Author: Angel Ackerman
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Lucky #13
My team— and specifically Gayle— has to chastise me constantly for sharing news and images too early. But I’m excited! And I like to spread the joy! Sure, sometimes it means cover reveals end up not exactly matching the cover on the book, but it also allows you, as readers…
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Anticipation for our Coffee in the Morning
So very soon, we will release our 12th title in 21 months! How is this even possible? How can it be sustainable? Coffee in the Morning: short stories of fiction, fantasy and dreams The book launching, after several weeks delay, is Larry Sceurman’s anticipated short story collection, Coffee in the…
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The trials and tribulations of an art director: searching for the perfect photo
Shortly before Memorial Day a book I designed went to press—Coffee In The Morning by Larry Sceurman. It’s a book of short stories with a photo … searching for the perfect photo
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Let’s Play: Angel Ackerman’s Reflections on Exploring the Connexion between toys and art, embracing how play can keep our minds vibrant
The opening for Let’s Play last night was delightful. The space between the visual and written arts are not as far as you might think. Click to read about Maryann and Joan as they present art that brings new life to toys. One of the challenging aspects of writing for…
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Echo City Capers at the Moravian Historical Society Arts & Crafts Fair in Nazareth, Pa.
“Hustling” has entered the vernacular powerfully as people, faced with a pandemic and a gig economy, have turned to “side hustles” to augment their income. For artists– from authors to painters to musicians– the reality of “hustling” to pursue dreams is more than a supplement to bolster financial gains or…
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cover talk
Art Director Gayle Hendricks takes a minute to talk covers… Back in the late summer of 2022, I wrote an article for the Parisian Phoenix Publishing Blog about covers. I was getting some ideas together for a … cover talk
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Like peanut butter and chocolate… Better together
Publisher’s Note: When I was in the midst of our National Independent Bookstore Day programming at Book and Puppet, a woman approached me and very professionally and briefly introduced herself as a local editor with whom I had connected on Instagram. Now, before I tell you the rest of my…
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Poetry is Stupid; Change My Mind
Today, at the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, Darrell Parry delivered a presentation at the organization’s morning meeting called, “Poetry is Stupid. Change My Mind.” He followed that with an afternoon workshop of what he described as 12 enthusiastic writers participating in various exercises relate to the crafting of poetry…
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A chat with Olivia from Chronicles & Coffee
On Tuesday afternoon, I had the delightful opportunity to speak with Olivia Brooks, the host of the podcast “Chronicles and Coffee” and proprietor of a website of the same name. She’s young, still in college, and she started her podcast this year. She’s probably #1 on my people to watch…
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And today’s adventure… Phillipsburg Comic Con with Echo City Capers
Today, Joe Swarctz and Ralph Greco Jr., our own dynamic duo of the Echo City Capers team, exhibited at Phillipsburg Comic Con. Now, as newspaper reporter, Phillipsburg was my home for many, many years. And the communities that feed the Phillipsburg area school district– Phillipsburg proper, Lopatcong Township, Pohatcong Township,…
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