Sentences with phrase «years as a novelist»

Cain noted in a tweet that she never blocked anyone on Twitter until she started writing a relatively low - profile comic book series, never having to in her years as a novelist selling millions of books.

Not exact matches

Twenty - five years ago, DeLillo stated his aspirations for novel - writing through the protagonist of Mao II (1991), himself a novelist: «A writer creates a character as a way to reveal consciousness, increase the flow of meaning.

Long, long ago, in the years just preceding the Second World War» as Germany was overrunning Czechoslovakia and annexing Austria, and as Neville Chamberlain was preparing to travel to Munich to sort these things out» the novelist E.M. Forster wrote an essay called «What I Believe.»

I think that novelist - now - screenwriter Emma Donoghue originally wanted to present an ironic counterpoint for a character who is manic and crazed from seven years as a sex - slave captive (five of them as a mother), oublietted away in some freak's (Sean Bridgers, who already played this role in Lucky McKee's The Woman) garden shed.

«In the Heart of the Sea» stars Chris Hemsworth («The Avengers,» «Rush») as the vessel's veteran first mate Owen Chase; Benjamin Walker («Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter») as its inexperienced Captain, George Pollard; Cillian Murphy («The Dark Knight Rises») as second mate Matthew Joy; and Ben Whishaw («Skyfall») as novelist Herman Melville, whose inquiries into the event 30 years later helped bring the story to light.

Crowe will portray a famous novelist and widower struggling with mental illness as he tries to raise his 5 - year - old daughter.

1988: Screenwriter and novelist William Goldman devoted an entire book, «Hype and Glory,» to the year in which he served as a Cannes juror and a judge at the Miss America pageant.

Among the high - profile premieres this year are «Antz,» the new Dreamworks animated film; James Ivory's «A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,» with Kris Kristofferson playing a character inspired by novelist James Jones; «Dancing at Lughnasa,» starring Meryl Streep in the film of Brian Friel's celebrated play; John Waters» «Pecker,» with Edward Furlong as a fast - food worker whose photos are embraced by the New York art world; Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in «The Theory of Flight,» about a work - release prisoner assigned to a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease; Ben Stiller as a drug - addicted TV writer in «Permanent Midnight»; Christina Ricci in «Desert Blue,» about slim prospects for a teenager in a town of 89 people; «The Imposters,» the new film by Stanley («Big Night») Tucci, starring Tucci and Oliver Platt as cruise - ship stowaways; «Rushmore,» with Jason Schwartzmann as a prep schooler who is a lousy student but hyperactive in campus activities; Cameron Diaz in «Very Bad Things,» about a bachelor party that ends in murder; Cate Blanchett as «Elizabeth,» the story of England's 16th century monarch, and «The Judas Kiss,» with FBI agent Emma Thompson on the trail of the kidnapper of a computer genius.

I loved what [author] Jeff [VanderMeer] had done but one thing I know... Years ago I used to work as a novelist and I know that novels & films are independent of each other.

All that said, Ex Machina is easily one of the best films of the year so far and a remarkable directorial debut for Garland, who's made a name for himself as a novelist and screenwriter for some 15 years now.

Christmas» script is by Susan Coyne, the co-creator of Slings And Arrows, and it follows the interpretation of Scrooge as Dickens» alter - ego, his miserliness a caricature of the novelist's preoccupation with money, which began when his opportunistic father, John Dickens (Jonathan Pryce), was sent to debtors» prison, forcing a 12 - year - old Charles to quit school and go to work at a shoe polish factory.

This year's Actor Tribute honoree, Ethan Hawke, is a distinguished artist, recognized the world over as a talented and versatile performer, as well as director, novelist, and screenwriter of several unforgettable films.

The film's flash - forward / flashback conceit, scripted by Charles Leavitt, is that, 30 years later, the young novelist Herman Melville bribes the Essex's sole living survivor, Tom Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson), to unload to him the true story, as opposed to the whitewashed official version, of what happened aboard the Essex and its aftermath.

