Xlibris Author| KJ Stewart, The Spinster and the Madman Pt 2
Xlibris Publishing returns with KJ Stewart, author of The Spinster and the Madman. What inspired you to write your book, and how long did it take you to finish it? The idea for the Spinster and the Madman came from the British television series, The Fall, the story of a serial killer and the […] READ MORE |
Author: Thomas McKinley
Xlibris News| Deciphering a Dead Sea Scroll
In a recent article, The Guardian elaborates that one of the remaining undeciphered Dead Sea Scrolls has been successfully translated. Found within the Qumran Caves near the Dead Sea, between the years 1946 and 1956, the Dead Sea Scrolls shaped a great deal of modern knowledge regarding the Old Testament and ancient Jewish religion. […] READ MORE |
Xlibris Writing Tips| The Devil is the Details
Details can enliven a story or choke it. All authors have asked themselves at some point, ‘Am I using too much or too little detail?’ Many writers struggle between saying too little, resulting in bare-bones writing, or saying too much, resulting in superfluous purple-prose. Some authors became famous and successful while using a detail minimalist […] READ MORE |
Xlibris Author| Zeynab Salimova, The Garnet Bunches Pt 2
Xlibris Publishing returns with Zeynab Salimova, author of The Garnet Bunches. Do you have any particular literary influences that have helped you develop in your genre, subject and style? I write in different genres, prose and poems, depending on my inspiration. I grew up in intellegent family, where the book considered to be […] READ MORE |
Xlibris Author| Zeynab Salimova, The Garnet Bunches
Xlibris Publishing introduces Zeynab Salimova, author of The Garnet Bunches. About Your Book and Yourself: Please briefly describe your book. The Garnet Bunches, a novel charting the journey of one woman and her family through hard trials to find peace and dignity in a new land – a story reflecting the life of […] READ MORE |