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Another Day in the Life of a Small Publisher (December edition)
As publisher here at Parisian Phoenix, my days never quite go as planned. But I thought I’d take a moment to describe a recent approximate 24-hours-in-the-life. Let’s start roughly at 5 p.m. last night. I had completed a project earlier in the day for a client, and sent it to…
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More on the visits to Northampton Community College
Twice this semester, we’ve posted about Parisian Phoenix author visits to Northampton Community College where our talented art director teaches graphic design. One of the coolest– and apparently hardest– classes in the journalism program there is “media publications,” where students learn the basics of graphic design to enable them to…
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Christmas Cookies, revisited
Our nostalgic storyteller Larry Sceurman wrote an essay about people’s favorite Christmas cookies last year, and we thought, since it’s Thanksgiving, we’d revisit it. 2022 Publisher’s Note: Larry Sceurman’s debut novella is a rich, nostalgic view of familiar struggles that remain relevant regardless of the historical date. But Larry Sceurman,…
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Larry’s Thanksgiving Gratitude Personality Test
A Quiz written for Thanksgiving 2023 Gratitude >>> By Larry Sceurman We sometimes experience providence or divine grace, a gift to our heart and spirit, which most of the time we accept without question. On the other hand, gratitude is a choice. We must choose to be grateful.…
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Letting Go
And Finding Our True Story >>> Larry Sceurman In my thinking, I have been revisiting the dynamics of three. This mindset that I have about things in threes all started, in my mid-thirties, when I took a course in philosophy and learned about Plato’s philosophy that man, the human being,…
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Speaking of Ralph: 3rd times a charm—Bruce Friedman’s ‘Adult Site Broker Talk’ Podcast
When we released Writing Dirty Words, Ralph was a guest on Adult Sit Broker Talk with Bruce Friedman. Now some of the discussion revolves around erotica, but some of the talk is about Parisian Phoenix and the journey Ralph took in bringing his writing craft book/memoir to fruition. The conversation…
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Things Pop-Pop Taught Me
>>> Larry Sceurman Things My Pop-Pop Taught Me: My Pop-Pop was a great mentor. Things that my Pop-Pop didn’t teach me: These are some of the good things that I learned in life.
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Revisiting Phulasso
In preparation for the Easton Book Festival, I have been working with Thurston D. Gill, Jr., and updating his web pages as he moves toward the future of Phulasso. Thurston will be delivering an opening blessing for the event and its attendees at Easton Public Market, 325 Northampton Street, at…
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Thoughts on Nature
by Larry Sceurman Technology is a double-edged sword. We need it to sustain and prosper in the world today. At the same time, it puts a wedge between us and nature, the very essence of our soul. Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein…
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Gettin’ Juicy
Ralph Greco shares the latest on his blog, Licking Non-Vanilla. Check it out! Juicy Bits: Erotic Stories of BDSM, Kink and Fetish an anthology of mild to wild erotica that I co-edited, is released today. Published by Parisian … Gettin’ Juicy
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