Author: Angel Ackerman

• nonfiction parisian phoenix author

  Phulasso as preparation for a new year

  An excerpt from Thurston D. Gill Jr.’s Substack newsletter Happy Holidays to my readers, many of you are curious about what Phulasso is and how it can serve you. I am a first responder. I have worked in personal security and as a police officer. I am a Christian, an…

  26 Dec 2023
• from the publisher reflection

  Top 10 Things I have learned about publishing in 2023

  – People always think they have too many books. – People don’t like to take chances on new authors in random places. – Book publishing has tight profit margins. – Sometimes the book you want to make costs too much money. – People say they will review your book but most…

  22 Dec 2023
• fiction parisian phoenix author reflection

  Echo City Year End Wrap Up

  By Ralph Greco Jr. Let me jump in here, as I sometimes do when Baxter will allow me… Joe and I had quite the year, and we wanted to thank everybody who made it possible and, yes, I guess, brag a bit. From securing our first-ever bookstore signings/appearances—at two Barnes…

  20 Dec 2023
• erotica events fiction

  Meeting a Cover Girl

  At the Holiday Market hosted by Blue Flame Events at the Palmer Park Mall (which is now full of an intriguing variety of small businesses), Joe and I met a young woman who looked like she belonged on the cover of Juicy Bits. We asked her to pose with the book and gave her a copy.…

  18 Dec 2023
• coming soon erotica from the publisher

  A new turn for Larry: Introducing Barry the Dancing Bear

  As a small craft, boutique press, we offer the unique opportunity to our authors that we encourage them to explore their full creativity. When Larry Sceurman first pitched me his nostalgic fiction, short story collection which kinda, sorta became Coffee in the Morning, I gave him some news that he…

  13 Dec 2023
• craft tips from the publisher

  A cautionary tale: My debacle with Ingram

  First, let me say that I am mostly happy with the product, customer service and distribution of IngramSpark. But it’s now December 11 and I’ve been waiting since November 16 for ten copies of Sometimes I Get… For some reason, this hardcover seems to get lost in the system every…

  11 Dec 2023
• events Uncategorized

  Coke Zero and cinnamon doughnuts: The Universe at work as I prep for a new post on Substack

  It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon in December. I’m drinking Coke Zero and pounding down cinnamon Tastykake mini donuts– the blend of sugar and sassy cinnamon fresher and tastier than I’ve had in years. It’s 1:30 p.m. and already today I’ve talked to one of our authors, our photography and our…

  9 Dec 2023
• events from the publisher parisian phoenix author parisian phoenix staff poetry

  Another Day in the Life of a Small Publisher (December edition)

  As publisher here at Parisian Phoenix, my days never quite go as planned. But I thought I’d take a moment to describe a recent approximate 24-hours-in-the-life. Let’s start roughly at 5 p.m. last night. I had completed a project earlier in the day for a client, and sent it to…

  8 Dec 2023
• erotica

  Olivia reports in

  We received word last night that contributor Olivia received her copies of the Juicy Bits: Erotic Stories of BDSM, Kink & Fetish — the first out of state author to receive their books. One of the best parts of creating these anthologies, and our craft books in general, is seeing…

  7 Dec 2023
• fiction reflection review

  All the Light We Cannot See: About time we see a heroic, female blind protagonist

  Netflix recently released their four-episode adaption of the historical fiction novel All the Light We Cannot See. And of course now I want to read it. The women in my local public library book club recommended the small screen adaptation since we were reading another World War II historical fiction.…

  3 Dec 2023