Alain Robbe - Grillet is best known as an experiment novelist in the nouvelle roman movement of the fifties and as the screenwriter of Alain Resnais» elegant yet conceptually daring French nouvelle vague landmark Last Year at Marienbad.

As the film begins, Disney, whose children loved the books, has been pursuing Travers for the film rights for twenty years, and the novelist is now only beginning to entertain the idea because she's flat broke.

Gist: A funny and complex story about a newly single father trying to take care of 6 year old twin girls, reignite his dating life, navigate his co-parenting relationship with his ex and continue work as a graphic novelist.

While literary editor Terry Crabtree still has the bad little boy smirk common to all Downey characters, his own issues are downright mild compared to Michael Douglas» Grady Tripp, a 50 - year - old professor, semi-professional pot - smoker, and neurotically stricken one - hit - wonder novelist, as well as Tobey Maguire's James Leer, an emotionally constricted budding author and semi-pathological liar.

This year's line - up looks to be just as impressive, with manga artist Matthew Lin, novelist Will Kostakis, children's author Tim Harris, writer Ursula Dubosarsky, Indigenous visual poet Kirli Saunders and spoken word artist L - Fresh the Lion all on the bill.

I had often heard novelists describe the endless weeks stretching into endless months (and sometimes, years), as they polished, re-polished and polished again their precious manuscript like a diamond.

Those are the blues that can overwhelm the unpublished / underpublished novelist as we slog away, year after year, with nothing to show for our life's work but a mini-Kilimanjaro of rejection slips.

Whether she's imagining the history of an ancient manuscript, as in People of the Book, or an English town determined to survive the plague in A Year of Wonders, Pulitzer Prize - winning novelist Geraldine Brooks is a master at bringing history's little - known but fascinating stories to life.

Twice selected for Granta's list of Best Young British Novelists, winner of the 2007 Costa Book Award for her acclaimed novel Day («Day is a novel of extraordinary complexity» — The New York Review of Books), which was also chosen as one of New York magazine's top ten books of the year — the internationally revered A. L. Kennedy returns with a story collection whose glorious wit and vitality make this a not - to - be-missed addition to the canon of one of our most formidable young writers.

He spent the years 1962 — 65 in England, working as a computer programmer while doing research for a thesis on the English novelist Ford Madox Ford.

I'm now getting into my stride as a novelist, and am a quarter of the way into the second of a series of cosy mystery novels that will be published next year, the Sophie Sayers Village Mysteries.

Publishing: A Writer's Memoir By Gail Godwin Bloomsbury • $ 16 • ISBN 9781620408254 The novelist and three - time finalist for the National Book Award reflects on her 45 - year career as a writer, from her early struggles to find her voice to the often frustrating ups - and - downs of the publishing business.

«A strange and beautiful work, this masterful narrative proves that Atwood can do anything as a novelist,» says Hale, who knows her literary fiction (in addition to having an MFA, she's been writing this column for nearly 10 years!).

KOETHI ZAN The Never List (Pamela Dorman, July) Talk about pressure: This debut novelist from Alabama is already being touted as this year's Gillian Flynn — and her first novel certainly sounds as dark and disturbing as anything Flynn has dreamed up.

Last year Canadian novelist S.K.S. Perry learned that an imposter was selling his novel Darkside for $ 2.99 as a Kindle ebook without his knowledge.

WORDS ABOUT PICTURES British novelist Julian Barnes didn't start out as an art lover, but over the years he evolved into one, as revealed in Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art.

She stayed at the top of her game throughout her 30 - year career as a novelist — as this quote from our review of her final novel proves: «There's a good chance that many readers, like this one, will consider Minding Frankie one of Binchy's best novels yet.»

Karp's 1st time novelist status belies his experience as a writer - gleaned from many years as an advertising copyrighter on accounts such as Coca - Cola, Gillette and Paine Webber (remember the «Thank you Paine Webber ads?)

