Download or read book Rookie Mistake written by Tracey Ward and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trey Domato is the next big thing in football. A quarterback with a cool head, smoldering eyes, and a cannon for an arm, he's collected awards, trophies, and hearts across the country. He's on every girl's mind. Every coach's dream sheet. Every agent's wishlist. Including Sloane Ashford's. Sloane grew up at her father's side in the Ashford Agency. He built the company from the ground up, representing some of the biggest names in sports, and now Sloane is determined to find her place among its top agents. She's got the knowledge, she's got the drive, and if she can land Trey, she knows she's got her 'in'. But it's hard to keep your eyes on the prize when the sweetest, sexiest smile you've ever seen is constantly on your mind. When the hottest hands in the nation are in your hair. When you're whispering the name thousands of fans are screaming at the top of their lungs. Sleeping with a client is a mistake, but falling in love with him? That's some rookie sh#t right there.
Download or read book Rookie Mistakes written by Mike McHargue and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are Your Critical Leadership Errors Undermining Your Team and Organization?After working with more than 300 teams as a Principal Consultant for The Table Group, Mike McHargue recognized an emerging pattern. It became clear that, as many of those well-intentioned leaders made their way from managers to executives, they made significant leadership mistakes. For his work Rookie Mistakes: Advice from Top Executives on Five Critical Leadership Errors, McHargue interviewed hundreds of executives, 25 of whom were vulnerable enough to share their wisdom about errors that must be avoided both by the rookie leader and the seasoned executive.Rookie Mistakes focuses on the most damaging of those errors to leaders and teams. McHargue learned from his research that those errors fell into five clear categories:¿Allowing confusion¿Failing to connect with their team¿Running truly awful meetings¿Hiring too fast and firing too slow¿Failing to give and receive feedbackThis book offers practical advice to help you become the leader you always imagined you would be.
Download or read book Hot Season written by Susan DeFreitas and published by Harvard Square Editions. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tinder-dry Southwest, three eco-minded roommates--students at Deep Canyon College, known for its radical politics--are looking for love, adventure, and the promise of a bigger life that led them West. But when the FBI comes to town in pursuit of an alum wanted for "politically motivated crimes of property," rumor has it that undercover agents are enrolled in classes, making the college dating scene just a bit more sketchy than usual. Katie, an incoming freshman, will discover a passion for activism that will put her future in jeopardy; Jenna, in her second semester, will find herself seduced by deception; and Rell, a senior, will discover her voice, her calling, and love where she least expects it.
Download or read book Rookie Mistakes written by Mike McHargue and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are Your Critical Leadership Errors Undermining Your Team and Organization?After working with more than 300 teams as a Principal Consultant for The Table Group, Mike McHargue recognized an emerging pattern. It became clear that, as many of those well-intentioned leaders made their way from managers to executives, they made significant leadership mistakes. For his work Rookie Mistakes: Advice from Top Executives on Five Critical Leadership Errors, McHargue interviewed hundreds of executives, 25 of whom were vulnerable enough to share their wisdom about errors that must be avoided both by the rookie leader and the seasoned executive.Rookie Mistakes focuses on the most damaging of those errors to leaders and teams. McHargue learned from his research that those errors fell into five clear categories:¿Allowing confusion¿Failing to connect with their team¿Running truly awful meetings¿Hiring too fast and firing too slow¿Failing to give and receive feedbackThis book offers practical advice to help you become the leader you always imagined you would be.
Download or read book How Not to Write a Novel written by Howard Mittelmark and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What do you think of my fiction book writing?" the aspiring novelist extorted. "Darn," the editor hectored, in turn. "I can not publish your novel! It is full of what we in the business call 'really awful writing.'" "But how shall I absolve this dilemma? I have already read every tome available on how to write well and get published!" The writer tossed his head about, wildly. "It might help," opined the blonde editor, helpfully, "to ponder how NOT to write a novel, so you might avoid the very thing!" Many writing books offer sound advice on how to write well. This is not one of those books. On the contrary, this is a collection of terrible, awkward, and laughably unreadable excerpts that will teach you what to avoid—at all costs—if you ever want your novel published. In How Not to Write a Novel, authors Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman distill their 30 years combined experience in teaching, editing, writing, and reviewing fiction to bring you real advice from the other side of the query letter. Rather than telling you how or what to write, they identify the 200 most common mistakes unconsciously made by writers and teach you to recognize, avoid, and amend them. With hilarious "mis-examples" to demonstrate each manuscript-mangling error, they'll help you troubleshoot your beginnings and endings, bad guys, love interests, style, jokes, perspective, voice, and more. As funny as it is useful, this essential how-NOT-to guide will help you get your manuscript out of the slush pile and into the bookstore.
