Category: from the publisher
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The Velvet Spine
Yesterday, my art director and I took a mini-road trip to The Velvet Spine in West Reading, Pa. The bookstore specializes in “books for a darker state of mind” in the genres of horror, thriller, dark romance, true crime, and fantasy. Gayle and I were wonderfully surprised to see a busy and vibrant downtown…
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Seven Years of Recipes
In my late 20s (Gosh that was a long time ago), my two closest friends lived far away— one in Virginia and one in North Carolina. One frequently asked for recipes. The other needed help keeping her grocery shopping within a certain budget. So, I started a blog— on Blogger,…
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Do it with enthusiasm
I often hear people lament that they commit themselves to tasks they don’t enjoy. This saddens me— because life is too short for wasting time, and because success doesn’t count if what it takes to get there makes you miserable. Sometimes we are trapped in jobs we hate, or we…
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Back to Shool
College Professor Ben Goluboff, one of two poets behind Group Portrait, shared with me that he had a new poem published in the McNeese Review called “Native Lands.” Read that here. This Wednesday, I resume teaching at Northampton Community College in their publishing electives. My course, Pathways to Publication, discusses how to get your work published and how to build…
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What’s Happening at Parisian Phoenix Kittens
It’s been a wild year for children’s books— with Echo City Capers doing a record number of school visits this year and releasing their “grow into” picture book/middle grade, The Legend of Mister Toots. This book allows families to read together regardless of age levels present. Allison Faye Stein’s sci-fi middle grade 2062: Sally in…
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Brainstorming for WDVR
Here we are, a third of the way through August. I spent my weekend working, but the tasks I tackled brought me joy. I finally created a Spotify playlist and script for my upcoming radio show with WDVR. That became my stress relief. I focused on how music interacts with the written…
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On Epic Novels of the Past
I am a sentimental soul but not prone to fits of nostalgia. Something random triggered my memory of thick novels I read in my teen years, most of which I never owned but borrowed. Now, my two recent reading “rabbit holes,” to borrow an internet term, have been disability philsophy/theory/experience…
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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…