Author: Angel Ackerman
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Reflections on Dr Seuss
For most of my life, Green Eggs and Ham was my favorite book. I brought it home from the school library so many times that my mother would groan, “Oh, no. Not Green Eggs and Ham again.” And when I grew up, I bought myself a copy in French— and as a university student…
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Events at Medina Books & Coffee in PA and Tatnuck Booksellers in MA
Medina Book & Coffee has rescheduled the supernatural book signing for Scream of the Silent Sun and my magic-laden, spicy horror series (Fashion & Fiends) from March 29 to April 12. If you planned on joining us for that event at the bookstore on Main Street in Coopersburg, Pa., note the change on…
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A unique tattoo cover
In the next couple weeks I should have in my hands the first copies of Dianna Sinovic’s supernatural thriller, Scream of the Silent Sun. The official release date is April 5, and I can confidently announce that pre-orders should be live by the end of the weekend. Origins of the tattoo cover…
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Lehigh Valley Writing Community Events
Please don’t forget, the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group has their annual writers conference, The Write Stuff, March 13-15. Parisian Phoenix authors Angel Ackerman, Larry Sceurman and Dianna Sinovic (all members of the group, Angel also serves as president, and Dianna serves as a board member and anthology chair) will be at the event’s book fair in…
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Building some hype for spring– and our RV book
You know the old saying, “March: In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb.” It’s been 50 degrees, and it’s the last week of February/first week of March. Does that mean that after all this cold winter, we’re going to see snow and storms in March? The weather reports announced…
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Thoughts on Characters (and The Gilmore Girls)
I recently gave a free workshop on Building Memorable Characters at Easton Area Public Library. We have two more workshops scheduled at the library: Thursday, March 13: Publishing Basics Thursday, April 10: Poetry in Everyday Life with McKenna Graf, Darrell Parry & Nancy Scott At our workshop last night, we talked about types of characters and how…
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Review: Janet Evanovich How I Write
I finished Janet Evanovich’s How I Write, and I expected it to disappoint. Evanovich reports in the book that it takes laborious effort to make her Stephanie Plum novels read so simply. So, like the easy tone of her fiction, her writing craft book is also conversational. The book released…
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A note on Amazon categories
If you’d like a chuckle at Amazon’s inefficiencies in AI, I learned earlier that M.Christian’s and Ralph Greco Jr.’s new book, Sex: Everything You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know hit #17 in the Amazon parenting reference category. When I entered the metadata for this title, I focused on relationships, dating and intimacy— there…
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A poem every hour?
From the Behind Our Eyes email list for disabled writers, I learned of the 2025 Poetry Marathon in May. This unique event encourages participants to write a poem every hour for 24 hours. (I’m not sure how they handle sleep.) Registration begins April 22. We’re excited to announce the dates for the 2025 Poetry Marathon! This…
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