by Penny Freeman | Jan 20, 2015 | Inside Marketing
BY DIANE JORTNER Writing is a Lonely Business. But does it have to be? The one complaint I hear from writers is that it is such a solitary career. Often novice and established writers complain that even family members don’t get excited about what they are doing or the...
by Penny Freeman | Jan 17, 2015 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY MERILYN OBLAD Accuracy in Historical Fiction, Part Two: Shifting Mental Gears In my last post , I wrote about how to do proper research for in-depth historical novels. But what do you do for backdrop historical novels, ones that take place in the past but the story...
by Penny Freeman | Jan 16, 2015 | Editor's Notes
BY SARAH-BETH WATKINS I am delighted to be a new assistant editor for the mad world of Xchyler, so I thought I’d better introduce myself and let you know a little bit about me before I attack your work! I began writing many moons ago—fantasy stories to utilise...
by Penny Freeman | Jan 13, 2015 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY JESSICA SHEN Vision Boarding: Oftentimes we may find that we lose inspiration, or have trouble visualizing parts of our story, whether it’s a character, or a room, or the whole scene itself. For you crazy creative types with overactive imaginations, this probably...
by Penny Freeman | Dec 20, 2014 | Featured Friday
BY R. M. RIDLEY There was something about the way she moved that made Jonathan sit up and take notice, and it wasn’t the sway of her hips. She had a lithe economy of motion that made his fight-or-flight response vibrate more than a spider’s web in fish-fly...
