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There are two types of visions. Those that will happen no matter what, and those that can be stopped. Now more than ever, I wish I could tell them apart.
Emlyn Chand (Farsighted (Farsighted, #1))
You are not too small. No one is ever too small to offer help.
Emlyn Chand (Honey the Hero)
He lied with a smile that paralyzed reason." [Abby Chandlis - main character of The List]
Steve Martini
Jaana suno,kuch to kaho,hamse yu na tum rutha karo Apna to sath kuch aiso ho,jaisa chand ka sitaro se ho. Jaana suno, sunte raho, hamse yu tum khafa ho, Apna to sath kuch aiso ho,jaisa nadiya ka kinaaro se ho.
Ravindra Singh
They say that right before you die your whole life flashes before you – a medley of your own personal greatest hits. Well then, I must be about to live, because events that haven’t happened yet are constantly pushing themselves into my head.
Emlyn Chand (Farsighted (Farsighted, #1))
as jolaha ka maram na jana, jinh jag ani pasarinhh tana; dharti akas dou gad khandaya, chand surya dou nari banaya; sahastra tar le purani puri, ajahu bine kathin hai duri; kahai kabir karm se jori, sut kusut bine bhal kori; No one could understand the secret of this weaver who, coming into existence, spread the warp as the world; He fixed the earth and the sky as the pillars, and he used the sun and the moon as two shuttles; He took thousands of stars and perfected the cloth; but even today he weaves, and the end is difficult to fathom. Kabir says that the weaver, getting good or bad yarn and connecting karmas with it, weaves beautifully.
Kabir (The Bijak of Kabir)
growth equals change; change equals loss; loss equals pain; so inevitably, growth equals pain.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Na Jahaan Bheed Ho Na Jahaan Bhar Ke Log Na Shehar Mein Base Laakhon Logon Ka Shor Chand Lamhen Tu Inse Mujhe Durr Kar Chal Chale Apne Ghar Hamsafar Chal Chale Apne Ghar Hamsafar!!!
Neelesh Misra
Note to self: don’t throw things at girls.
Emlyn Chand (Farsighted (Farsighted, #1))
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. —G. K. Chesterton
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Don’t try to search out a better profile to start with your work but you should start your work for create a better profile.
TanmayChand
Liminal space is a concept in theology and psychology. It is the intermediate, in-between, transitional state where you cannot go back to where you were because a threshold has been crossed, and you have yet to arrive where you are going because it is not yet available to you.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Wait," Honey said to herself, as she realized something amazing. "I’m already an excellent flyer. Maybe I can fight crime too.
Emlyn Chand (Honey the Hero)
Hey, ants!" she shouted. "Please help. Anteater is very hungry, but cannot find any food.
Emlyn Chand (Honey the Hero)
Pain is a part of progress. Anything that grows experiences some pain. If I avoid all pain, I’m avoiding growth.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Do good. That’s all any of us can do.
Emlyn Chand (Farsighted (Farsighted, #1))
Smile is the key that fits to the lock of everybody's heart.
Bharat Chand
Her eyes burrow into my forehead like greedy grubs that want to feed off my private thoughts.
Emlyn Chand (Open Heart (Farsighted, #2))
Change only happens when our level of desire (or actually desperation) rises above the level of our fears.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Romesh Chand was a man who did not believe in telephones, in the necessity for telephones,
Paul Scott (The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1))
If you are struggling to get something then you should prepare your mind as you are almost reaching out there.
TanmayChand
Reluctance to face pain is your greatest limitation. There is no growth without change, no change without loss, and no loss without pain.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
pain. If you’re not hurting, you’re not leading. Your vision for the future has to be big enough to propel you to face the heartaches and struggles you’ll find along the way.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Leadership is the lifting of a man’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a man’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a man’s personality beyond its limitations. —PETER DRUCKER
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. —ORISON SWETT M
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
When you interpret your pain as bigger—more important, more threatening, more comprehensive—than your vision, you’ll redefine your vision down to the threshold of your pain.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Opportunity never comes to you but you should take initiative to get the opportunity.
TanmayChand
Opportunity never comes to you but you should create an opportunity.
TanmayChand
If you are thinking, you are doing very hard work, it’s doesn't means that work is actual hard OR it may be you are inefficient for that work.
TanmayChand
Her voice floats past me, swaying rhythmically, creating the sweetest song imaginable
Emlyn Chand (Farsighted (Farsighted, #1))
Difficulties are God’s curriculum for those who want to excel.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
I’ve said it before, and by gosh, I’ll say it again — don’t be afraid to toot your own horn.
