Author: Angel Ackerman
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When good intentions become bad decisions
I’m more than a little on edge because my fifth novel, Absolution, is with Dianna Sinovic now. Dianna is editing the latest volume of the Fashion and Fiends series and I, like all authors, I am trying to forget she has it. I don’t care who you are— when an editor has your work, you’re…
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Coming soon from William Prystauk
I have edited Bill’s novels probably for five or six years now— our relationship predates Parisian Phoenix. Bill has contributed to Not an Able-Bodied White Man with Money, our marginalized voices nonfiction anthology that seeks to remind readers that most of us don’t fit it or qualify as “normal.” (Right now…
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Storytelling to benefit CHOP
On Saturday (August 16), I am still on deck to teach a three-hour, hands-on memoir workshop (with the same quirky flavor as this newsletter) at Blank Slate Community Center in Yardley, Pa. If sign ups don’t increase, we may postpone the event until fall. The $40 price tag includes personalized guidance, materials and a free…
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Poetry about Place: Archaeomythology
In recognition of the importance of geographic place, Parisian Phoenix will release Kathryn Dohrmann’s poetry chapbook Archaeomythology in November. Kathryn is a colleague of Ben Goluboff, our poet from Lake Forest University in Chicago who collaborated with Mark Luebbers to create our recent Group Portrait, another unique poetry project that appealed to my love of mid-twentieth century history. (View more…
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Ode to a Zip Code?
I belong to several writing groups (Pennwriters, Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, and Behind Our Eyes) and subscribe to a multitude of newsletters and mailing lists. Every day, interesting tidbits drop into my inbox from everywhere, The New York Times to LitHub. (If you identify as a writer and don’t know Literary Hub, do yourself a favor…
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Amazon Ads update
I know some people are curious how Amazon Ads are working for Parisian Phoenix. If you don’t know, we got a grant from the Pennsylvania Creative Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program in May, which paid out in late June, which gave us $1,000 to spend on Amazon Ads. We are $600 in, and we survived an…
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New title coming from Larry Sceurman
Larry Sceurman, who will be part of a special story time at Barnes and Noble to benefit a children’s hospital August 16, has sent the script and illustrations to design for his second children’s book, Frog and Crow’s Conversation. In this fable, Larry explores the process of decision-making. And in this case, Larry decided to draw…
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Cover Reveal for ‘Any Landing’
Coming August 28. See the blog series earlier this week for more details.
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