Lupica has written or co-written several nonfiction books: Reggie, the autobiography of Reggie Jackson (Villard, 1984); Parcells, an autobiography of former Giants and Patriots coach Bill Parcells (Bonus Books, 1987); Wait» Till Next Year, co-written with novelist and screenwriter William Goldman (Bantam, 1988); Shooting From The Lip, a collection of columns (Bonus Books, 1988); Mad As Hell, exploring the divisive issues compromising professional sports (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996) and Summer of» 98, a fresh look at the»98 season in baseball (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999).

I've spent most of the last ten years writing for advertising and marketing, which is a terrific training ground for a novelist: you need to pack the maximum emotional wallop into the minimum space, and you learn to view writing as work that can be improved, rather than as your - heart - ripped - bleeding - and - perfect - from - your - chest.

Expected to surpass a million books in print in 2012 after less than four years as an author, novelist Beth Wiseman is one of the fastest growing new Christian fiction author brands of the past few years.

Now comes news that Connie Brockway, a very successful romance novelist whose amazing work I have read and enjoyed for years, will be self - publishing her next two (2) full length historical romances solely as e-books - although she will have a shorter novella in an upcoming collection by Avon.

As to where I am now, I've been a full - time novelist for the last four years and one of the lucky few who earn a good living from doing what I love the most.

And, just last week, the Booker Prize Foundation announced that — in conjunction with the British Council — it would release this year's shortlisted books as ebooks, including the winning title The Gathering by the Irish novelist Anne Enright.

Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mirror, the Glasgow Herald, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.

The pressure might have been too much for some writers but not Kate Atkinson: just two years after winning the Costa novel award for Life After Life, a major bestseller hailed as «astonishing» by judges at the time, the novelist has landed the prize again for her follow - up, A God in Ruins.

Richard Barrington Richard Barrington is a freelance writer and novelist who previously spent over twenty years as an investment industry executive.

About the Author Richard Barrington is a freelance writer and novelist who previously spent over twenty years as an investment industry executive.

As I announced earlier this year, I will once again be teaching a creative nonfiction workshop at the Paris American Academy during the month of July (this Paris workshop also entails fiction and journal - writing classes, taught by novelists John Biguenet and Lauren Grodstein).

Born in Germany, Inka worked as an international attorney for over 20 years before turning novelist and travel writer.

As well as a headline performance by German art - rock group Kraftwerk, fresh from their residency at Tate Modern, this year's Latitude hosts a number of alternative visual artists, including David Shrigley, photographer Mitch Jenkins and graphic novelist Alan MoorAs well as a headline performance by German art - rock group Kraftwerk, fresh from their residency at Tate Modern, this year's Latitude hosts a number of alternative visual artists, including David Shrigley, photographer Mitch Jenkins and graphic novelist Alan Mooras a headline performance by German art - rock group Kraftwerk, fresh from their residency at Tate Modern, this year's Latitude hosts a number of alternative visual artists, including David Shrigley, photographer Mitch Jenkins and graphic novelist Alan Moore.

A wall text, bearing a quote by the novelist A.B. Yehoshua, serves as the prologue to Ira Eduardovna's recent exhibition A thousand years.

Booker Prize - winning novelist Ben Okri described the work as «the most significant discovery in contemporary African art in over fifty years.

In what novelist Ben Okri describes as «the most significant discovery in contemporary African art in over fifty years».

For several years, she signed her early paintings «George Hartigan,» as a tribute to 19th century female novelists George Eliot and George Sand, and her reputation exceeded those of such renowned female painters as Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell and Lee Krasner.

Kusama returned to Japan in 1973 but has continued to develop her mirrored installations, and over the years, she has attained cult status, not only as an artist, but as a novelist.

Beyond Belief includes over 70 exquisite full colour plates and an essay by novelist and writer Will Self that discusses hallmark works such as «A Thousand Years» (1990), and Hirst's practice and ascendance to international fame through the late 1990s.