An Advice on Authorship and Authority
The doors are wide open for those who want to write and get published. Such is the marvel that the advent of self-publishing has gifted aspiring authors. Despite this freedom, some pundits believe that one cannot simply write on a whim especially if one is not an expert of what one is writing about. Independently […] READ MORE |
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Author Jodie Zammit Draws Writing Inspiration from Nature
To each writer is his or her own muse. For Xlibris author Jodie Zammit, Mother Nature keeps her writing lamp burning. Jodie talks about her childhood memories revealing how she fell in love with nature. This love has become instrumental to the creation of her debut fantasy book People of the Shadows. Young, wild, and […] READ MORE |
10 Authors Who Wrote Under the Influence – Part 2
For these influential writers, the natural high that writing brings might have not been enough. Here’s the sequel to 10 Authors Who Wrote Under the Influence. Again, Xlibris advices against illegal substances to fuel your writing nor does it promote the infamous habit. 6. Sir Walter Scott An excerpt from the Edinburgh University Library’s Walter […] READ MORE |
10 Authors Who Wrote Under the Influence – Part 1
Write drunk, edit sober, advised Ernest Hemingway. Some authors may have heeded that advice literally. The Xlibris Author Advice presents 10 iconic authors who had one too many or experimented with other addictive substances while penning their novels. Bear in mind, however, that Xlibris doesn’t propose that you walk the same path to improve your […] READ MORE |
Xlibris Self-Pubbed Author Shares His Book Inspiration – Part 2
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 […] READ MORE |