The anonymity of the internet has something to do with it, as does the belief, pioneered by Jeffrey Archer, that the ability to self-promote is the most important talent an author can possess.
Danny Wallace is a man of many talents: an author, comedian, television presenter for BBC and Sky, radio presenter for Xfm and a columnist for Shortlist magazine.
A man of many talents and author of an extraordinary range and number of works, Defoe remains in many ways an enigmatic figure.
In "The War for Talent," the authors talk about how the Royal Air Force used the A, B, and C ranking system for its pilots during the Battle of Britain.
I, like most committed writers, read not just more often, but in a new way, trying to parse layers beneath pure plot, examining construction and word usage, always hoping the talent of authors fashioning Jamesian prose might infect me.
She had a knack for putting together packages of talent, including authors, directors and stars, that produced box office blockbusters.
My interest in literature grew as I absorbed the individual prose and talent of authors Charles Bukowski, William Faulkner, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Vladimir Nabokov, Cormac McCarthy and David Foster Wallace, to name a few.
Mayhew's greatest talents, say authors, agents and editors who have worked with her, lie in conceptualizing and structuring the nonfiction narrative.
"Intrinsic motivation and creativity wither when people are told exactly what to do and how to do it; they need the autonomy to apply their own specific skills and talents," the authors write in the blog post.
