Kylie Helps Author Tony Flood Earn Rave Reviews – Part 2

by Thomas McKinley

Get to know more about Xlibris author Tony Flood and his acclaimed book Triple Tease on this sequel of his Xlibris guest blog. His other book and more about Triple Tease Flood, who has worked for the Sunday People and Sunday Express and was Controller of Information at Sky Television, says, I am probably best […]

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Author Teri Metcalf Bags Best Autobiography Award

by Thomas McKinley

To write a compelling autobiography is a feat, as not everyone may be interested in your own life story. The challenge for an author in this genre is to make his or her memoir intriguing enough to deserve a reader’s attention. Xlibris author Teri Metcalf has pulled that off, winning in the autobiography category of […]

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10 Badass Women of Literature – Part 2

by Thomas McKinley

Get to know more badass women of literature in this second installment of the Xlibris Author Advice. 6. Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) She is best known as one of the pioneer women writers of the female erotica genre. The French-Cuban diarist, whose journals detailed her own erotic adventures, self-published her first book Under a Glass Bell. […]

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Social Skills Improved with Reading Fiction

by Thomas McKinley

A recent Harvard University study published online in Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience suggests that people fond of reading fiction may be more empathetic and imaginative than nonfiction readers or their non-reading counterparts. Researchers revealed that this habit triggers heightened activity of the brain’s default mode network, which is activated when one pictures hypothetical scenarios […]

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