Author: Angel Ackerman
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Join me for NaNoWriMo at Easton Public Library
November is National Novel Writing Month, where ambitious writers try to write an entire novel in a month. To celebrate, Easton Area Public Library is hosting some FREE public writing-themed events:
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Arts & Crafts & Words
The fourth week of the month is always hairy for me because my local public library’s board meets, of which I am vice president, and my local writers’ group meets, and of that I am president. Plus, if you’re like me, the mundane items like bills and finances seem to…
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Resources for Writers
I recently had someone mention to me that its hard to find resources for beginning writers, or writers who don’t have experience seeking out opportunities. It’s a skill that writers and authors develop over time— finding resources. If I had to make a recommendation on the fly, here are some…
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Bookworm reaches audiences in three countries
Bookworm’s Magical Journey had a magnificent launch— the book has sold in three countries so far in its first week. Our local libraries have expressed interest in carrying this dyslexia-friendly title. Yesterday, author Larry Sceurman and his beautiful wife, Barbara, stopped by my warm and cozy sunporch to pick up some early review copies of the…
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Inspiration, Perspiration, Procrastination
We’ve all heard the adages about success being a small part inspiration and a large part perspiration. But have you ever stopped to consider how much procrastination factors into that equation? If I had to rewrite the old adage— because this morning I did all the dishes, vacuumed the kitchen floor and…
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This weekend: 6th Annual Easton Book Festival
This weekend will feature a plethora of in-person events at the Sixth Annual Easton Book Festival— from authors, readers and dogs at the Farmers Market tomorrow morning to panels and workshop of all kinds from sun up to sun down. For Parisian Phoenix this means on Sunday, October 20: If you…
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Craft your Zine with your inner child, TONIGHT!
I have been asked several times recently what I publish. What kind of books I like and promote. And I usually smile and reply that I don’t have a certain genre— that I collect people, storytellers, voices. The creative world is so vast, and with artificial intelligence improving and distribution…
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Lehigh Valley Poetry Round-up
If you like your poetry in the comfort of your own home, Stick Figure Poetry released its fall issue a few days ago, edited by Darrell Parry, author of Twists: Gathered Ephemera and founder of that online poetry publication that began life as a program at Mary Meuser Memorial Library. Poet and familiar face at Parisian Phoenix Nancy…
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Festival Unbound and Poetry in the Rose Garden TODAY
Every April, the world celebrates poetry— the same sort of observance reserved for Black History Month or Disability Pride or Suicide Awareness. And here we are, in October, already, and I am impressed with the volume of poetry events flooding the Lehigh Valley, six months after official National Poetry Month, perhaps an…
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