Emlyn Chand
Never trust a leader who doesn’t walk with a limp. —DR. J. ROBERT CLINTON
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
The art of leadership is understanding what you can’t compromise on.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Everyday there will be something new for you but it’s depends how do you get it.
TanmayChand
If you are thinking today is nothing to do for me then there is some laziness in your mind and you don’t try to elaborate your thinking for future.
TanmayChand
You’ll grow only to the threshold of your pain.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
પચાસ એક થેલીભર હોય છે, સો તો બે થેલીઓમાં પણ ન આવે.’ હ
Munshi Premchand (Premchand Ki Sarvashreshta Kahaniyan Diamond Books (Gujarati))
As always, Google—or any other search engine of your choice—is another great source of information, search “how to write” + your genre, and see what comes up.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Without a fresh perspective about pain, a compelling vision, and a clear plan, every heartache has the potential to stop you in your tracks.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Yes, being a leader is an incredibly stressful role. The hours are usually long, the pay is often short, and the people are sometimes contentious, but a study by the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center reports that pastors are the happiest people on the planet, outranking even well-paid and highly respected professions like doctors and lawyers.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
But emotional numbness can last for years. “And the longer you are detached,” he explained, “the more painful waking up will be. The longer you are asleep, then the more intense the wake-up process. You’ll have to fight through that pins and needles feeling, shake yourself and start circulating again. Because to remain detached is to die. Slowly. Painlessly numb.”15 God
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Just as women fought for the vote, and that very achievement compels us to the polling stations, so women have fought for the right to exercise and participate in sport, and we cannot throw that away. From the women of ancient Greece putting their lives on the line just by watching sport, and the women in Iran who continue to risk imprisonment today by doing the same, to the likes of Kathrine Switzer who campaigned for women to be allowed to run any distance they liked, or Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand who demand the right to participate in sport as women, without being told what their labia should look like. We
Anna Kessel (Eat Sweat Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives)
According to a recent survey by the National Association of Church Business Administration, the average pastor in 2012 makes an annual salary of $28,000. One in five has to work a second job to support his family.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
When you chart the course of your church toward growth, start with one basic assumption: your efforts to grow are going to create many, many problems. Expect them, anticipate them, and welcome them as God’s instructors.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Use door se hi dekhta raha bas yuhi waqt katta raha Na jaane kyu nigahe thami rahi bas uske chahre pe hi thami rahi Kabhi Chand samajhkar to kabhi chandani Hum use dekhte rahe tarjeeb se par kabhi socha na tha ki unka kabhi didar hoga itne kareeb se
Film-Table No 21 Indian
I remembered all the Christmases we’d celebrated, always with a huge tree, situated next to the staircase where I now sat. As a child, I’d sat upon that same step, huddled up against the balus- ters, studying the tree, its shape and decorations; enthralled by the magical light and shadows upon the walls around me. Dancing. Over Christmas the only light in the hallway had come from the silver candelabra burning on the hallway table. But on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day night small candles were attached to the branches of the tree, their soft light reflected in the vast chande- lier suspended high above and thrown back across the walls like stars across the universe. I remembered the smell, that mingling of pine and wax and burning logs: the smell of home, the smell of happiness. I’d sat there in my nightgown, listening to the chime of crystal; the laughter, music and voices emanating from another room, an adult world I could only imagine. And always hoping for a glimpse of Mama, as she whooshed across the marble floor, beautiful, resplendent . . . invincible.
Judith Kinghorn (The Last Summer)
Great leaders welcome dissenting opinions, as long as they are offered in good will and with an eye toward a solution.
Samuel R. Chand (Cracking Your Church's Culture Code: Seven Keys to Unleashing Vision and Inspiration (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series Book 54))
Being different is not being odd; it's being unique
Ruhaan Chand
Culture—not vision or strategy—is the most powerful factor in any organization.   Culture—not
Samuel R. Chand (Cracking Your Church's Culture Code: Seven Keys to Unleashing Vision and Inspiration (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series Book 54))
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. —THOMAS CARLYLE
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
If we give, love, and serve to win approval or gain control over others, we’re not really giving at all; we’re only manipulating people for our benefit.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
The only time you start at the top is when you’re digging a hole.
Sam Chand
Respect, honesty, responsibility, and hope are the language of a great team leader.
