Mouth Shut Head Down
Today, we release of Geraldine Donaher’s young adult novel, Mouth Shut Head Down. She has a launch party planned at Immaculata University on Saturday, January 31. For more information and to RSVP, visit Geraldine’s web site, geraldinedonaher.com. This book aims to teach teens and their families about coercive control in relationships and the signs of human trafficking. Sex trafficking of minors often begins…
The Parisian Phoenix Event Schedule
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Meet Jemima
Marilyn Jaye Lewis signed a contract with us last month for her novel, The Curse of Our Profound Disorder. Marilyn tells me that this project dates back 25 years. She sent me a sample in the spring, asking if I might be interested if she should finish it. Something about her writing style drew me in and mesmerized…
Poetry worthy of a Parisian Café
The celebration for Nancy Scott’s 1,000 career bylines included candy cigarettes, espresso, and croissants reminiscent of the beat poets in a long-lost mid-twentieth century Paris cafe. Let me give you this video of Nan reading her poem “The Knife,” which appeared in Disabled Tales, an online journal from the United Kingdom, as byline 999. You can see the original post here.…
Promoting Writing
Last night, after the snowstorm, I curled up on the couch with the dog (eating boxed macaroni and cheese and Chick-fil-A nuggets) and watched half of comedian/author David Nihill’s Shelf Help. I didn’t expect an Irish comedian to have a special involving reading recommendations. (It’s on YouTube if you want to watch: Shelf Help.) Nihill’s book, Do You Talk Funny?, came…
Time for Writing
I’ve seen regular writing sessions events at Book & Puppet Company in downtown Easton (with local entrepreneur Andy Laties) and also at Nazareth Library. We’re hoping to start a writing group and possibly some writing workshops at Mary Meuser Memorial Library probably at the end of February. I was even thinking of making drop-in times 4 to 7 p.m.— at least until…
5-star reads from 2025
Let’s take a look at what I read in 2025. According to Goodreads, I read more than 15,500 pages in published books. I say published books because I also read unsolicited submissions for Parisian Phoenix and piles of pages for editing and critique. The shortest book I read was Exactly how I Promote and Sell Books: A 15-minute Read by Kathy…
What I’m reading
Not including manuscripts we are publishing, I finished I’m currently reading I’m currently editing
Welcome, Historical Society
Finally, I want to welcome the Greenwich Historical Society to the Parisian Phoenix fold, as they contacted me about publishing their hometown heroes banner project in a commemorative book. Gayle and I met with the society last night at the Greenwich Township Municipal Building in Stewartsville, N.J., which— full circle— was one of the communities I covered in my…
Our start to 2026
A few weeks ago (or maybe a month or two), I talked about cleaning my desk. Since then, I’ve emptied a bookshelf, reorganized and purged business supplies and developed a system for tracking and storing inventory. Because, guys, I’ve reached the point where I need a system for tracking, storing, and transporting inventory. It’s still…
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