Sentences with phrase «novel experience like»

The Madefire App delivers a continuous flow of «Motion Books,» original stories each with their own unique and immersive experience, providing users with a comic or graphic novel experience like none other.

Not exact matches

Fair enough, but these novels are more like life than treatises; they are to be experienced, not understood.

It would learn these things not principally from the «content» of the stories but from their «form»; whether a novel is, like O'Connor's, an experience of coming to belief within a recognizably Christian universe, or, like Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five, an experience of deepening despair over the ways of the universe, it would see them both as parabolic stories.

It did not, because, like neo-orthodoxy to which it was related, it was shy of experience and hostile to the Bultmannian call to construct a hermeneutical bridge from the Bible to the novel situation of our time.

James, like his hero Whitman, underwrites the quest for novel experience, for becoming more fully human.

While reading The Book, I had an experience like those referred to in histories of Victorian culture: I had to set the novel aside for several days because of how audaciously Murdoch had treated one of her characters.

It is normal to be a little anxious about a first pregnancy: the sensations are new, it might bring up normal concerns about what will your parenting look like, and overall, it is a novel experience that you don't have anything to compare it with as a reference.

«Such an experience gives players a space to challenge how they see the world, just as movies like Schindler's List or novels like Animal Farm, did for past audiences,» said Bowman.

Much like the heroine of my novel, Click: An Online Love Story, I needed some coaxing before I could embrace the experience.

When someone applies for it, that person doesn't do it for fun or to have a novel experience (there may be exceptions here: like some fool doing so for gaining attention).

Perhaps a bit too dry or sedate for a Saturday night sleepover sort of horror experience, The Invoking does benefit from at least two performances that are worth enjoying (Miller and Midili); a calm but welcome amount of attention paid to things like mood, tone, music, and atmosphere; and a plot that starts out as the epitome of predictable and gradually grows more novel as we move on.

Like a good novel or cinematic experience, these types of games often have a strong narrative thread, appropriate for English Language Arts (ELA) classrooms.

As they work on their forthcoming titles, the co-founders, who have their own personal projects in development — Lee is working on a book about the struggles of being overly connected in the digital age (eg, texting, IM, e-mail); Love is working on her second novel, about how historians and politicians in the present day contort the history of a failed slave uprising in early 19th century Virginia — continue to experiment with what both the e-book platforms and their own website user experience will look like.

For a book whose title sounds like an affirmation of faith but whose story is about an atheist refuting the existence of God, reading it is a spiritual experience... Many of the positive reviews laud the wit and entertainment Goldstein provides, but honestly, the breadth and depth of ideas covered require close and thoughtful reading... This novel can be read on a few different levels: a romance, a mystery, an intellectual thriller or a philosophical / religious treatise.

In my experience this magic holds true for everything from lap breakers, like World Without End at 1024 pages, to slim young adult novels like Amanda Hocking's Hollowmen, a very fast 194 pages.

Whether it's an original Vertigo graphic novel like «Shooters» or established franchises like «G.I. Joe,» «Battlestar Galactica» and «Vampirella,» writers Brandon Jerwa and Eric Trautmann have explored a vast landscape of comic book casts and stories — and they plan to bring that experience over to digital comics with «Frost,» a new series published via Chris Roberson's Monkeybrain Comics digital imprint.

Also, enhancing the digital experience like the new Jeff Buick novel One Child is doing is a great way to leverage digital sales as well as create buzz for the printed book.

Like trickles flowing into a river, all these experiences found their own paths into the novel.

When writers describe the experience of writing and publishing a first novel, about half say it's like giving birth and the other half say it's like riding a roller coaster.

The result is somewhat similar to a graphic novel, but experiencing its mix of silvery pencil drawings and narrative interludes is ultimately more like watching a silent film.

But if you, like me, have always meant to pick up Herman Melville's masterpiece, the Moby - Dick Big Read is a wonderful (and free) way to experience the novel.

Though a novel like this could easily become didactic, Abdel - Fattah expertly sidesteps heavy - handed lessons, instead deeply rooting the story in the experiences of these two teenagers, rendering their story, encompassing romance, a testament to friendship, and a powerful call to action, in utterly real and sympathetic terms.

The main home screen is not your typical Android experience that you might see on tablets like the Pandigital Novel or Micro CRUZ Reader.

Her debut novel, No One Is Coming to Save Us, is like a contemporary The Great Gatsby, but with more female voices and an empathetic exploration of the African - American experience in the American South.

It's always tricky to answer the question of how a fiction writer's life intersects with her work; in my last novel, The Nobody's Album, I describe the life experience of a fiction writer as being «like butter in cookie dough: it's a crucial part of flavor and texture - you certainly couldn't leave it out - but if you've done it right, it can't be discerned as a separate element.»

Not because she has experienced anything like the dark fate endured by the novel's heroine, Laurel Shelton.

This autobiographical novel manages to make the spiritual realm of gods and eternal consciousness attractive to a heathen like me while detailing a very 21st - century experience.

