12-Year-Old Grace Simmons Achieves Rare Feat with Debut Xlibris Book

by Thomas McKinley

It would seem unexpected for a 12-year-old to have written and published a novel. Xlibris Author Grace Simmons defies this common notion, having completed her first mystery novel Unexpected published by Xlibris in December 2012. The title couldn’t have been more appropriate. The Xlibris Blog is thankful to one of our youngest talents for gracing […]

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Xlibris Author Russell Lehmann Rises Above Autism

by Thomas McKinley

Some people with disabilities, whether inborn or by accident, are still able to function normally in the society. They sometimes even leave the able-bodied in awe for achieving something extraordinary. Time and again they have proven that their mental or physical defects are in fact diamonds in the rough. Xlibris author Russell Lehmann is a […]

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Xlibris Author Margaret Sisu Bares Naked Truth about Writing, Debut Novel ‘The Nude’ – Part 2

by Thomas McKinley

Xlibris Book The Nude

Here’s the second part of our Xlibris Blog article featuring the very promising Xlibris author Margaret Sisu. Testing New Genres “Sequels are ‘trending’—they let the audience become familiar with and fans of a character. Such yearning for long term relationships with fictional characters is ironic in a time when not even real-life marriages and Facebook […]

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