Author: Angel Ackerman

• review

  You’ve heard it, but have you acted on it? Support authors via reviews, a how-to

  If you’re a reader, and not just the kind of person who occasionally picks up a book but the person who always has a book nearby, you’ve heard this: reviews help authors. It’s why authors recruit advance readers, pay literary publications like Publishers Weekly, and why services like NetGalley* exist.…

  5 Mar 2023
• coming soon events fiction new releases news

  pre-March update: What We are Loving

  Life at Parisian Phoenix Publishing has been busy– with Darrell Parry’s new edition of Twists: Gathered Ephemera coming out, The Phulasso Devotional nearing its official launch, work underway on Larry Sceurman’s sophomore release, fiction anthology Coffee in the Morning, and new authors pitching their works and return clients asking for…

  26 Feb 2023
• from the publisher review

  The business of books begins with relationships

  Whether you’re an author, a bookseller, a reader or a publisher, the business of books begins with relationships. Any business does. Even though Parisian Phoenix is still young and small, we believe in relationships– relationships rank just as high as our product line. After all, we know we print great…

  23 Feb 2023
• coming soon new releases news nonfiction

  Let’s see where this goes…

  This blog post will pay homage to the title of our new Substack– Parisian Phoenix Bookish Babble. I’m honestly not sure where it will lead, so let’s start writing and see where stream-of-consciousness takes us. New and Upcoming Releases Darrell Parry released the expanded second edition of his poetry book…

  21 Feb 2023
• craft tips

  Podcasts, the GOAT IMHO of writing

  I recently provided information on several storytelling podcasts to, hopefully, ease you into the idea of using your phone or your computer as a listening device to allow these modern radio programs (everything old is new again) into your lives. Many podcast players/ streaming services (like Spotify) offer free versions.…

  18 Feb 2023
• from the publisher

  Finally— the relaunch of the newsletter

  I’m exhausted. I’ve been working on the web site and preparing for a new version of the newsletter, and here it is! Our New Newsletter Please join our mailing list, and please share.

  12 Feb 2023
• fiction

  Excerpts from Angel Ackerman’s Fashion and Fiends paranormal women’s fiction

  To purchase: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, direct from Parisian Phoenix. Want to read the beginnings of the Fashion and Fiends novels? Here you go… Manipulations, Book One August 2002Chapter OneLughaidh gripped the crumpled People magazine page against the steering wheel as he stared across the parking lot. It had…

  10 Feb 2023
• craft tips

  Sharing my podcast expertise, from the beginning

  We proposed a column to the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, sharing our breadth of podcast knowledge and our Spotify playlists. I just emailed the first sample in, and I thought I would share it with you. Podcasts to improve your storytelling I’m not really a fan of podcasts. I…

  8 Feb 2023
• Uncategorized

  Trapped

  To purchase Trapped, or any of the Parisian Phoenix books, visit Amazon, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble’s website or order direct from us here. By Seneca Blue The opening: CHAPTER ONE (circa 2007)“Could this day get any worse?” Ed asked herself.She slammed her cell phone closed, thrusting the electronic inconvenience into…

  6 Feb 2023
• coming soon fiction nonfiction poetry

  Celebrating cover design, book design and original art

  Today is the coldest day so far this winter, with an actual temperate of six degrees Farenheit and an even lower wind chill. This is doubly surprising to me– even as someone accustomed to winter in the northeast United States– because so far this weekend, little, prone-to-be-cold publisher Angel Ackerman…

  4 Feb 2023