Xlibris Writing Tips| 6 Tips for Writing Dinosaurs in Fiction
Almost everyone has at some point, especially as children, been fascinated with dinosaurs. There is something about such magnificent lifeforms, unlike near anything in the modern day, and of which we only have limited remains, that captures human imagination. Even their fossils inspire a sense of awe and wonder. Writers and filmmakers have been inspired […] READ MORE |
Author: Thomas McKinley
Xlibris Author| James E. Merl, Chicago 1871 Pt 2
Xlibris Publishing returns with James E. Merl, author of Chicago 1871. Which influences have inspired you, with regard to your writing style and your book itself? I would say my biggest influence as far as my writing style has to be given to Willy Vlautin. I was having a hard time writing in […] READ MORE |
Xlibris News| Graphic Novel on Longlist for 2018 Man Booker Prize
Xlibris Publishing shares some literary news. For the first time, the longlist for the Man Booker Prize will include a graphic novel. Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina follows the story of a young woman’s disappearance and the unsettling effect of the following 24-hours news cycle. Sabrina will compete against Michael Ondaatje’s Warlight, ahead of such previous winners […] READ MORE |
Xlibris Writing Tips| Forgotten Author: Arthur Machen
Xlibris Publishing celebrates the work of the sadly largely forgotten Arthur Machen. Who is Arthur Machen? Born Arthur Llewelyn Jones in Wales in 1863, Arthur Machen was a prominent writer and mystic between the 1890s and the early 1900s. The rich Celtic, Roman, and Medieval history of his home-county, Monmouthshire, heavily influenced Arthur Machen’s interests […] READ MORE |
Xlibris Author| James E. Merl, Chicago 1871
Xlibris Publishing introduces James E. Merl, author of Chicago 1871. About Your Book and Yourself: Who is the author “behind” the book? My name is James E. Merl, I am currently a truck driver and live in Northeast Washington State with my wife and two daughters. We moved here from California 18 years […] READ MORE |