Sentences with phrase «writing careers while»

The blog's mission is to help writers create successful writing careers while forming a supportive community.

For example, here was my mastermind's main goal: «To grow our writing careers while traveling the world — and without going crazy.»

If John Grisham could write the novel that started his writing career while holding down a job as a lawyer, you can start selling to customers and clients while holding down your job.

And even traditionally published author Ros Barber decries her financially depressing writing career while peering at the self - publishers of the world with her jaundiced world - view.

Not exact matches

While spending most of his career working in the field of quality management systems, he has recently turned to writing to share some of his knowledge and experience.

In my compressed work year, I did my first TED talk, gave a keynote speech at American University, programmed and designed my first app, made TV appearances on Al Jazeera America and other outlets, and joined multiple startup advisory boards - all while being my son's primary caretaker and keeping my writing career going.

While it may not seem like a major concern, making even the smallest of mistakes when composing these written messages can have a major impact on our careers since poor writing skills can give colleagues and customers the impression that we're not really educated or skilled enough to do our jobs properly.

From her work as a religion editor at Publishers Weekly, to her expansive writing and lecturing career, to her The Divine Hours series, Phyllis has a remarkable ability to speak wisely and prophetically about the future of Christianity while remaining joyfully rooted in its past.

Picard's family, living abroad, her career, a love of the game of golf and her passion for cooking and entertaining influenced her while writing the cookbook.

He discovered cayenne, he wrote, early in his career while searching for something that would produce «a strong heat in the body» and retain it until «cankers of the body» were removed.

I've written about personhood before and it's really dangerous; not only would it make getting an abortion akin to murder, but it could also criminalize women for their actions while pregnant, such as drinking or smoking pot (even for doctor - ordered medical reasons) or cigarettes, or engaging in certain risky sports or careers.

While pursuing her project on how environmental contaminants and oxidative stress cause lung cancer, Gelhaus complemented her postdoctoral training by spending some time with other PIs at Penn. «She has worked hard to develop skills that are independent of those available in my own laboratory while working on a project that is central to my research program,» Blair writes in an e-mail to Science CarWhile pursuing her project on how environmental contaminants and oxidative stress cause lung cancer, Gelhaus complemented her postdoctoral training by spending some time with other PIs at Penn. «She has worked hard to develop skills that are independent of those available in my own laboratory while working on a project that is central to my research program,» Blair writes in an e-mail to Science Carwhile working on a project that is central to my research program,» Blair writes in an e-mail to Science Careers.

«While competitiveness for jobs is beneficial for science, careers should not be constructed in such a way that talented women are deterred from remaining and progressing in STEM,» the authors of the report write.

While continuing to train postdocs in the area of critical thinking and problem solving, institutions should react to the changing needs of postdocs by developing provisions for alternate career options, how and where to look for a job, writing and presentation skills, and interviewing and negotiating skills.

And yet, while protégés are often taught how to write papers and proposals early in their careers, they usually have to figure out the reviewing part on their own.

In 1999, while working on her Ph.D. in neurobiology at the University of Toronto, she attended a campus career event where a Next Wave editor gave a talk about alternative careers, including science writing.

As management theorist Robert Austin wrote in Science Careers in 2006, «The objectives of principal and agent are thus diametrically opposed: The agent wants to be paid as much as possible for doing as little work as possible, whereas the principal wants to get as much work as possible from the agent while paying as little as possible.»

(Incidentally, Nelson, a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, wrote a «Life and Career» article for Science Careers in 2004, «Why Students Need Professors» Perspectives on Family Issues,» in which she advises women not to interview while pregnant in male - dominated scientific fields.)

Ruth Shiner, head of the Department of Biomedical Science and Physiology at the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, writes in an e-mail to Science Careers that while she «doesn't tend to use social media to look at staff candidates prior to [an] employment interview,» she does Google candidates once they have been appointed.

Now that Park has pitched her book, acquired an agent and a contract, and learned more about writing a book for public consumption, she sees many potential benefits to tackling this project now while her career is in full swing: it may open other doors for her, and she's come to think that early or mid-career scientists can also be uniquely inspiring to people.

Writing became a career in itself while still providing a useful promotional tool for me as an activist and yogi.

Hilara is a yoga studio owner and mother to little ones with Alec Baldwin who writes about her story of overcoming injuries by pushing herself to hard while pursuing a dance career.

While he was a student there, he wrote and starred in his own film, Crying Joy.Leto moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to pursue his acting career.

The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be.

While singing and writing songs for the band, she was also building her acting career.

The elder Uris had spent a year in Palestine in the late 1910s while traveling from Poland to America; the connection to Palestine would figure in a major way in Leon Uris's later writing career.

John Doe is a man who balances two well - respected careers — as a musician, Doe was the co-founder, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist of one of America's most acclaimed alternative rock bands, X, and while he continues to write and record new material, he has also carved out a reputation as a busy and well - regarded character actor.

Writer's block sees Salinger bitterly tossing his pencil across the room, while his announcement that he's pursuing a career in writing is greeted with warnings from his father Sol (Victor Garber) that he'll never amount to anything.

