by Penny Freeman | Aug 29, 2013 | Publisher's Desk, Submission Guidelines, The Citadel
BY PENNY FREEMAN This blog post is the culmination of my Citadel series, explaining who and what we are at Hamilton Springs Press/Xchyler Publishing, and our philosophy regarding the publishing industry. Specifically, I hope over the course of the previous four...
by Penny Freeman | Jul 29, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Inside Marketing, Submission Guidelines
BY MCKENNA GARDNER AND AMANDA ELLIOTT A Dash of Madness: A Thriller Anthology Launches August 3, 2013 In anticipation of the upcoming release for A Dash of Madness: A Thriller Anthology, Amanda Elliott, Assistant Marketing Director for The X, takes a deep dive into...
by Penny Freeman | Feb 28, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Submission Guidelines
Hi. I’m Jessica, your friendly neighborhood editorial assistant, and I’m here to help you get your manuscript out of our discard pile and on its way to becoming a Xchyler-certified novel! I started out at Xchyler as a slush-pile reader; that is, I was (and still am)...
by Penny Freeman | Feb 22, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Submission Guidelines
What do we mean when we say “style”? In the editorial context, it pertains to how text is presented on the printed page: where to put commas, what types of ellipses to use, colons vs. semi-colons. The list is endless. My first real encounter with the whole “style”...
by Penny Freeman | Jan 12, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Submission Guidelines
“You’ve got no mail!” Most authors will probably tell you the second-most tortuous aspect of getting published is the waiting game—the first, of course, being the first time one opens the editor’s notes on one’s painstakingly edited masterpiece. “Bleeding red ink”...
by Penny Freeman | Jan 11, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Submission Guidelines
Recently, I received an email from an author asking for clarification on admittedly ambiguous information on our Submissions page; specifically: Xchyler Publishing does not publish erotica, gratuitous gore, Satanic themes, nor manuscripts promoting child abuse, drug...
