.

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.

(A fellow writer friend in the Made in L.A. group has just written a great book on this subject called Drown the Cat.)

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McDowell directed the other Pine Bros. ads made by the brand's in - house team but decided to recruit his friend Fred Wolf, a comedy writer and director whose work also includes «Grown Ups» and «The Chevy Chase Show.»

«I was discussing this with a friend, writer Phyllis Eisenstein — I dedicated the third book to her — and she said, «George, it's a fantasy — you've got to put in the dragons.»

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.

While business owners call in SEO experts, ask their friends for freelance referrals and even search through the latest content - dating sites, finding quality writers to produce content may just be rig...

«I think that level of transparency is admirable,» says Mark Bittman, the longtime food writer and sustainability advocate, who co-created a salad for Sweetgreen in 2014 and now considers Jammet a friend.

But in a new, almost 14,000 - word profile, in The New Yorker, staff writer Tad Friend takes a deeply personal look into the Silicon Valley mogul's life and captures a number of statements that reveal some of the mind - bending thinking behind his investments.

• 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?!)

It's a fuel event,» says another friend of the writer's, described as «ripped», who when invited to other peoples» homes for dinner smuggles in fruit and nuts in his wife's purse.

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.»

Before he became friends with fellow writer C.S. Lewis and help create the Inklings writers» group, Tolkien fought in World War I and later assisted the Allies as a code - breaker during World War II.

One of these dubious deterministic friends of religion is a former student of mine named Huston Smith, a pleasant, likeable person, who enjoys his complex view, in which he finds places for a number of recent writers, though he knows how little some of us agree with it.

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.

Perhaps the examples of Thomas Tallis and his pupil and friend William Byrd, both Roman Catholics, will give heart to contemporary Catholic artists — and those who like myself are Anglo - Catholic artists — as well as other writers in the Christian tradition who find themselves in the situation that Dana Gioia describes.

Here in the article the writer states he and his wife have «lesbian» friends but they wouldn't bring them to their church?

The pivot occurred when my irascible, endearing Jewish mentor, the late Will Herberg, straightforwardly told me what Protestant friends must have been too polite to say, that I would remain I uneducated until I had read deeply in patristic and medieval writers.

I debated whether to engage a post that is just as disturbing as the title suggests, but after speaking with an editor and several writers at The Gospel Coalition, as well as some of my gay and lesbian friends, I've decided it's important to offer an alternative to the attitude presented in this post and, perhaps more importantly, to explore / discuss how Christians ought to respond when we encounter homophobia in our own faith communities.

The writer of an unsigned article in The New Yorker, describing a feeling experienced at the funeral of a friend whose long and happy life had been spent as a wife and mother, caught it well:

I found in Ford far more than I had hoped for: a writer who, by his own account, had «apprenticed» himself to America; whose stories and characters so spring from their landscapes and physical situations as to personify the spirit of the motels, roadside bars, lakes and highways where we encounter them; and who may well be, as his friend Raymond Carver (who died last summer) said, «sentence for sentence... the best writer at work in this country today.»

He concludes: «That is why this writer will continue to wish his Christian friends a «Merry Christmas» at Yuletide, and rejoice in the fact that those friends join the angelic choir in proclaiming glory to God in the highest, and peace among humankind on earth.

Back when I was an unpublished writer, I watched in envy as online friends nabbed book deals.

A writer friend of mine recently confessed that she floundered a bit in writing her memoir because she felt pressure from her girlfriends to write with an inspirational tone more characteristic of Beth Moore or Stasi Eldredge than Donald Miller.

To be sure, Maeterlinck, when he was suggested for membership in the French Academy, the first Belgian in history to be so honored, wrote a letter to Le Journal asking that they choose instead «my old friend Emile Verhaeren, first, because he is my elder; second, because he is a very great poet, while I am only an industrious and conscientious prose writer.

Rachel Eats Rachel Roddy, a wry British writer living in Rome, pairs Italian recipes with conversational, engaging narratives that make you feel like you're cooking with a friend.

I have friend, who was once my student, and in his angsty teenage period he would pace impatiently up and down the journalism room, waiting for the other writers to finish their pieces so he could put the paper to bed.

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.

However, and more importantly, BlogHer — and the ability to connect in real life with so many talented writers and friends whose work I admire — only comes around once a year and I want to be present in the moment while I'm there, not holed up in my hotel room posting and moderating comments.

Through stories (Tracey's + guest writers), accessible instructions (think of it as a friend telling you how to work your camera vs. said boring camera manual), and plenty of beautiful visual examples, Tracey helps you figure out how to use your camera, then find and capture the beauty in everyday moments.

A writer at Modern Day Moms recently covered how she «managed to dry my coffee pot & knives» on her Boon Lawn countertop drying rack, and a friend of mine says she dries her chef knives and steak knives on such a rack's fake - grass drying blades, which hold the knives «perfectly in a row.»

Saving the beaches helped protect the shoreline, said Patrick Reardon, a historian of Chicago and former Tribune urban affairs writer who wrote a report for Friends of the Parks in 2009 on the four miles of lakefront that were still privately owned.

I was invited to participate in a review and discussion of the memoir Finding Zoe: A Deaf Woman's Story of Identity, Love, and Adoption with several other open adoption writers / bloggers by my friend and colleague Lori Holden.

