Category: from the publisher

• from the publisher reflection

  Building a Third Place

  Persnickety Books in Burlington, N.C., recently sent out a newsletter that mentioned a new book by a North Carolina author focusing on finding your third place. I am fascinated by the idea of third place, and my dream is to build Parisian Phoenix into a physical location with a bookstore,…

  30 Sep 2024
• events from the publisher

  Write to Read launches Tonight

  The Write to Read Workshop series at Blue Flame Events Retail Store launches tonight at 6 p.m. Consider it your drop-in hours to pursue any of your literary questions.

  25 Sep 2024
• from the publisher reflection

  A chat with the National Center on Disability & Journalism

  I had a meeting with a writer earlier this week, and she mentioned that meeting me in the setting where we connected seemed like a message from the universe. She had just finished the YA fantasy book that she had been working on for four years. And I have similar…

  23 Sep 2024
• from the publisher

  How resources impact disability memoir

  Angel Ackerman posted about the impact resources have on what disability/medical memoirs make it to the public eye and what they cover. Read more on AngelAckerman.com.

  19 Sep 2024
• erotica events fiction from the publisher reflection review

  Lessons from a sex conference: Confidence and empowerment

  As the days pass here in Atlanta, I am genuinely sad that I cannot stay for the entire Sex Down South: Atlanta conference. I have to leave early tomorrow to make my long drive home in order to make commitments on Monday. Sigh. Sex Down South (in general) I will…

  6 Sep 2024
• erotica events from the publisher review

  The Impromptu Bookshop Tour

  I drove from the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania to Atlanta, Georgia to host a workshop on erotic fiction writing at SexDownSouth in Galleria 2 of the Downtown Hilton at 4 p.m. today. So… this is really happening… I drove the whole distance, my trusted 2015 Jetta turbo and I, and…

  5 Sep 2024
• events fiction from the publisher poetry

  Fashion & Fiends and other updates at Barnes & Noble

  Tomorrow, I will be signing my books at the Bethlehem Township Barnes and Noble store in the Southmont Shopping Center from 1 to 4 p.m. It was a last-minute booking and since that store has been so supportive and features a Parisian Phoenix Publishing table on the sales floor near…

  24 Aug 2024
• from the publisher reflection

  Burgers and books

  Yesterday I spoke a little about the synchronicity that happens when you meet people and remember who they are and what they do. Those connections are what makes a small business successful. Connections build awareness, trust and word-of-mouth. The history and the business stuff In about a month, I will…

  10 Aug 2024
• craft tips from the publisher

  The synchronicity of an appearance in Hippocampus Magazine

  As a publisher– and as a personal level as an author– my experiences meeting people often interact and grown in that “six degrees of separation” way. I save a lot of old email. I have a few business card books (which are old-fashioned, I know, but super cute!). I agree…

  9 Aug 2024
• from the publisher reflection

  The journey… home, to healing… to happiness?

  As a small business owner, no day ever goes completely as planned. Yesterday I thought– because I ended up doing a lot of editing on a client’s novel over the weekend and then yesterday I prepped E. H. Jacobs’ novel Splintered River for the design phase of production– that maybe…

  6 Aug 2024