Award-Winning Book Emerges 40 Years Later from Tragic Mess – Part 1
A melancholy memory turns out to be the catalyst for an almost forgotten yet brilliant Xlibris novel. Author Ian Prattis stumbles upon this overlooked treasure – a story nearly four decades in hiding but remains as relevant as it was first conceived. He recounts here on the Xlibris Blog the bittersweet recollection so surreal he […] READ MORE |
Author: Thomas McKinley
Women Gaining More Power in Self-Publishing
A research by FicShelf, an online community for bibliophiles and writers, showed that more female authors have been doing well in self-publishing. FichShelf discovered that 67% of bestselling authors on popular self-publishing platforms are women compared to 61% of top-selling male authors on Amazon’s top 100 traditionally pubbed books. The results were released on International […] READ MORE |
Multi-Published Spiritual Author Imparts Enlightenment – Part 2
Age is just a number for Xlibris author Robert Colacurcio because being a septuagenarian hasn’t stopped him to become a full-fledged author. Read on to find out on this second installment of his blog how he started writing his “Applied Spirituality” books. About his Xlibris books All my books could be grouped under the heading […] READ MORE |
Multi-Published Spiritual Author Imparts Enlightenment – Part 1
Driven by the desire to enlighten through his literary works, Xlibris Author Robert Colacurcio shares his writing motivation and his self-publishing experience here on the Xlibris Blog. The prolific writer has written and published through Xlibris 12 books to date and classifies them as “Applied Spirituality.” With his gift of words, Robert does not wish […] READ MORE |
Opening Lines To Hook Your Readers
Writing for today’s smartphone-obsessed generation requires that you create more than an exciting plot. You stand against smart gadgets that have dwindled humanity’s attention span more than ever. Studies reveal that the average attention span of humans has dropped from 12 seconds in 2000 to a paltry eight seconds in 2013. Your challenge is to […] READ MORE |