Savill spent eight years working for the BBC and has first - hand experience as a reporter and aid worker in both countries, which lends resonance to a novel sure to appeal to fans of globally minded fiction like Girl at War and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena.

As a Marketing Consultant, with more than 20 years experience, I find the entire process fascinating and I hope to share everything I learn about the pros and cons of self publishing along with marketing tips for anyone else out there who, like me, hopes they have a Novel in them.

Design simplicity, efficient use, the choice of millions of users: * Multiple - line stacks, hundreds of thousands of novel / newspaper / magazines free read (Note: All stacks are built by third parties) * depth optimization of novel to read txt * visual experience set, all the background color to support several real - time visibility * Page mode * Smart layout, to create the most comfortable reading experience of paper flip effect * real * support for voice input, attack with half times * strong local book file Find (supports wildcards to retrieve and import), a full range of book content search (support regular expression) * free copy like text, and can be sent to microblogging — Format: TXT, HTML, EPUB, UMD, OPDS Official Website: http://anyview.net official micro-Bo: http://t.sina.com.cn/3637250 official QQ group: 161 462 668 readers, e-books

I would like the enhanced content in my novels to be just that: enhancing an already rich experience, not diminishing it.

Be sure to hire reputable people who have relevant experience with novels like yours.

Also, places like Wattpad Mark share his own experience of using Wattpad to share the first draft of a novel, and how that led to a very positive experience.

I will, however: — write in my blogs about things other than publishing — work on my next novel and story collection — play lots of sims — write and share a short illustrated story, to see if I can — tweet whatever I want — read and review books when I want — make art, if I feel like it — make some new things for my Etsy shop — upload multitudes of unsorted travel photos from this summer — clean my house and get ahead of my laundry situation — help my son learn addition and subtraction — get away from the internet sometimes — experience daylight

While in theory I like the idea of having a tablet that does more, with such multipurpose functionality, in practice I found using the Novel tiresome enough that these experiences are better left to a smartphone handset than to this larger screen device.

Listen to best sellers: • The Girl on the Train • Truly, Madly, Guilty • The Power of Habit • Harry Potter • The Martian • A Man Called Ove • Homegoing • The Gene • When Breath Becomes Air • End of Watch A wide range of popular categories like: • Crime and Thrillers • Science Fiction • Fantasy • Romance • Classics • Novels • Mystery • Horror • Self - development • Mindfulness and meditation • Business • Children's books Features designed for the audiobook listener: • Chapter navigation • Listen over wifi, save on data • Download to your device for offline listening • Create clips of favorite passages and share with friends and on social media • Send any book in your library to your friends - their first book is on us • Bookmarking • Sleep mode, dark or light theme, variable narration speed, button - free mode and more • Control your listening experience with Cortana voice commands and button - free mode • Compatible with thousands of ebooks from Amazon - switch seamlessly between listening to your audiobooks and reading on your Kindle with Whispersync for Voice.

«The strong, supple prose on display in all three novels, the intelligence of the plotting, and the skillfully varied pacing make this a standout trilogy — highly recommended» — from a review by the Historical Novel Society «Breathtakingly gorgeous writing & a multi-layered tale of such depth, breadth and insight that it was very nearly a spiritual experience &» — from a review by T. T. Thomas on Amazon.com» & there s no ring of power or glowing sword of specialness; the magic, like the tone of the book, is quiet.

Aspiring writers need to listen to experienced pros like Dean with over 90 novels, 100 short stories, screenplays and more under his belt.

That feels more like experiencing a whole novel and narrative arc.»

Figuring any opportunity to pitch a major publisher with a potential novel can be a good experience, what happens if H / LI likes my proposal and pitch?

Clayton Smith has self - published several books, including his latest novel, Apocalypticon, and used his experiences to cofound Dapper Press, a company that provides essential services like editing, design, and promotion to self - published authors.

After you have rewritten your novel to incorporate the comments from your beta readers, you should send your novel to at least two professional editors — people who have actually been trained to edit and who have experience doing so, not just people who like to read.

Backpacker novels like The Beach and Are You Experienced?

You don't have to write a novel but a paragraph or two each evening about what you experienced, learned or felt becomes an amazing reminder of your trip and a keepsake like no other.

Fantasy Light - Novel Story: Experience the events of Hollow Night as you play through a single player campaign designed to function like a Japanese visual nNovel Story: Experience the events of Hollow Night as you play through a single player campaign designed to function like a Japanese visual novelnovel.

And we have a lot of opportunities to get to know different cultures and to experience a lot of creative productions like manga and novels all over the world.

The experience of reading a novel within the context of interactive software may sound like an innovative idea, and certainly in English language regions the concept has yet to be deeply explored, while in Japan the genre has been around for over a decade.

To make the experience feel like a proper PC release, some of the more novel console enhancements wouldn't be available to the keyboard and mouse users.

However, Visual Novel Maker, like the RPG Maker line, promises an accessible game making experience, so, I thought that I should check it out.

This is a VERY different experience that some people simply do not like, but it is a novel approach to a role playing game that is not utilized often.