by PennyFreeman | Sep 9, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY MEGAN OLIPHANT So You’re Writing A Book: Where to Go For Advice As with most things in life, there are always people to tell you how to do things. Writing is no exception. There are thousands of books written about it, all kinds of “how-to” articles and...
by PennyFreeman | Sep 5, 2014 | Editor's Notes
BY KRISTINA HARRIS My husband loves to watch daytime court shows, which are, if nothing else, an interesting study in human interactions. The one thing I always cue in on is the way a vast majority of the litigants speak while they are in court: these people, who have...
by PennyFreeman | Sep 2, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY ELIZABETH GILLILAND As you scroll through our editor’s notes, you may notice something of a trend here at Xchyler Publishing . . . most of us are women. The same could probably be said of most publishing houses and agencies. There are a lot of women in this field....
by PennyFreeman | Aug 28, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY RIE SHERIDAN ROSE No, I am not talking about that movie with Gena Rowlands and James Garner , or even the book it was based on. I am talking about the indispensable tool that no writer should be without. Last week, MeriLyn Oblad talked about how important...
by PennyFreeman | Aug 26, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY JESSICA SHEN Making Your Hero Suffer On Editor’s Notes, we’ve talked about all kinds of things that will make your story better, from how and when to break grammatical rules , to choosing a good name for your character. Today, let’s turn to the dark side of...
by PennyFreeman | Aug 21, 2014 | Editor's Notes
BY LUCINDA WHITNEY & MCKENNA GARDNER The following is a reblog from Author Lucinda Whitney, when she interviewed our senior editor, McKenna Gardner from August 21, 2014. Lucinda: Today on the blog I have McKenna Gardner, who is an editor at Xchyler Publishing....