Author: Angel Ackerman
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Let’s Talk About Poetry
It’s April now and that means National Poetry Month. Parisian Phoenix has three main celebrations scheduled: Speaking of poems, I had a poem (“If I Left My Mom a Suicide Note”) featured in the 2025 Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group anthology, Writing a Wrong.
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Celebrate Joan’s success
We would like to celebrate a recent success. It dips into the world of art and photography. Parisian Phoenix strives to connect artists of multiple mediums— from fine artists to illustrators, from writers to photographers, and Joan Zachary is one of those multi-faceted individuals who fits in our community. Joan has published…
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When the books “kick back”
Our art director talks about her experiences with some titles that just refuse to go to press. Is it Ingram? Is it us? I think it’s a combination.
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Poetry celebrations
April is National Poetry Month and we have lots of events planned. On April 10, we will have our last scheduled FREE monthly writers workshop at Easton Area Public Library. This month’s topic is Poetry in Everyday Life and will feature brief readings by McKenna Graf, Darrell Parry and Nancy Scott. There will be a few brief exercises…
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Inspiration and contemplation
As a traditional publisher, writer myself, freelance editor and journalist, I don’t escape words often. They provide my livelihood, and more than that, I genuinely revel in them. I typically have a window open on my browser where I draft and build my newsletters— like this one— but this edition…
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Books @ The Erotic Heritage Museum
From Ralph Greco: I have a bit of a history with Las Vegas’ Erotic Heritage Museum, as you probably have read me write about here. Chris also knows the place well and … Books @ The Erotic Heritage Museum
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Greco in Hippocampus
Ralph Greco Jr. had an article appear in Hippocampus Magazine’s craft section last week: Thinking, Writing, Selling Your Naughty Thoughts. In it, he summarizes advice from his 2023 memoir and writing craft book Writing Dirty Words.
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I went to a writing conference and came home with the keynote’s haircut
I have a “Networking for Writers” talk which I presented at the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group a few weeks ago to help prepare members for the conference that happened March 13-15. (You can see the slides as a paid subscriber to my Substack.) In that talk, I assume that everyone listening…
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Exciting news from the International Thriller Writers Association
When Dianna Sinovic asked me if I could apply for formal recognition as a publisher from the International Thriller Writers association, I did not expect that the application process would take two hours and require research, sections of my business plan and a copy of one of my contracts. Then I…
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