Category: guest blog
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Motorhome Gypsy Luck… Strikes Again
By Rachel C. Thompson If you read our book, Motorhome Gypsies, you will have seen a good measure of motorhome gypsy luck— good and bad. On a recent trip, we had both kinds. As usual for us, good luck won out. We wouldn’t be motorhome gypsies if we didn’t have…
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A poetic challenge: 31 chapbooks in 31 days
Guest Blog by Magnus Mateo This year, I’ll be participating in the Sealey Challenge for the first time. In case you’ve never heard of this challenge, it encourages people to read a poetry book of any length for each day of August. 31 days, 31 books. Seems easy enough, right?…
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Seven
Joe R. Frinzi is an independent author, movie lover and critic, and the partner-in-crime for Kafka the Kat, who writes his own pithy memoirs. By guest author Joe R. Frinzi As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has been associated with…
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My meeting with Kafka the Great
I have lived and worked in the Easton area for the last 25+ years. Between that and the fact that my only child will turn 20 in 2024 reminds me almost daily of how old I am getting. One of the people I met in my early days of Easton…
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Ralph Goes Back to School & then to EXXXotica
By Ralph Greco Jr. I don’t really like to chat, post, blog or talk about myself or my doings, but last week was unusual in that I seemed to have a lot coming my way via my writing. And one extra special event that really tickled my giblets… and without…
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Like peanut butter and chocolate… Better together
Publisher’s Note: When I was in the midst of our National Independent Bookstore Day programming at Book and Puppet, a woman approached me and very professionally and briefly introduced herself as a local editor with whom I had connected on Instagram. Now, before I tell you the rest of my…
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The Death of Big Butch by Larry Sceurman
A small book with big lessons The story, set in the spring of 1974, encapsulates just a few days in the life of 26-yr-old Jimmy and his growing family, but those days manage to impart more joy, sorrow, and lessons learned than some folks experience in a lifetime. Hard-working, and…
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My Love of Poetry is Not Gone, Part 3 of 3
Guest Post on Writing Poetry By Ruchi AcharyaPublisher’s note: As part of the Parisian Phoenix mission, we publish unique voices and diverse perspectives in print and online. So, this week, we will explore poetry with Indian author Ruchi Acharya. This is part three of three, where Ruchi offers her final…
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