Category: review

• craft tips from the publisher nonfiction review

  Some unusual writing craft books you may not know

  I thought it would be fun to share a couple of writing craft books that I have saved over the years that aren’t Stephen King’s On Writing or William Zinsser’s On Writing Well or Strunk & White’s Elements of Style. Those are classic writing craft books and if you haven’t…

  15 Sep 2022
• from the publisher reflection review

  Exploring Cerebral Palsy with Tylia Flores

  If any of you read my personal blog on my website, angelackerman.com, you may know of my quest over the last two years to learn more about cerebral palsy, at first the disorder in general and then specifically my cerebral palsy. This led me to Maria Killilea’s books, web sites…

  31 Jul 2022
• parisian phoenix author parisian phoenix staff review

  Cracker Barrel & Vitamin D: Blending the Mundane, Building Friendship

  Angel Ackerman wrote this about her zany day yesterday doing all sorts of things related to the business. I started my day by leaving the house at 7:15 a.m. to visit my friends the phlebotomists at Quest Diagnostics. With my history of anemia and … Cracker Barrel & Vitamin D:…

  29 Jul 2022
• fiction nonfiction parisian phoenix staff poetry review Uncategorized

  What we’re reading: The Sequel

  A couple weeks ago, we made a blog post of what we’re reading. Thought it would be fun to update. Darrell Parry, the poet behind Twists: Gathered Ephemera, recently finished Find Me in The Iris, by E. Lynn Alexander, a book also perused by myself and Nancy Scott, our poetry…

  28 Jul 2022
• nonfiction parisian phoenix author poetry review

  New Reviews for Darrell Parry and Charles Ticho

  We received word that T.A. Niles recently posted a very elaborate and fun review to his web site regarding Darrell Parry’s collection of poetry, Twists: Gathered Ephemera. The book has also gained some traction on Goodreads. Sure, there was a healthy dose of sardonic humor, but what else would you…

  16 Jul 2022
• cat coming soon craft tips review

  Testing Scrivener’s Free Trial

  Author Media aired a full episode on Scrivener— and listening to the tools and benefits and the generous free trial I thought it might be fun to give it a try. The concept, as explained on the episode, was a software that allowed better word processing and grammar tools, that…

  28 Jun 2022
• review Uncategorized

  Reviewing Shannon Gonyou’s Since Sinai

  At Parisian Phoenix, we believe in supporting other authors, other publishers and other artists. To that extent, publisher Angel Ackerman participates as a reader and reviewers on NetGalley and shares what she is reading on Goodreads and social media. The publishing world presents a lot of “us” (as small independent…

  10 Jun 2022
• news parisian phoenix author review Uncategorized

  Exploring Bookshop.org and supporting our authors, a review of Tiffani Velez’s The Search

  Last week, we set up an affiliate link with Bookshop.org, an organization that supports independent booksellers. Here in the Lehigh Valley, we have two great independent bookstores, Book & Puppet Company in downtown Easton and Let’s Play Books in Emmaus. The concept is brilliant. Readers can order their books online…

  31 May 2022