Author: Angel Ackerman
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What Roses tell us about Growth
My birthday falls on Wednesday, and my rose bush is celebrating with about 50 roses all blooming at the same time. When we bought this house, Mrs. Beauchspies had three rose bushes, one of which my mom trimmed back to hard and killed our first year here. The second always…
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Less Permanent Black Out
Black Out Poetry has made a couple appearances in my life recently, once in R. Diskin Black’s workshop with the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group in late April and once while reading Urvi Thakker’s honors thesis. (Urvi is a senior at Lafayette College, where McKenna Graf is also a member of the Class of 2026. Congrats to…
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50 books in 5 years freebies
May 10-15: In memory of M.Christian, we are offering his erotic short story collection free as a free ebook. Download In Control and read my favorite (and probably least explicit) erotic short story ever, “Water of Life.” A 50-something falls in love with a water fountain, but it’s really a story of…
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Summer Must Reads
If you’re looking for your summer must-reads, let me suggest:
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Specials at Palmer Park Mall
Yesterday, I refreshed the Made in the Neighborhood Store display at the Palmer Park Mall in Easton, Pa., and one of the owners (Josh) and I had a chat about the store’s role in our summer celebration. (And I also learned that Josh loves pesto. So if you make pesto, save some for Josh, bring it…
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Kicking off the party with free ebooks
MAY 1-5: Download the first novel in the Fashion and Fiends series, Manipulations, for free on Amazon. The fifth novel in the series (another five), Absolution, will launch in print May 20, because that’s my birthday. The ebook releases May 1, available for purchase or in KindleUnlimited. MAY 6-10: The next free download will…
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