Authorship category: 1257 books
by Virginia Woolf
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2003
In her journals and writing exercises, this novelist “comes to us with all the brilliance, perceptiveness, and restraint we could wish” (Kirkus Reviews).
From 1918 to 1941, even as she penned masterpiece upon masterpiece, Virginia Woolf kept a diary. She poured into it her thoughts, feelings,...
A Broom of One's Own
Essays on Housecleaning and the Writing
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
For the twice-published novelist, reading an article about herself in the National Enquirer—under the headline "Here's One for the Books: Cleaning Lady Is an Acclaimed Author"—was more than a shock. It was an inspiration.
In A Broom of One's Own, Nancy Peacock, whose first novel...
The Authentic Swing
Notes from the Writing of a First Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2013
The Story Behind THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE
If you've read his books THE WAR OF ART and TURNING PRO, you know that for thirty years Steven Pressfield (GATES OF FIRE, THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN etc.) wrote spec novel after spec novel before any publisher took him seriously. How did he finally break...
Odd Type Writers
From Joyce and Dickens to Wharton and Welty, the Obsessive Habits and Quirky Tec hniques of Great Authors
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Every great writer has a unique way of setting a story to paper. And, it turns out, many of these writers used methods that were just as inventive as the works they produced. Odd Type Writers explores the quirky writing habits of renowned authors, including Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway, and Alexandre...
My Prizes
An Accounting
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
A gathering of brilliant and viciously funny recollections from one of the twentieth century’s most famous literary enfants terribles.
Written in 1980 but published here for the first time, these texts tell the story of the various farces that developed around the literary prizes Thomas Bernhard...
Like Shaking Hands with God
A Conversation about Writing
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Like Shaking Hands with God details a collaborative journey on the art of writing undertaken by two distinguished writers separated by age, race, upbringing, and education, but sharing common goals and aspirations. Rarely have two writers spoken so candidly about the intersection where the lives they...
Living and Writing on the Coast of Maine
Thoughts on Life, Love, and Writing
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2016
What's it like to live your dream? To live the life of an author? To (finally) be married to the man you love and live in the place you've always imagined? With wry humor and insight, Lea Wait, acclaimed author of 14 books in two genres, shares the good, the bad, and the challenging about living in...
by A. Scott Berg
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
The National Book Award winner from Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg is now celebrating its 40th anniversary.
The talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and numerous others. But Maxwell Perkins remained a mystery, a backstage...
by Anna Schulthess
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
This article deals with oddities and peculiarities of the Grand Deceased rather than with his teachings, and is a mixture of recollections much more than a good scientific article. I must say in parenthesis that I was personally acquainted with the unique teacher of Tibetan Buddhism for Our acquaintance lasted from early 2003 until his death in July 2014.
Secrets of a Freelance Writer
How to Make $100,000 a Year or More
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The definitive guide to becoming a successful freelance writer, now in an updated and expanded third edition
Secrets of a Freelance Writer has long been the authoritative guide to making big money as a commercial freelance writer. In this new edition, you'll find out how to make $100,000 a...
Beyond Boundaries, Beyond Limits
In the Zone and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2019
-BEYOND BOUNDARIES, BEYOND LIMITS
A new book being written and updated “on the go” (to be continued and added to as time permits)
As “inspired/sourced” from one of my blogs and the following quote by perhaps the fastest driver of them all...
“You think you have a limit. And...
An Independent Author’s Checklist
What You Need to Have Ready for Ghostwriters, Editors, and Graphic Designers
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
As an independent author (a.k.a. “indie author”), you are the project manager of your own book’s production from start to finish, from conception straight through to publication. This may include hiring a freelance ghostwriter (if you choose not to write your book yourself), an experienced editor,...
How to Price an Ebook
A Guide for Independent Authors
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
As an independent author (a.k.a. “indie author”), you must oversee all aspects of your own book business from the project management aspect of things (e.g., writing, editing, designing, proofreading, indexing, publishing) to the financial end of things. If you’re feeling stumped when it comes...
by RAIMON SAMSO
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Convierte lo que sabes en un libro
Tener tu propio libro, y ser leído, es una satisfacción única en la vida. Tu libro te convertirá en un experto en tu tema y te abrirá todas las puertas al éxito profesional.
Podrás acceder a medios de comunicación y conseguir una promoción...