Samuel R. Chand (Cracking Your Church's Culture Code: Seven Keys to Unleashing Vision and Inspiration (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series Book 54))
বাঙালিরা মদ খাইতে আরম্ভ করলে, প্রায় মদে তাহাদেরকে খায়।
Tek Chand Thakur (মদ খাওয়ার বড় দায় জাত থাকার কি উপায়)
Many people only seek covering when they are in trouble and find themselves trying to deal with long-term problems with short-term friends. Being uncovered isn’t just inconvenient; it’s dangerous. I
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Leaders can do one of three things with those who hold their ladders: retain them because they’re effective, release them because they aren’t, or reassign and retrain them to hold someone else’s ladder. Most
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
At some point, you’ll stop seeing pain as the enemy and make peace with it. Like Paul, you’ll see pain as a surprising source of strength. God’s power, Paul learned, “is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Consider the following questions: • Who in your life “gets you” and doesn’t think you’re weak or strange when you wrestle with the complexities of your role? • Who listens to you without feeling compelled to give you advice? • Who asks second and third questions to draw you out instead of giving pat answers, simple prescriptions, and easy formulas? • Who is your safe haven so you can be completely honest and open? • Who fills your spiritual and emotional gas tank?
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
As we lead organizations—businesses, nonprofits, and churches—size doesn’t matter as much as another crucial factor. The biggest difference between leaders of large organizations and small organizations isn’t their location, the size of their building, the scope of the vision, the number of staff members, or their talent. In fact, some of the best leaders I’ve ever met have small organizations. But in all my consulting and conferences, I’ve seen a single factor: leaders of larger organizations have proven they can handle more pain.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Leadership expert Michael Hyatt reflected on Karnazes’s life and drew three conclusions about why we should embrace discomfort: 1. Comfort is overrated. It doesn’t lead to happiness. It makes us lazy—and forgetful. It often leads to self-absorption, boredom, and discontent. 2. Discomfort can be a catalyst for growth. It makes us yearn for something more. It forces us to change, stretch, and adapt. 3. Discomfort is often a sign we’re making progress. You’ve heard the expression, “no pain, no gain.” It’s true! When you push yourself to grow, you will experience discomfort.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
In a New York Times article, Stanford professor Robert Sutton commented, “One nasty person can bring down a whole group. That can happen because the group members devote more energy to dealing with the bad apple and less energy to the task at hand. Moreover, anger and hostility are contagious, so the whole group can become infected.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Bhogpur is two kos from Bhagmalpur," he said. If Bhogpur is two kos from Bhagmalpur, then it may be possible to make a reasonable guess at our position. It depended on what he meant by a kos. "There are seventy rassis in one kos," Karam Chand said. "There are twelve hundred laggis in one kos," said Bhosla in a sudden garrulous outburst. "There are three thousand six hundred gaj in one kos, said Jagganath, the youngest boatman. "Now I am telling you," said G. "If one kos is three thousand six hundred gaj, there are three miles and eighty yards in one kos." If this was so, we had not travelled more than five miles since the previous morning.* * There is also a gaukos, a rather vague measure - the distance a cow's bellow can be heard.
Eric Newby (Slowly Down the Ganges)
There is nothing in the world as wonderful as knowing that everything is right with you and the Father, knowing you are forgiven and clean. I don’t mean knowing that you’re going to heaven when you die. I mean knowing that everything in your past and present is in the open. You’ve brought everything into the light. You aren’t hiding anything from God or anyone else. The
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
I Have Seen Bengal’s Face - Poem by Jibanananda Das Autoplay next video I have seen Bengal’s face, that is why I do not seek Beauty of the earth any more: I wake up in the dark And see the dawn’s magpie-robin perched under the parasol-like huge leaf Of the fig tree – on all sides I see mounds of leaves of Black plum – banyan – jackfruit – oak – pipal lying still; Their shadows fall on the spurge bushes on zedoary clumps; Who knows when Chand near Champa from his madhukar boat Saw such oaks – banyans – gamboge’s blue shades Bengal’s beauty incomparable. Behula too someday floating on raft on Gangur’s water – When the fullmoon of the tenebrous twelfth night died on the river’s shoal – Saw countless pipals and banyans beside the golden corn, Alas, heard the tender songs of shama – and one day going to Amara. When she danced like a torn wagtail in Indra’s court Bengal’s river field, wild violets wept at her feet like anklet bells.
Jibanananda Das (Bengal the Beautiful)
Two alrights make one good
Surya Chand, Shambala Sect
Before you honor me, make much of the one who made me, for he is a writer without equal, not in that he doesn’t rewrite but crafts characters that write their own lives.
