• Xulon Press Successful Author Spotlight: Pastor Glenn Wilson

    Author of the Month: Pastor Glenn Wilson

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    Today’s Xulon Press Successful Author Spotlight features author and Pastor Glenn Wilson, “The Abuse of the Bride: What Everyone Sees But No One Talks About”, released March 2013. A national speaker in the Assembly of God denomination, Pastor Glenn has written a thought provoking, insightful, stirring book that asks the reader to examine themselves and the current state of the church and ask “what answers can we learn?” Pastor Glenn challenges us with the following statement: “The abundance of our hearts eventually comes to the surface and suddenly everyone knows what you are thinking, it can also reveal where you…

  • Sequels, Trilogies, and Series

    Sequels, Trilogies, Series – Oh My!

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    As we draw to a close this month’s National Novel Writing Month, novel writers everywhere will be basking in the glow of accomplishment from completing their first novel. Ah, your first novel in your hands — it’s a beautiful thing! Yet, someone is bound to ask the inevitable question: “So, when are you going to write the sequel?” Unless you are J.K. Rowling, Tom Clancy or J.R.R. Tolkien, it will be a question that many new novel writers will have to answer. So, how do you go about writing a sequel, much less a trilogy or series, after your first…

  • Xulon Press Successful Author Spotlight: Vicky Stewart

    Author of the Month: Vicky Stewart

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    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…

  • Crafting Authentic Dialogue

    WHAT did you say? Crafting Authentic Dialogue

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    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,”…