The film may live as little more than a supplement on a future box set, but Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow do well enough to give a sense of the breadth De Palma's career while letting the iconoclastic director write his history in his own way.

The film is, as I wrote in my own review, an immaculate and often startling piece of work, and while I think Haneke has made richer, more satisfying films in his career, I'm already looking forward to revisiting this one.

While not entirely abandoning his comedy roots, in recent decades Bill Murray has carved himself a career as a serious actor in films such as Rushmore, the Royal Tenenbaums, and now St Vincent (written and directed by Theodore Melfi).

Here are 10 of Spielberg's most memorable films from his career — and while he's produced and written numerous films, we're sticking with the ones he's directed.

While the reaction to his writing was somewhat stunted, Franco was gearing up to release what would come to be the most critically acclaimed film of his career.

While there are a lot differences between the two, the biggest is that Schumer didn't write «Snatched», which may allow her to avoid any career damage caused by this mess of a movie.

Dorothy B. Hughes was one of the great crime fiction writers; with an eclectic career that allowed her the time to pen some of the strongest material for film noir adaptations while also writing serious film criticism.

But the guys have moved on: Keegan - Michael Key builds his impressive big - screen career, while his partner - in - comedy, Jordan Peele, has chosen an unusually ambitious route, writing and directing an original horror film about an interracial couple and the extreme troubles they encounter.

It puts me in mind of something critic Peter Matthews once wrote about Julianne Moore's career - best (to my mind) turn in Todd Haynes» «Safe,» an indisputably great performance, but one in which her character is so unnervingly muted as to be disorienting: «It's as if the actress and the filmmaker have entered into a sadomasochistic contract whereby he binds her head and foot while she derives a perverse pleasure from being so bound.»

I completely agree with Kris that Clooney has been gifted with the most self - reflective role of his career, while Anna Kendrick sweet - tart interpretation of a trickily written character is a breakthrough turn.

But with adulthood came myriad disappointments and heartbreaks: Richie (Luke Wilson) retired from tennis after a humiliating loss and took to the seas; Margot's (Gwyneth Paltrow) writing career hit a stall and is now stuck in a passionless marriage to the much older neurologist / writer Raleigh St. Clair (Bill Murray); and Chas (Ben Stiller), while still successful, has become a paranoid safety freak and overprotective father to his two sons after his beloved wife was killed in a plane crash.

While you prefer to see Niccol writing his own stories instead of trying to find the next Twilight, the arc of his career suggests he will soon be forced to take whatever he can get.

While Christian opts to drown his sorrows in parties, booze, and cocaine, his sister Susan (Gaby Hoffman) hopes to cope through hosting their annual family get - together while their younger brother, Win (Dan Bittner), is too busy enjoying his own flourishing writing career to give it much of a second thoWhile Christian opts to drown his sorrows in parties, booze, and cocaine, his sister Susan (Gaby Hoffman) hopes to cope through hosting their annual family get - together while their younger brother, Win (Dan Bittner), is too busy enjoying his own flourishing writing career to give it much of a second thowhile their younger brother, Win (Dan Bittner), is too busy enjoying his own flourishing writing career to give it much of a second thought.

Michael Sheen has built a career playing characters in movies written by Peter Morgan, and while his David Frost isn't quite as memorable as his Tony Blair, he's still a formidable opponent for Frank Langella.

The winners of both writing trophies were dramatists in the early stages of their careers: Lolita Chakrabarti took most promising playwright with her first play, Red Velvet, while Nick Payne claimed best blay with only his fourth performed script, Constellations.

Duana wrote about Peter Krause the other day, how he built his career in television, how his television reputation ensures people will always want to build a show around him and while I'm not saying Rachel is on that level, I do believe that she won't have a hard time being on a list of go - to television actors, if she isn't already.

Everyone reading this review keep in mind that all the good folks at retro studios have excellent careers in the game business and make games that almost always get 8 - 9 + ratings worldwide, Also keep in mind that the reviewer is a crappy game critic for a crappy website and would give his first born away to have a career that any of the people making this game have & while they continue to make AAA games for years to come, Mark Walton will be remembered only for writing terrible reviews and maybe a little for looking stupid.

Dorothy B. Hughes was one of the great crime fiction writers; with an eclectic career that allowed her the time to pen some of the strongest material for film noir adaptations while also writing serious -LSB-...]

Whether or not girls in single - sex schools are more likely to pursue science degrees or political careers, whether or not boys in single - sex schools are more likely to write poetry or pay attention in class, single - sex schools can allow educators to address the particular interests, strengths, learning styles, and developmental stages of a single sex while allowing boys and girls to concentrate on something other than the opposite sex — at least for a few brief hours each day.

While at home, she also spends time focusing on a writing career.

A highly regarded literary critic and professor of English earlier in his career, Dr. Hirsch recalls being «shocked into education reform» while doing research on written composition at a pair of colleges in Virginia.

While the language of «college and career readiness» is slathered all over the Common Core State Standards and the aligned examinations written by PARCC and SBAC, repeating a slogan is a marketing tool rather than research validation.