Download or read book The Nutshell Technique written by Jill Chamberlain and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran script consultant Jill Chamberlain discovered in her work that an astounding 99 percent of first-time screenwriters don’t know how to tell a story. These writers may know how to format a script, write snappy dialogue, and set a scene. They may have interesting characters and perhaps some clever plot devices. But, invariably, while they may have the kernel of a good idea for a screenplay, they fail to tell a story. What the 99 percent do instead is present a situation. In order to explain the difference, Chamberlain created the Nutshell Technique, a method whereby writers identify eight dynamic, interconnected elements that are required to successfully tell a story. Now, for the first time, Chamberlain presents her unique method in book form with The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting. Using easy-to-follow diagrams (“nutshells”), she thoroughly explains how the Nutshell Technique can make or break a film script. Chamberlain takes readers step-by-step through thirty classic and contemporary movies, showing how such dissimilar screenplays as Casablanca, Chinatown, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Silver Linings Playbook, and Argo all have the same system working behind the scenes, and she teaches readers exactly how to apply these principles to their own screenwriting. Learn the Nutshell Technique, and you’ll discover how to turn a mere situation into a truly compelling screenplay story.
Download or read book Rookie Mistake written by Alice Ward and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rookie Mistake is the first sexy installment in Bestselling Author Alice Ward's brand new sports romance series, The Beasts of Baseball. I thought I'd achieved everything I ever wanted. Then I lost her... Standing on the pitcher's mound for a professional baseball team has been my dream since I was a small boy. Now I'm here, pitching for the newest team in the league -- the New York Beasts -- with the woman I've loved since high school by my side.Calvin and Whitney forever! Wow, we made it.But there's a downside to instant fame and fortune, a trap that unleashes self-control and morals. A gilded cage that separates us from the real world. This is the big city, the major leagues -- the big time. And temptation is around every corner. People change. We changed. Neither for the better. I don't even recognize us anymore.Calvin and Whitney forever? I used to think so, but the beasts that had been hibernating in both of us have taken control, and now I'm not so sure. The dream has become a nightmare. Can we wake and find our way back to each other?NOTE: Although this is the first book in the series, it has an emotionally charged HEA you won't soon forget, and No Cliffhanger.
Download or read book Rookie Mistakes written by Danesha Little and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After accepting life's painful detour, Nashya Jordan finds comfort in her unlikely new path. Now a TV personality, her primary focus is to make "Girlfriends Talking Sports" the number one show on ESPN. Her plans are interrupted when NBA Rookie, Sebastian Powers enters her life.
Download or read book How to Buy Your Home written by Mindy Jensen and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rookie in Love written by Zoe Beth Geller and published by Kinky Ink Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When fresh-faced rookie, Wyatt, scores an unexpected goal with the fiery sister of the team's star goalie, the rink's temperature isn't the only thing that's frozen! Cue the drama, on and off the ice, landing Wyatt in a chilly PR debacle. Enter Emily - the sizzling PR maestro with a penchant for South Beach sun and salsa. She's dispatched by Wyatt's agent to defrost his tarnished reputation, but will she melt his icy exterior? With sandy beaches in her heart and winter in his, the sparks fly, not only from their clashing preferences but also a tantalizing age gap. Dive into a whirlwind romance where sun meets snow and see if true love can bridge the divide. Will they end in a chilly standoff or warm up to a fiery finish? Find out in "Rookie in Love" – a tale of unexpected passions and the magnetic pull of opposites! Grab your next hockey read today! 🌞❄️💕
Download or read book Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist written by Sunil Yapa and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TIME Magazine Best Book of 2016 An Amazon Best Book of 2016 A heart-stopping debut about protest and riot . . . 1999. Victor, homeless after a family tragedy, finds himself pounding the streets of Seattle with little meaning or purpose. He is the estranged son of the police chief of the city, and today his father is in charge of one of the largest protests in the history of Western democracy. But in a matter of hours reality will become a nightmare. Hordes of protesters - from all sections of society - will test the patience of the city's police force, and lives will be altered forever: two armed police officers will struggle to keep calm amid the threat of violence; a protester with a murderous past will make an unforgivable mistake; and a delegate from Sri Lanka will do whatever it takes to make it through the crowd to a meeting - a meeting that could dramatically change the fate of his country. In amongst the fray, Victor and his father are heading for a collision too. Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, set during the World Trade Organization protests, is a deeply charged novel showcasing a distinct and exciting new literary voice.
