Category: from the publisher
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Opportunity: MChristian Tribute Anthology
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Author Marilyn Jaye Lewis, with support from Ralph Greco Jr., is spearheading our upcoming anthology to honor M.Christian, our beloved colleague who died unexpectedly as we rolled into 2026. Deadline is in October. We will consider any literary work that has a connection to/inspiration from M.Christian. Chris was a multi-faceted writer with an interest…
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A New Book Venue in Town
When I’m not at my desk, and I’m not in a bookstore, I spend the bulk of my professional time in one of two places. You might find me at the Panera at the Southmont Shopping Center in Bethlehem Township, Pa, sipping iced coffee and often writing for hours with…
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Archive of Adolescence closes
The final volume of McKenna Graf’s Archive of Adolescence series, What’s Left?, officially releases June 13. McKenna graduated from Lafayette College last week and has enrolled in a master’s program at Harvard University. She came to me as a college sophomore and, in a meeting in downtown Easton’s Three Birds Coffee, pitched the idea of a four-book series that covered her…
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The Words Add Up
This weekend, I needed to finish an essay I planned to submit to the fourth Behind Our Eyes literary anthology. The anthology features disabled writers from the writers group of the same name. As a member, I was welcomed to submit. I attended a meeting where the editors discussed what they were…
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I hired a mime
On a whim last week, I hired a mime. Meet Polly the Pantomime Person. (Pictures borrowed, respectfully from her Instagram.) Hopefully, as I learn more about Polly I can share that information with you. But I commissioned Polly to do some publicity material for me, some skits, some stills, all in…
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Review: The Business of Being a Writer
If you have any serious interest in writing, Jane Friedman’s The Business of Being a Writer, now its second edition will prove to be the best investment you can make in your own experience. I don’t care if you’re a hobbyist or a career writer, if you write to gain fame or to make money, if you have…
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Spring Chicken
It’s finally warm— between 75 and 82 during the day and in the fifties at night. I am in my happy place. I ordered some Muppet-like keychains to bring joy into the universe and my neighbor brought me a belated birthday gift that included a spring chicken in vibrant yellow.…
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The Fashion in Fashion and Fiends
Circa 1990. Somehow, I stumble upon Elsa Klensch on CNN and get a subscription to Vogue. Read Elsa’s obituary here on CNN. Haute couture becomes an obsession of mine. Why? I have no clue. I saw beauty, and creativity, and France. I was in my early stages of learning French, thinking French would be something my…