Surya Chand, Shambala Sect
Kuch dhundhla sa yaad hai; kuch dhundhla sa he dekhti hun; woh sehmi si andheri raat, woh aik ajeeb si khamoshi aur phankay ki ahista se chalne wali bechain awaaz. Khirki per nazar pri to yun lga jese chand or sitaron ki lapait mein mehfooz hun mein; lekin achanak woh jo aik dastak hui aur dill ki dharakne ki raftar kuch tez maloom hui balkay khassi tez maloom hui ese jese kisi ne mun per hath rakh dya hou; tharthrahat aur ghabrahat k sath awaz halak se nikal rhi hai lekin koi sunne wala nahi ya awaz he nahi thi. woh khamosh si aah-o-pukaar, woh nazron ka gir jana, aur honton ka khushk hojana; woh jo yun mehsoos hua k shayad kisi ki mojoodgi ka najaiz ehsas hua, kisi ka hona na gawaar kya, na zeb lga; khassa haya ka daman chaar hou rha tha, kaheen badboo si mehsoos hui; shayad woh qatal-e-khass ho rha tha, khuda dekh raha tha; uski woh garam sansain aur meri khamosh siskyan; laal joray per kali siyaahi ka rung charh raha tha, woh jora mehaz aik hawa ka jhonka sa mehsoos hua jo tez andhi ki nazar hogya; woh kaheen mehfil-e-khass loot raha tha, mein usi mehfil mein khud ko zinda dargor ker rhi thi; aur kaheen chambeli ka phool murjha gya, baghbaan kahan tha? Koi to dastak thi jiske hone per yun lga, woh jo me mehfooz thi apne he ghar mein woh mehaz aik khayal tha; aik veham-o-ghuman tha; jo kaheen us raat k andhere mein dher hogya.
Sheikh fatyma
Munia's eighth birthday falls on the hottest day in June, with the smell of burning cane scenting the air. She forgets the heat in her excitement over the slice of cassata her father has brought all the way from Teetar Bani, the main town. Chand had ordered the precious gift from the only shop in the town that possessed a freezer, and carefully packed it in a tin pail filled with jute sacking and ice purchased from Raju Golasharbatwala's cart. The cassata melts, a puddle of bright colours. She eats it slowly, bending her head to the dented tin plate and lapping up the last delicious drops of strawberry. It is a rare taste, a flavour she has not encountered before. Her father asks, 'One more slice?' She nods, but halfway through, she holds out her plate to Chand, presses the spoon into his hand. 'You also eat. One spoon for you, one for me.' He takes tiny bites.
Nilanjana Roy (Black River)
Jolly says, 'You see? Mr Pilania, I asked your men to come here, I asked my poor neighbour to come here, to assure you of one thing. Whatever help you need, I will give it. Anything your men require to solve this case, to give this grieving man here the chance of revenge on the scum who killed his daughter, ask me. I am here to help.' The SSP says quietly, 'Justice. What we promise is justice.' Jolly says, 'Yes, yes. I agree. But what does Chand want?" Chand appears not to have heard the question. None of them speak as the father stares out towards the carp pond, the light, playful splash of water from the fountain the only sound in the room. The SSP rises, hands folded, to take his leave, and Chand says, I want him dead. The man who took Munia from me, he should die.' Jolly looks away, smiles at Ombir and Bhim Sain. "These policemen are good men,' he says to Chand. I've seen them at work. Early morning, late at night, in summer, in the monsoons, they are out in our village, doing their jobs. I promise you, Chand, this murder will be solved. You will have your vengeance." Ombir notes that, this time, Pilania does not correct him or speak of justice.
Nilanjana Roy (Black River)
Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have—and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up. —JAMES BELASCO AND RALPH STAYER
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Aluminium partitions are available within a wide range of designs and shapes due to its flexibility and malleability. It offers high quality of stability with lightweight.
Lal Chand Aggarwal (Life in Quotes)
but actually itself part of the means by which that purpose is fulfilled.
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
Zindagi ke kisse, chand lamhon mein rachay, Aate hain log, rang bharne, phir chale jaate hain saath chhod ke. Mulaqatein adhuri si, baatein teri yaadon mein khoyi, Tanha safar, kyun lagta hai, kahani mein hai kuch khaas baat. Tooti doriyan, rishton ke silsile mein chhupi hain, Har musafir le kar aata hai, ek anokhi kahani, phir raahein hi bhatak jaati hain.
