Category: parisian phoenix staff
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A record of the ERA
We all have subjects that spur passion within us. We all have hobbies. Parisian Phoenix’s art director Gayle Hendricks has always been keenly interested in and a defender of women’s rights, ecology and the environment, the arts, and good type. Gayle lives in her childhood home. Like many people who…
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Nancy Scott featured in disability anthology
Our beloved Nancy Scott received her copies of the disability-themed anthology, Behind Our Eyes 3: A Literary Sunburst, featuring three of her works. Behind Our Eyes is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, that supports and inspires the writing of people with disabilities, develops and promotes positive public opinion regarding people with disabilities, provides meaningful…
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Nancy Scott featured on Pulse (and Lehigh Valley Disability Pride)
Our editor and one of our resident poets, Nancy Scott, appeared in the online publication, Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine. Here’s the link to her piece, “My Castle”, which discusses not only her experience as the first congenitally blind person at her independent living facility, but also offers…
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cover talk
Art Director Gayle Hendricks takes a minute to talk covers… Back in the late summer of 2022, I wrote an article for the Parisian Phoenix Publishing Blog about covers. I was getting some ideas together for a … cover talk
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entering another new world
Sometimes I Get… was originally published by Echo City Capers as a paperback. I was approached to turn it into a hardback book. Their first ever. The actual book was submitted as a high-resolution PDF. I just needed to rework the cover, add copyright information, a letter, and reorder it.…
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Book design, readability and X-height
As part of our presentation with the Apex Writers Group in March, our art director, Gayle Hendricks, made a graphic to convey how x-height in type changes our experience when reading books. She chose some common typefaces that read easily. As authors we often don’t think about book design. As…
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Goodies for Readers
As always, we encourage readers to leave book reviews on their platforms of choice. We recently wrote directions on how to do so. Read those here. Reviews help other readers find and choose Parisian Phoenix books, give us increased exposure and rank among the algorithms and also qualify books for…
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The Brouhaha on Banned Books
The issue of Book Bans never seems to go away… and the current climate books by queer, gender non-conforming people, and individuals of color seem to be taking a hit. Behind the Scenes: The Daily Show Behind the Scenes discusses Book Bans. (podcast) and on YouTube. Some of the recent…
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the open door policy
Our Art Director uses her skills to inspire a new generation of artists and book creators… If you take one of my classes I have an open-door policy. If you need me after the class is over I’m there. Forgot how to indent a paragraph, email … the open door…
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