• Writing Stories to Honor Your Animal Friends

    In Pursuit of Personification: Writing Stories to Honor Your Animal Friends

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    It is no surprise animal stories are a favorite among many readers. For one, animal lovers are able to connect to pets, while readers who may not be animal lovers gain a new perspective. Readers can get questions to answers surrounding ways animals interpret the ever-changing world. Writers exercise creativity by providing a voice for those who we cannot verbally communicate with. But why are animal stories so potent? A writer can take a topical issue, such as animal abuse, and pen a novel advocating animal rights. The writer gives the animal a voice. The writer encourages compassion, inspiring the…

  • Xulon Press author Maynard Bork

    Author of the Month: Maynard Bork

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    Our latest edition of the Xulon Press Successful Author Spotlight features Maynard Bork, author of two books. “Fifty Two plus One – Devotional Letters For The Heart”, a collection of 52 letters, each written from the author to his reader. Although you could read this book at one sitting, the author’s intention is that the reader reads one letter each week, throughout the year. The plus one is provided for that 53rd week that we get every four years. His other book, “Restoration – Yesterday, Today, and Forever”, which is a collection of stories Maynard has told to family and…

  • Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover—or Do You?

    Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover – or Do You?

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    When it comes to your book, the front cover will be the first thing any potential readers (buyers) will see. This can easily be the first impression your book will have on them. Sometimes our personal style or lack of experience can lead us to make poor choices in the matter. What do you do? How to do you create the best impression? Designing book covers can be a challenging task. Finding a way to capture the reader’s attention in a moment’s glance, while giving a glimpse into the stories and ideas within the book, is a process that is…

  • Advice only a mother can give

    Advice Only a Mother Can Give: Writing Books of Guidance for All Children

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    Take it from Mom; she knows best — “You probably should bring a jacket,” or “Don’t chew with your mouth open.” As an adult, you will find yourself speaking these same fateful sayings to your children, while giving the “I mean it” face when they refuse. The words of a mother are ones that each of us carries into life with a sense of apprehension at first, but gratefulness when the advice turns out to be needed. Many mothers like you may wish to impart these pearls of maternal wisdom in a published book for not just your sons and…