Author: Angel Ackerman
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Upcoming Releases
Nonfiction: Sex In approximately two weeks, Sex: Everything You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know by M.Christian and Ralph Greco Jr. will hit the streets. The nonfiction collection of essays is available for preorder now on Amazon [click here] and will be available in Kindle Unlimited. It’s our version of a Valentine’s Day gift for you. Paid subscribers…
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Upcoming Activities for Writers
I give a monthly writers workshop as a volunteer at Easton Area Public Library (main branch, downtown Easton, Pa.) through April on the second Thursday of the month. The workshop portion will run roughly from 6 to 7:30 p.m., but I will be onsite by 5:30 p.m. in case anyone wants to socialize or…
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Align your marketing with your goals
I have a new article in the latest release of the online Hippocampus Magazine. In it, I discuss making your marketing plan work for your individual goals. Should you sign up for craft fairs and book festivals? Do you want to do a book signing at Barnes & Noble or at your favorite independent…
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Used Books in Coopersburg
Let’s come back to the Lehigh Valley and talk about our recent visit to Medina Books and Coffee on Main Street in Coopersburg, Pa. For our Readers: Medina Books and Coffee If you are a reader, Medina Books and Coffee has recently expanded their presence in Coopersburg, Pa. The store is a…
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While in Yemen…
If you saw my post yesterday, I talked about my travels in Tunisia, Yemen and Somalia. In Yemen, I had tea at one of the “coffee houses” in the suq. I originally lingered outside because women in Yemen do not frequent the same social spaces as men, but as a traveler/guest, I was invited…
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Sex
Our next new release is Sex: Everything You Didn’t Know You Need to Know by M.Christian and Ralph Greco Jr. debuting on February 10, in case you need the book for Valentine’s Day. This nonfiction collection of essays broaches a variety of sexy and interpersonal topics.
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Why I don’t share my opinions on some topics
As a journalist, I learned to observe. I learned to listen and treat different people with different opinions the same and then evaluate what they told me via more sources and research. What I thought, what I felt, nobody cares about that. A journalist— a good journalist— seeks “truth” and serves…
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Random resources
Random Art Class So, I ended up on an artist’s newsletter list— and I think I discovered her on Substack but I have no idea really. She has an online, self-directed sketching class for beginnings. Now, I know writers sometimes relieve writer’s block by exercising other art forms or trying…
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Update on Writing Craft Books
Writing Craft Books In 2025, I hope to read or reread one writing craft book per month and add a review of it to this newsletter and to the curated, annotated bibliography available to my paid Substack subscribers. I have finished The People’s Guide to Publishing by Joe Biel of Microcosm Publishing. But the…
Parisian Phoenix Publishing 