Author: Angel Ackerman
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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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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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