Download or read book Artful Sentences written by Virginia Tufte and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 2006 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte shows how standard sentence patterns and forms contribute to meaning and art in more than a thousand wonderful sentences from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book has special interest for aspiring writers, students of literature and language, and anyone who finds joy in reading and writing."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Jeff Herman s Guide to Book Publishers Editors Literary Agents 29th Edition written by Jeff Herman and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeff Herman’s Guide unmasks nonsense, clears confusion, and unlocks secret doorways to success for new and veteran writers! This highly respected resource is used by publishing insiders everywhere and has been read by millions all over the world. Countless writers have turned to this book to figure out how to decipher the hidden codes to getting published. It reveals: • tools to discern and exploit the rapidly changing publishing environment • the crucial differences between independent houses and the “Big 5” publishers • hard truths about self-publishing • names, interests, and contact information of hundreds of agents and editors • how writers unwittingly disqualify themselves from the consideration they deserve, and how to optimize chances with agents • critical thinking skills for outside-the-box publishing strategies • the nuts and bolts of superior query letters and proposals • how to spot and avoid ever-more-prevalent scams • the value of “book doctors” and when to consider hiring them • what to do — and not do — once you’ve got an editor or publisher interested Herman’s book remains the go-to guide for everything anyone ever wanted to know about book publishing. Comprehensive index lists dozens of subjects and categories to help you find the perfect publisher or agent.
Download or read book The Right Way to Write Christian Fiction written by Tiffany Buckner and published by Anointed Fire. This book was released on with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Right Way to Write Christian Fiction is an instructional guide that details the do's and the don'ts of Christian fictional writing. Filled with story examples and advice, this book will not only show you how to professionally write Christian fiction, but you'll learn the language of fictional writing. Pair this book up with The Right Way to Write a Christian Book (Parts I & II) for the ultimate writing experience!
Download or read book Essential Reporting written by Jon Smith and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you want a book that instructs you about all the technical skills you need to pass the examinations set by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) and embark on a career in journalism, then this is the book for you. It outlines the basic knowledge required to succeed as a trainee reporter. Shorthand, intros, writing styles, subbing, layout, the way newsrooms work and how to find things out are among the range of skills described." - Times Higher Education "Precisely what it says on the cover - a down-to-earth essential handbook for anyone embarking on a career in journalism. All you need to know about avoiding newsroom minefields and attracting the editor′s attention for the right reasons. If only it had been around in my day!′ - Bob Satchwell, Executive Director, Society of Editors This is a book for everyone who wants to be a journalist: a practical guide to all you need to know, learn and do to succeed as a trainee reporter in today′s newsroom. Although the world of journalism is changing fast, as technology blurs the boundaries between newspapers, radio, television and web-based media, the reporter′s core role remains the same: to recognise news, communicate with people, gather information, and create accurate, balanced and readable stories. Essential Reporting, written by an experienced NCTJ examiner, explains how to do this. Contents include: what makes a good reporter what is news, and how to find it how newsrooms work day-to-day life as a reporter key reporting tasks covering courts and councils successful interviewing writing news stories specialist reporting handling sound, pictures and the web It also contains a wealth of advice, tips and warnings from working journalists, a guide to NCTJ training and examinations, a glossary and a guide to further reading. It will be invaluable to anyone embarking on a career in journalism and is the NCTJ′s recommended introductory text for all students on college and university courses preparing them to become successful reporters.
Download or read book Self Publishing for Traditionally Published Authors written by Jules Horne and published by Texthouse. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you an author confused by the self-publishing landscape? If so, this is for you! It's the perfect guide for * traditionally published authors wondering whether to go indie * MA and MFA creative writing students who need a clear intro to the new publishing * published authors keen to exploit their back catalog * indie author start-ups who feel scattered and need to focus * authors on a limited budget who want to make best use of their spend... In short, anyone who wants to avoid overwhelm, save time and money, and focus on author essentials. In self-publishing these days, it's so easy to get caught up in contradictory advice, courses and platforms. Publishing and self-publishing are now so fragmented and fast-evolving, it's hard to keep up! And it's getting harder to tell the difference between genuine professional services, assisted publishing, vanity publishing and other models. Where do you start? Start here! By the end of this book, you'll have a clear overview of the self-publishing landscape. You'll understand whether to dive into self-publishing, or stay on the traditional publishing path. You'll have a roadmap of which steps to take first. And you'll be able to cut to the chase. Visit the Method Writing website: www.method-writing.com
Download or read book The Breakout Novelist written by Donald Maass and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-have reference for novel writers! If you're serious about transforming your writing into vibrant, engaging, and marketable fiction, you've found the right book. The Breakout Novelist gives you the craft and business know-how you need to make your stories stand out. Veteran literary agent Donald Maass brings together the best innovative and practical information from his previous books and workshops to help you set your novel apart from the competition. Maass shares examples from successful and contemporary writers across all genres to equip you with strategies for crafting compelling fiction--from core elements like character, setting, description, and plot, to more advanced techniques including theme, tension, and suspense. Plus, you'll find over 70 practical exercises to help you evaluate your writing to the breakout level. You'll also learn from Maass's experiences from more than three decades in the publishing industry. Get straight talk from an insider about agents, contracts, industry changes, and how to be the kind of author who builds a successful career book after book. If your goal is to craft powerful stories that capture your audience's attention from the first page to the last, then The Breakout Novelist is an indispensable reference.
