• Cookbooks and recipes with Xulon Press

    Author Inspirations: Whipping Up Your First Cookbook

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    The moment has come to compile your favorite recipes in a fun cookbook. You may be wondering where to begin, where to get your recipes from and how to make your cookbook unique. Compiling a cookbook may not be as hard as you think! But first, why not dabble in writing about your favorite dishes? The list below can help you get started. Passing down family traditions and recipes. Your cookbook may be a way to share a unique cultural background with exotic cuisines that you have fond memories of making. You can also commemorate deceased relatives by dedicating your…

  • Xulon Press Author Inspirations

    Author Inspirations: Playing with Prompts

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    Writing prompts are engineered to act as a tool to get you writing. They can extend themselves to any genre of writing that can help you, the writer, get your ideas on paper. You can use these prompts in a poem, for your journal, or even in a work of fiction. In keeping with the theme of poetry for national poetry month, use the following prompts below to help you funnel your way through writer’s block, or use these prompts as a little fun exercise to help you express your ideas. Write a page of a journal entry. Take notice…

  • Xulon Press Ask the Editor

    Ask the Editor: Varying Rhyming Patterns in Poetry

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    The debate on rhyming in poetry produces skewed results. Should poets use end rhymes or not? Some argue that rhyming in poetry creates a natural rhythm that cannot be produced in any other form. Others encourage poets to do away with rhyming, as it creates a distracting predictability. Below is a brief list to shed light on rhyming patterns that deviate from your average end rhyme pattern. The key here is to challenge yourself to be inspired by an innovative rhyming scheme that retains the musical tones in your writing without the cliché predictability. Half Rhyme/Slant Rhyme/Off Rhyme. This rhyme…

  • Xulon Press Blog | Man with an idea

    Squashing Your Inner Critic and Other Fun Ways to Fix Your Creative Dry Spell

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    There is nothing more exciting than penning a novel, poem, essay, prose, blog or script. Any writer looking to complete a piece of work suffers from highs and lows in the writing process – from the sweet rush of ideas that flood the soul at random times of the day, month or even years, to the dull moments that arise when trying to coax the writing process along. Here’s a list of ideas that can help you breeze through your moments of blockage. This is not in any particular order of importance; feel free to experiment with some or all…