Advice from Writers on How To Mend a Broken Heart

Writers don’t only offer a respite from reality with their imagined stories. They can also articulate words that can balm a grieving heart. How many of us have turned to literature when real-life solutions seem too cliché and more discouraging? The Xlibris Author Advice shares some of these quotes from literary and art-inspired online magazine […]

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Dec
14

Advice from a Self-Published Author: Don’t Take Self-Publishing Too Personal

by Thomas McKinley

Getting your emotion out of the way in most endeavors helps you think more realistically. This state of mind definitely applies to self-publishing, says LeeAnn Brook, author of Points of Inspiration: An Artist’s Journey with Painting and Photography. Her book recently gained a starred review from Publishers Weekly calling it a “magnificent debut book.” The […]

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Dec
04

How To Stay Realistic in Getting Published

by Thomas McKinley

As you imagine yourself becoming a published author and the next bestselling sensation, images of grandeur may leave you delusional. It may be frustrating and depressing to stare at piles of rejection slips no matter how politely they were worded. Unlike the happily-ever-after story you have slaved over for years, life isn’t fair. Life isn’t […]

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Sep
03

Xlibris Self-Pubbed Author Shares His Book Inspiration – Part 2

by Thomas McKinley

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page, said Saint Augustine. Author Scribe I Am brings his readers to worlds unknown in his book Terrah Damnation. Read the rest of his Xlibris Author Advice on this sequel. A journey to diverse worlds The saga shall take the characters […]

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Aug
26

Xlibris Self-Pubbed Author Shares His Book Inspiration – Part 1

by Thomas McKinley

It is refreshing to hear writing tips from budding authors who may be not in the same league with established writers but definitely have something up their sleeves. The Xlibris Author Advice brings back Xlibris Author Scribe I Am sharing his creative inspiration and the overview of his sci-fi novel Terrah Damnation. All about ‘Terrah […]