Author: Angel Ackerman
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Facing The Tax Monster
Part of the fun of modern living is dealing with taxes. As the founder and owner of Parisian Phoenix Publishing, I handle my federal taxes with minimal angst but with the addition of Echo City Capers to our stable in 2023, we suddenly faced the reality of in-person sales where…
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Confessions of a History Nerd
I love local history. I own Jim Lee’s book on the history of the Warren County, N.J., canal system and a signed copy of Kingdom of Coal by Don Miller and Richard Sharpless. (The two Lafayette professors wrote the book about the history of the Pennsylvania coal regions.) So, it’s…
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Ralph Goes Back to School & then to EXXXotica
By Ralph Greco Jr. I don’t really like to chat, post, blog or talk about myself or my doings, but last week was unusual in that I seemed to have a lot coming my way via my writing. And one extra special event that really tickled my giblets… and without…
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The revolution will not be microwaved
“Hey, Dad,” a certain teenager said. “Can you come with my to the college library this weekend?” “Why your Dad?” Mom asked. “I love the library.” They went to look up photography book’s for the teenager’s digital photography class. She needed portraits, so she could select a portrait she liked…
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News, NaNo and the Noble Quills
It’s been a few days of minor excitement. Projects for new clients are coming together– a journalist friend looking for help launching a socially-conscious web news magazine, Dr. Steven Hymovitch’s upcoming The Emotionally Intelligent Dental Office has reemerged on my schedule for a block tomorrow, a ghostwriting true crime project…
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The Hustle Continues… a chat with female small business owners
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a webinar through Santander Small Business Banking, “She Built This: Business Perspectives From Female Founders.” It had a clever title, so of course I went. I’m posting about it here, on the Parisian Phoenix web site, because I think it’s important to…
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To NaNo… or no?
Tomorrow. Tomorrow is the first day of November. It’s National Novel Writing Month. In the mid-aughts, a phenomenon developed that lead to an organization that might now be classified as a writing movement. Every November, let’s all try to write a novel. First draft. Messy. Painful. But keep going. 1700…
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