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  • 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…

  • Footnotes, Endnotes, Bibliography. Xulon Press

    Footnotes, Endnotes, Bibliography: What Does it all Mean?

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    If you ask me, the most painstaking part of writing anything is the documentation of sources. It’s such tedious work, but do we even know why we do it? “Ethics, copyright laws and courtesy to readers require authors to identify sources of direct quotations or paraphrases and of any facts or opinions not generally known or easily checked,” says the Chicago Manual of Style (pg. 655). Now, we know why we provide sources for the quoted material in our books, but there are still two questions left to be answered: which system should be used and what’s the difference between…

  • Publishing Americana, Historical and Political Writing

    Wave Your Flag: Publishing Americana, Historical and Political Writing

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    In eighth grade, my American History class was required to memorize the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, and my teacher offered two points of extra credit for each word we memorized after that. I memorized the entire thing. Yes, you read that right. My fourteen-year-old-self memorized all 1,337 words of blissful Jeffersonian jargon in the Dec. of Indy. My love for Americana continued as a political science major in college, so it’s no wonder that few things get my nerd-nerves tingling like some good ol’ patriotic prose: Common Sense, The Federalist Papers…I know, I know, fight the inner urge to run outside…

  • Christian Choice Writing Contest sponsored by Xulon Press

    Xulon Press Announces 2013 July Christian Choice Writing Contest is Officially Open

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    First-place winner to receive Xulon Press Elite Publishing Package and more. Maitland, FL July 1, 2013 Xulon Press is now accepting original entries of up to 4,000 characters (including spaces – approximately 700 to 750 words) from all authors for the 2013 July Christian Choice Writing Contest. Xulon Press welcomes entries from both amateur and professional writers, so whether an author has been published or not, anyone is welcome to submit their work in this exclusive contest! In addition to the prestige gained from winning such a contest, the winner will receive a free Xulon Press Elite Publishing Package (valued…