• Author of the Month: Vicky Stewart

    Our Successful Author Spotlight today features children’s book author Vicky Stewart, a mom who wrote “Heide Loves To Cheer” in order to “pull back the curtain and give the readers a peek inside the heart of someone who has mental disabilities”. It was Vicky’s goal to share her daughter’s struggles with mental disabilities in a way that helps others understand, empathize and identify. Mental disabilities in our children are something many families struggle and cope with every day. Vicky has chosen to take lemons and make lemonade as she educates children and parents about mental disabilities and autism and illustrate…

  • WHAT did you say? Crafting Authentic Dialogue

    Written by: Eddie Cruz Because I’m currently doing penance for my last gigantic post, this one will need your input to see completion. Also, if you lack the time—or the energy, or the inclination—to read this through, take away this one thing, which will transform your dialogue: Read it aloud; I promise your ear will tell you what’s right and what’s wrong. Now. Review the First draft, then the Rewrite. Note what was changed, and figure out why. Pay attention to formatting conventions, too; they make more of a difference than you might think. First draft: “Good morning, Mr. Cruz,”…

  • Author of the Month: Harold Miller

    Today’s Xulon Press Successful Author Spotlight features Harold Miller, a local hero who has dedicated thirty plus years of his life to service to his community as a firefighter and, for the past ten years, to his church by service to children via the children’s ministry. He has written his first children’s book, How We Get To Heaven, to explain some of the Bible’s most difficult concepts in a way that a child can understand. Harold is a retired firefighter in his home community of Irvington, Alabama, just outside of Mobile, who has dedicated his life to helping others. Whether…