Author: Angel Ackerman
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5-star reads from 2025
Let’s take a look at what I read in 2025. According to Goodreads, I read more than 15,500 pages in published books. I say published books because I also read unsolicited submissions for Parisian Phoenix and piles of pages for editing and critique. The shortest book I read was Exactly how I Promote and Sell…
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What I’m reading
Not including manuscripts we are publishing, I finished I’m currently reading I’m currently editing
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Welcome, Historical Society
Finally, I want to welcome the Greenwich Historical Society to the Parisian Phoenix fold, as they contacted me about publishing their hometown heroes banner project in a commemorative book. Gayle and I met with the society last night at the Greenwich Township Municipal Building in Stewartsville, N.J., which— full circle— was one of the…
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Our start to 2026
A few weeks ago (or maybe a month or two), I talked about cleaning my desk. Since then, I’ve emptied a bookshelf, reorganized and purged business supplies and developed a system for tracking and storing inventory. Because, guys, I’ve reached the point where I need a system for tracking, storing,…
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Life as a working writer
I dedicated myself to my publishing business more seriously when I was laid off in September 2023. I have not worked a full-time job since. In true working writer fashion, I accept freelance writing and editing and journalism assignments, teach college courses when they are available and even serve as…
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The year of five
You know what I’m going to say, right? Happy New Year and all that. Which… I think I’m going to give up on the New Year concept and focus instead on anniversaries and birthdays. Did you know… Parisian Phoenix Publishing released its first book— Manipulations, the first (stand-alone) volume of the Fashion and…
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Spreadsheet season
I found myself embarking on an annual adventure that speaks to end-of-year traditions: spreadsheets! I designed an inventory spreadsheet over the weekend to track what I have in stock without going to my supplies and looking. By the end of 2026, according to the production schedule we have now, we…
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A holiday wish for our intern
This semester, I had the joy of working with intern Emily Lichius from Eastern University. Internships are a necessary evil in our society— with young people needing experience and not having opportunities like apprenticeships for tradespeople that offer it. We have a ridiculously expensive educational system that doesn’t really provide much in the way…
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Best Christmas Pageant Ever
On Tuesday, Parisian Phoenix joined other Made in the Lehigh Valley vendors attending the Friends of Pete networking event/holiday party in Fogelsville, Pa. Of course, between that and the recent cold and snow, I am pondering books and the holidays. In our house, I always encouraged the reading of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson.…
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