by Penny Freeman | Sep 6, 2014 | Events
Today is the day! Don’t miss this live YouTube event! Leave questions for the author below and enter our Rafflecopter giveaway. J.M. Salyards (born 1982) lives in Maryland with his wife and daughter and dreams of becoming a man of a million words. Mr. Salyards...
by Penny Freeman | Sep 5, 2014 | Editor's Notes
BY KRISTINA HARRIS My husband loves to watch daytime court shows, which are, if nothing else, an interesting study in human interactions. The one thing I always cue in on is the way a vast majority of the litigants speak while they are in court: these people, who have...
by Penny Freeman | Sep 3, 2014 | Inside Marketing
BY DIANE JORTNER This week I was reminded that some old truisms are just plain true. One daughter reminded the other daughter to Never kiss on the first date—leave the guy wanting more. I have learned: the best tweets are questions—which need the reader to click to...
by Penny Freeman | Sep 2, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY ELIZABETH GILLILAND As you scroll through our editor’s notes, you may notice something of a trend here at Xchyler Publishing . . . most of us are women. The same could probably be said of most publishing houses and agencies. There are a lot of women in this field....
by Penny Freeman | Sep 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
FOLLOW SALYARDS ON THE WEB AT: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Google + | Amazon | Goodreads BY PENNY FREEMAN The recurring criticism one hears about works like The Hunger Games is, “Why don’t they take all the money they spend on all that amazing...