Tag: History

Xulon Press author Ed Harrell featured on the Mike Huckabee show

Filed in TV and Radio, Xulon Press Authors in the News by Terry Haines on July 31, 2013 • 0 Comments

Xulon Press author Ed Harrell, survivor of the worst Naval disaster in US History, speaks with Mike Huckabee on the 68 year anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. The interview with Ed Harrell and the details about his book are available below. […]

Letting History Speak in Fiction Novels

Filed in Author Inspirations by Blair Townley on July 11, 2013 • 0 Comments

For all those history buffs out there, it can be a common complaint when it comes to fiction books. You pick up a book that takes place in a time period you enjoy (at least that’s what you read from the back cover) and prepare your mind to take a journey into another era of […]

Wave Your Flag: Publishing Americana, Historical and Political Writing

Filed in Author Inspirations by Brittnee Newman on July 2, 2013 • 0 Comments

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 […]

“The March of the 18th” book signing at Barnes & Noble a huge success

Filed in Book Signings and Events, Xulon Press Authors in the News by Terry Haines on June 18, 2013 • 0 Comments

Xulon Press author Kevin Horgan, author of “The March of the 18th”, a book about crippled heroes in the Civil War, is pictured with SSgt Lisa Bieler, Center Commander of the US Army Recruiting Center in Roswell, GA. The event was a book signing at the Barnes & Noble North Point Mall […]

Letters, Words, and Moments in Time: Xulon Press Honors Pearl Harbor Anniversary with Release of Book 70 Years in the Making

Filed in From the Desk of... by Brittnee Newman on December 7, 2012 • 1 Comment

One year ago, before I became a full-time staff editor at Xulon Press, I received a call from someone on the Xulon acquisitions team asking if I would be interested in taking on a freelance project. The project, he explained, would be some combination of ghostwriting, line editing, manuscript development and material compilation. In the […]