Huzefa Nalkheda wala
The worse thing that can happen to any of us is to have a path that’s made too smooth. One of the greatest blessings the Lord ever gave us was a cross. —Charles H. Spurgeon
Samuel R. Chand (Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth)
likhte rahe junuu.n kii hikaayaat-e-KHuu.n-chakaa.n har-chand is me.n haath hamaare qalam hu. The poet kept on writing the blood-dripping story of passion even after his hands were cut-off.
Mirza Ghalib
Ye Chand Yahaan kuch chattanon se fisal raha hai... Sayad tumhare yaha kisi daal se jhool raha hoga. Chalo kuch to hai Jise hum dekh lete hain ek sath jaise ek laltain ko dekh kar Kayi Khaidi guzar dete hain sari raat..... Kayi Jailon me bati hai duniya Har jail me khaid hai insaan sab jail me hi to hain koi chote jail me to koi bade...
Saket Assertive
I’ve met so many authors who had professional covers, top-notch editing, and robust author platforms, but still weren’t selling any books.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
For the most up-to-date list of subgenres plus an easy way to access tons of research material, I suggest you check out the bestseller lists on Amazon.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Reading books in the genre you write is incredibly important when it comes to understanding the rules of your genre and the preferences of your target audience.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
You’re Probably Writing Middle Grade Middle Grade fiction is written largely with the tween community in mind. Characters are generally between the ages of twelve and fifteen, and page counts start to climb closer to those of full-length novels. These stories often feature coming-of-age stories as their protagonists are going through the emotional and confusing stage of puberty. Popular middle grade books include Diaries of a Wimpy Kid as well as the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Adventure novels tend to be larger than life. They involve lots of wham-bam and don’t usually require a lot of extra thinking on the reader’s part the way a mystery or thriller might.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Year after year, romance proves to be one of the most popular genres among readers, and for good reason. This genre lets the reader fall in love alongside its protagonists. Who doesn’t love that feeling?
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Fiction Historical fiction is a subset of the literary fiction genre, which we will discuss in greater detail in the next chapter. From romance to mystery to fantasy to adventure, historical fiction often crosses into a number of other co-genres.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Inspirational fiction is the proper name for religious or Christian fiction. These stories feature God-fearing characters—predominantly Christian—who live according to the values of their faith or who, after making a series of unfortunate mistakes, experience a profound conversion to that lifestyle.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Women’s fiction is a subset of the larger genres contemporary or literary fiction—it all depends on how you tell your story, and we’ll discuss style more in the following chapter. On the lighthearted side of this genre, you have “chick lit” like Bridget Jones’s Diary, and on the more serious side, you have the works of Nicholas Sparks and—my personal favorite—Liane Moriarty.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
A common misconception is women’s fiction is synonymous with romance. That is so not true.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
The reason for it was simple. They’d written for one audience but marketed to another.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
I like to think of multicultural fiction as a flavor rather than a genre of its own.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Contemporary fiction is kind of a catch-all genre. It has a great deal of overlap with the literary fiction genre, which will be discussed in great detail in the following chapter. However, not all contemporary fiction is also literary fiction.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Science fiction is an incredibly diverse genre. From space operas to alternate histories to steampunk, the boundaries of this genre reach as far as the author’s imagination. The only hard and fast rule is the world, actions, characters, inventions, and plot must be scientifically plausible.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
The fantasy genre is best defined by its vivid world-building and larger than life characters. These characters often include non-human races, although this is not a requirement. The practice of magic is also a common component of the genre.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
The paranormal genre does not require vampires, werewolves, or fey. It only requires a hidden supernatural underbelly to the real world as we know it. Urban fantasy is another variation of the paranormal genre, featuring similar themes and elements but amidst the backdrop of a metropolitan area. Paranormal stories can take place anywhere.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
The mystery genre kind of defines itself. Stories in this genre revolve around a central puzzle that the protagonist—and readers along with him—must solve.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
The thriller genre keeps the reader at the edge of her seat as she watches the protagonist overcome extraordinary obstacles in a race against time.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
The horror genre really makes the reader feel, and usually that feeling is terror. In horror, the antagonist is every bit as—if not more—important than the protagonist.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Take a look at your new reader friend. What activities does he enjoy outside of reading? What are his beliefs and values? How about his goals and aspirations?
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
Treat that target reader like the protagonist of your next novel. Give him a back story; assign some quirks. Make him real.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
spiritual in nature or clean and wholesome, but the type of reader who’d enjoy my books about angels, love, and family would very much have these expectations.
Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))
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Emlyn Chand (Discover Your Brand: A Do-It-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors (Novel Publicity Guides to Writing & Marketing Fiction 1))