Author: Angel Ackerman

• from the publisher reflection Uncategorized

  The Breakfast Club (with author Laurel Wenson at Plants & Coffee) and Readers in the Wild

  I’m behind on things– perhaps my own fault because I got distracted at my local public library yesterday and perhaps gave myself some time to read when I should have been writing. One of my goals for this year is to read more current fiction and to read popular fiction.…

  4 Jan 2024
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  Phulasso New Year Orientation

  By Thurston D. Gill Jr. Greetings, Like most people, I am planning to take the opportunity to use the beginning of our new calendar year to press the reset button to re-orient myself so that I am more aligned with how the Lord desires me to proceed with the remainder of my life at…

  31 Dec 2023
• events from the publisher Uncategorized

  Girls’ Night Out at Boser Geist

  Last week I got a message from fine artist and art book maker Maryann Riker of Justarip Press. She and I have known each other at least 20 years through my newspaper days in Phillpsburg, N.J. I heard about her art books and asked if I could do a piece…

  29 Dec 2023
• from the publisher review

  From our (goofy) founder: The Rejected Planner Series

  Angel Ackerman has been building a BookTok and since winter has come, there’s not a whole lot of author events to highlight so she reviewed all FOURTEEN of the planners she might use in 2024. Read more on her blog below and see all 40 minutes on YouTube. The Teenager…

  27 Dec 2023
• parisian phoenix author nonfiction

  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