Author: Angel Ackerman
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Echo City Capers will be on site for Delaware Riverfest August 26 in Portland, Pa., with their snazzy hardcovers and perhaps a sneak peek of their upcoming Christmas Special. This event will kick-off the children’s book duo’s fall season of events. (Which the writer of Echo City, Ralph Greco Jr.,…
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Homage to Portland, Pennsylvania (or: how setting can enhance voice)
Parisian Phoenix has registered for the third annual Delaware Riverfest in Portland, Pa., August 26. Portland businesses have been struggling lately, primarily because of a road closure of Rte 611 but also weekend parking issues thanks to river tubers who, due to their location in the water, don’t spend time…
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Writing Dirty Word hits a #1
I’ll keep it brief, but Ralph Greco Jr.’s Writing Dirty Words has hit #1 in Amazon’s hot new releases in the erotica fiction writing reference niche. What I find hysterical is that the #3 title came out two weeks before Ralph’s book and it sounds like the same book but…
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How to create an imprint in Bowker
This is a short one, I’m putting it out there because someone might need it. If you are an indie or self-published author who tuned into the Alliance of Independent Authors Q&A beginners podcast this month, hoping to learn how to file your Bowker ISBNs into imprints within your publishing…
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Nancy Scott featured on Pulse (and Lehigh Valley Disability Pride)
Our editor and one of our resident poets, Nancy Scott, appeared in the online publication, Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine. Here’s the link to her piece, “My Castle”, which discusses not only her experience as the first congenitally blind person at her independent living facility, but also offers…
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Looking for a few good wardrobe pieces
Imagine a closet full of the latest and greatest clothing styles with every style and thousands of choices. That’s what it’s like to stand in a Stitch Fix “Hizzy” or warehouse. Angel Ackerman, as a Stitch Fix client and employee, uses the subscription clothing service to find wardrobe needs for…
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Writing Dirty Words now available
This week has been a delightful split between two of our favorite pastimes here at Parisian Phoenix Publishing– disability advocacy and dirty words. Today (as I write this it is 6 a.m.) is the first Lehigh Valley Disability Pride, hosted by Disability Pride PA and the Lehigh Valley Arts and…
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Print quality: Ingram vs KDP
The podcasters I listen to like to talk about how they make the most money self-publishing and rapid-releasing on Amazon. Many of these people not only release approximately every six weeks, but they also focus on Kindle Unlimited and ebook readers. Many do not do print books. But many others…
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