Category: erotica
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Progress on our erotic BDSM anthology (which still needs a title)
Our next Parisian Phoenix release will explore uncharted territory for us— an erotic anthology featuring kink, fetish and BDSM stories edited by myself and Ralph Greco, Jr. A simple erotic anthology would have been brand spanking new enough for us (yes, Ralph pun intended) but within our sphere we highlight…
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Writing Dirty Word hits a #1
I’ll keep it brief, but Ralph Greco Jr.’s Writing Dirty Words has hit #1 in Amazon’s hot new releases in the erotica fiction writing reference niche. What I find hysterical is that the #3 title came out two weeks before Ralph’s book and it sounds like the same book but…
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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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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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Upcoming Non-fiction Books Announced
We are just about to update our production schedule for the upcoming season. Several new authors have joined our stable, as the publishing industry says, or the birdhouse as we tend to say. And it looks like our next few titles will focus on nonfiction.
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Books, book reviews and book news
I recently purchased Suzanne Mattaboni’s “eighties novel” Once in a Lifetime and kept it in my purse to keep me company in all the medical waiting rooms. As in my habit, I reviewed the book on Goodreads and tagged the author however I could on social media— and she quoted…
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Sex and a Beer
December 2, 2022. When did that happen? Time does sneak up. The Death of Big Butch should be headed to the printer this weekend, and the December Parisian Phoenix email newsletter will follow. Last night, the folks at Book & Puppet Company, and organizers of October’s Easton Book Festival, posted…
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Getting ready for a conversation about (writing) sex
Angel Ackerman and William Prystauk will be hosting a live conversation about writing sex scenes at Book and Puppet Company this Saturday night (October 22, 7:30 p.m.) as part of the Easton Book Festival. The event is free and open to anyone 18 or older. Last night Angel went through…
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October Newsletter: Let’s talk about sex, or poetry, or cats, or scary stories
Organizers of the free local event Easton Book Festival have invited Parisian Phoenix publisher and author Angel Ackerman and Kink Noir author William D. Prystauk to anchor a panel, Sex in the Text, at Centre Square’s Book and Puppet Company Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. Former local journalist Angel Ackerman…
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Is that right? 25 potential titles!
We’re working on titles 9 & 10 for our small publishing house— but as life goes, projects get rearranged all the time. As publisher, I found myself not sure which author and which projects to prioritize so I sat down and made a list of every committed title, every anticipated…
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