Sentences with phrase «for ordinary readers»

Not exact matches

An ordinary reader might think that Martin's argument for openness to supernaturalism is intended to give aid to conservative Christians who reject secular scholarship because, they argue, the believing historian is just as justified in bringing her faith in supernatural intervention to life - of - Jesus research as the secular historian is in rejecting it.

For a poem to capture our attention it must upset the usual ways of seeing or hearing and transform the ordinary so that it delights and surprises the reader.

This is no ordinary argument for the existence of God, though it could easily enough be taken as such by some readers, especially because of its unabashed references to the God of Abraham and Moses and its well - placed quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures.

Instead of giving readers a waffle recipe, she creates mini waffles on a stick with a maple syrup dipping sauce, and ordinary broccoli is made into healthy muffins for an inspiring spin on a frequently polarizing (for the kids) ingredient.

For ordinary comics readers, however, Marvel's innovations may seem like solutions in search of a problem.

I aspire to write fun, compelling stories for readers who want to escape the ordinary.

The key is to ask them to do some things that ordinary readers would do: Mark things that take them out of the story, pacing issues, emotional feedback, etc. «Beta reading is not about the reader's knowledge of the craft of writing, but about what works and doesn't work for them as a reader,» she states.

With the trained observer's eye for detail and veteran newsman's sense of the story hidden behind the headlines, Dahlby gives readers a highly personal tour of the militant Jakarta slums, terrorist - traumatized Bali, and the Islamic heartland on the island of Java, where the outcome of a struggle now raging between moderate Muslims and their extremist brethren for the country's Islamic soul promises to have far - reaching effects on the lives of ordinary Americans.

In Australia, our books cost a fortune ($ 35 is not out of the ordinary), and listening to US readers complain about paying a couple of dollars for hours of entertainment makes me a little angry...

Currently Looking For: Fiction that hits the sweet spot between commercial and literary with interesting settings and a strong narrative voice; mystery (particularly cozies and crossover literary — think Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger), literary thriller, and psychological suspense; and memoir by writers who connect the events of their lives to readers through incredible storytelling, as well as a wide variety of prescriptive and narrative nonfiction and gift books.

But as more and more readers clamor for tales of ordinary - yet - interesting people, whether they have... [Read more...]

-- Sylvia Heslin, for Readers» Favorite Fourteen - year - old Zoey St. John is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary gift she can see monsters.

Assistive technologies should also announce that the user is entering an iframe, giving context for non-visual readers that they are outside the ordinary.

That makes me on the side of the ordinary working writer, the bloke who does popular fiction, because, yes, that's what readers want and pay for.

Recommended for readers looking for Christian fiction that's a little out of the ordinary.

The establishment of the E Ink Corporation in 1997 led to the development of electronic paper, a technology which allows a display screen to reflect light like ordinary paper without the need for a backlight; electronic paper was incorporated first into the Sony Librie (released in 2004) and Sony Reader (2006), followed by the Amazon Kindle, a device which, upon its release in 2007, sold out within five hours.

«It has long been settled that the interpretation of a document is a matter of law for the court, save in those cases where there is some ground for thinking that the words were used by the writer — and understood by the reader — in a special sense different from their ordinary meaning.»

The judge, lawyer or ordinary reader looking for accessible and timely assessments of the law is much better off turning to the many excellent law blogs.