Author: Angel Ackerman
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More upcoming events: Come buy books, come have fun
July 22, 2023: Come visit at Lehigh Valley Disability Pride, where several contributors will be reading their selections from our book, Not an Able-Bodied White Man with Money. Penn State Lehigh Valley Campus, 2809 Saucon Valley Rd, Center Valley, Pa. 18034. It’s a short day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
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A tale about landing a spot at Disability Pride
July 22, 2023: Lehigh Valley Disability Pride— in May, my optimistic self looked into buying a vendor space at Lehigh Valley Disability Pride at Penn State Lehigh Valley Campus, 2809 Saucon Valley Rd, Center Valley, Pa. 18034. It’s a short day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. But the prices were…
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Plotters vs. Pantsers = Bullshit
I hope I’m not too high up on my horse, but for years I’ve been irked by all the fascination and discussion about those who outline their writing and those who completely wing it. Because honestly, isn’t most of writing a combination? But a few days ago, I realized— this…
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What We Did With Our Weekend
Shop N Stroll with Your Pup and Delaware River Fest with Slate Belt Rising and Blue Flame events Yesterday, Parisian Phoenix Publishing and Echo City Capers (and even William Prystauk, author of the Kink Noir series) attended the Third Annual Shop N Stroll with Your Pup at Wind Gap Park.…
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Some sexy titles coming up
Recently, we received the concept proof for Ralph Greco Jr.’s manuscript, Writing Dirty Words, a combination writing craft book and memoir of his erotica-writing career. This title will be the initial book in the Parisian Phoenix Kink erotica imprint. This book while discussing erotica does so with such personality and…
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Tomorrow there will be dogs
July 8, 2023: Shop n Stroll, a vendor fair at Wind Gap Park, supporting Slate Belt Rising. The event encourages attendees to bring their well-behaved dog. And since I hail from the Slate Belt (Bangor Slaters 1993) and our own Thurston Gill does pet first aid with Worldwide Academy Training…
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Ten days
Just a quick post to reassure the world that Parisian Phoenix has not forgotten how to construct a sentence. It’s been ten days since I published– and I’ll be starting a new post on Substack later this weekend. They take me hours to write and normally I break them into…
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The Hot Sheet, Coming Soon
Books on the Horizon: Submission calls: There are other projects in development, and more anthologies we’d love to put out. We’re still accepting submissions on the themes: For more information, click here.
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News from the Local Library
Someone in my family has served on the board of trustees for Mary Meuser Memorial Library since roughly 2008 missing only one year-ish. I have returned to the board as of 2023. We recently resumed our in-person meetings post-Covid and this one (which I attended in pajamas because I forgot…
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Launching Summer Reading
On June 14, starting at 11 a.m., Ralph and Joe and I will be at the Mary Meuser Memorial Library Summer Reading Kick Off “Wheels Around Wilson” at Meuser Park, 2240 Northampton Street, Easton, Pa., 18042. The free event will feature vehicles from the borough’s emergency departments and public works…
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