by Penny Freeman | Sep 9, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY MEGAN OLIPHANT So You’re Writing A Book: Where to Go For Advice As with most things in life, there are always people to tell you how to do things. Writing is no exception. There are thousands of books written about it, all kinds of “how-to” articles and...
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 | Aug 28, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY RIE SHERIDAN ROSE No, I am not talking about that movie with Gena Rowlands and James Garner , or even the book it was based on. I am talking about the indispensable tool that no writer should be without. Last week, MeriLyn Oblad talked about how important...
by Penny Freeman | Aug 26, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY JESSICA SHEN Making Your Hero Suffer On Editor’s Notes, we’ve talked about all kinds of things that will make your story better, from how and when to break grammatical rules , to choosing a good name for your character. Today, let’s turn to the dark side of...
by Penny Freeman | Aug 20, 2014 | Inside Marketing, Writing
BY CELESTE COX I am the publicist for Xchyler so it might be odd that I’m not writing this blog post about marketing, but in a way this subject has everything to do with marketing. With social media comes a way to connect with public figures. It’s great for those of...
by Penny Freeman | Aug 19, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY MERILYN OBLAD Music and writing have already been compared to one another on this blog (see Kristina’s lovely entry from last month), but I thought I’d contribute to the analogy in my own way. I’m a vocalist; some might say “singer” instead, but we vocalists can be...
