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 […]

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Mar
16

Multi-Published Spiritual Author Imparts Enlightenment – Part 2

by Thomas McKinley

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 […]

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Mar
13

Multi-Published Spiritual Author Imparts Enlightenment – Part 1

by Thomas McKinley

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 […]

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Mar
10

Opening Lines To Hook Your Readers

by Thomas McKinley

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 […]

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Mar
09

March Signals Reading Month

by Thomas McKinley

Many seasoned and celebrated writers are voracious readers who have benefited from reading to improve their craft. Their inspiration to write may have come from one impressive read after another or from authors whose writing knack they wish they had. For those who simply love to bury their noses in heaps of books, reading, of […]