Stacey Ferguson, Justice Fergie [«Cheer for Your Cheerleaders»] Kristin Shaw, Two Cannoli [«You Know Your Child Best»] Aviva Goldfarb, The Scramble [«Always the Potential for Good»] Margo Porras, Nacho Mama [«Your Kids Will Do What You Do»] Emily McKhann, The Motherhood [«You Are Courageous»] Jane Maynard, This Week for Dinner [«Savor Even the Hard Seconds»] Mary Ann Zoellner, producer at NBC's TODAY [«Play Like a Dad»] Lian Dolan, Oprah.com [«Life is Serious Enough»] Maria Bailey, Mom Talk Radio [«Take Time to Celebrate You»] Christie Matheson, Stroller Traffic [«Nothing Better Than Coming Home»] Carla Naumburg, Psychcentral.com [«You Are Not Your Thoughts»] Jenny Lee Sulpizio, JennyLeeSulpizio.com [«I'm Not Above Mom Jeans»] Kimberly Coleman, Foodie City Mom [«Follow Your Own Inner Voice»] Missy Stevens, Wonder, Friend [«Nice Things Are Still Just Things»] Rachel Jankovic, Femina Girls [«It's Not Supposed to Be Easy»] Megan Brooks, Texas Health Moms [«The Love Language of Listening»] Carissa Rogers, Good N Crazy [«Here's to Embracing Change»] Dina Freeman, BabyCenter [«Learn to Swim in the Deep End»] Elizabeth Grant Thomas, Elizabethgrantthomas.com [«It's Easier to See Light in Darkness»] Wendy Hilton, Hip Homeschool Moms [«They Want to Make Us Happy»] Renée Schuls - Jacobson, Rasjacobson.com [«Beware of Emotional Vampires»] Shannon Lell, ShannonLell.com [«Don't Be Afraid to Sparkle»] Bunmi Laditan, Honest Toddler [«What Makes You a Writer»] Erin Dymoski, Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms [«What I'd Tell My Younger Self»] Lyss Stern, Divamoms.com [«Those Who Matter Don't Mind»] Debra Shigley, In Deb's Kitchen [«Feeling Bain the Deep End»] Elizabeth Grant Thomas, Elizabethgrantthomas.com [«It's Easier to See Light in Darkness»] Wendy Hilton, Hip Homeschool Moms [«They Want to Make Us Happy»] Renée Schuls - Jacobson, Rasjacobson.com [«Beware of Emotional Vampires»] Shannon Lell, ShannonLell.com [«Don't Be Afraid to Sparkle»] Bunmi Laditan, Honest Toddler [«What Makes You a Writer»] Erin Dymoski, Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms [«What I'd Tell My Younger Self»] Lyss Stern, Divamoms.com [«Those Who Matter Don't Mind»] Debra Shigley, In Deb's Kitchen [«Feeling Bain Darkness»] Wendy Hilton, Hip Homeschool Moms [«They Want to Make Us Happy»] Renée Schuls - Jacobson, Rasjacobson.com [«Beware of Emotional Vampires»] Shannon Lell, ShannonLell.com [«Don't Be Afraid to Sparkle»] Bunmi Laditan, Honest Toddler [«What Makes You a Writer»] Erin Dymoski, Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms [«What I'd Tell My Younger Self»] Lyss Stern, Divamoms.com [«Those Who Matter Don't Mind»] Debra Shigley, In Deb's Kitchen [«Feeling BaIn Deb's Kitchen [«Feeling Bad?

All of these topics were floating around in my head when I tentatively pitched the idea of a «kids and food» blog to a writer friend.

Writer Nicole Fabian - Weber, for instance, in a piece on «The Clueless Girl's Guide to Creating a Baby Registry» notes that her first step in creating her baby registry was to look at an old friend's registry and tailor it to her needs.

Then my writer friend Jenny Johnson recently pointed me to the Planet Box, an eco-friendly stainless steel lunch box with little bento - box like compartments that eliminate the need to package each individual item in the lunch.

Born in Arlington, MA, Dr. Kimball went on to become a respected pediatrician and writer as well as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great - grandfather and a special friend to children.

I'm so excited to be able to officially announce the Dads4Kesem Hadrian's Wall Walk in July 2016, when I'll be joining 11 other dad bloggers, writers, and influencers, as we walk together to raise funds for a new Camp Kesem chapter at the University of Maryland in honor of my friend Oren Miller, who lost his battle with cancer last year.

«We're here to actually put our bodies on the line in support of our friends who are going to be targeted by this regime,» said Clara Mystif, 31, a writer from Florida.

As my friend, writer, and social critic James Howard Kunstler suggests in The Long Emergency, all our central systems will unravel as we move into the end of oil period.

(The week after I visited him in Iowa City, Damasio was a keynote speaker at a conference with the poet Jorie Graham, a longtime friend from her days at the Iowa Writers» Workshop.)

And at a certain point, I went down to visit a friend in San Diego and a mutual friend of ours, Dan Greaney, was there, who's a writer for The Simpsons.

The researchers found that writers are more confident their friends can correctly interpret their e-mails than strangers — and readers are more confident in interpreting e-mails from friends than strangers, as well.

In honor of the impending start - up, Alpinekat, aka Kate McAlpine, a science writer for CERN, has produced a five - minute rap video starring herself and friends dancing in the bowels of the machinIn honor of the impending start - up, Alpinekat, aka Kate McAlpine, a science writer for CERN, has produced a five - minute rap video starring herself and friends dancing in the bowels of the machinin the bowels of the machine.

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.

While she has been a writer for as long as she can remember, she discovered yoga after a friend in college took her to a class.

So she called upon skinny friend and food writer Melissa Clark, who dines out almost nightly in New York's best restaurants without gaining weight, for help.