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Unboxing “Not an Able-Bodied White Man”
Three cases of Not an Able-Bodied White Man with Money arrived yesterday. As I am not an able-bodied white man I came home from my day job exhausted and hurting and disappointed that I had to live in my disabled reality instead of the space where I can almost pass…
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Cover Reveal: Not An Able-Bodied White Man with Money
So much activity in the Parisian Phoenix universe… Here is the official cover reveal for our nonfiction anthology on the experiences of marginalized identities in the Lehigh Valley. At least a dozen local authors talk about topics exploring how we are not able-bodied white men with money. We all have…
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does size matter?
I’m old. I’ll admit that. Growing up in South Bethlehem we walked to the library at Webster and 4th street for books. Later, when we were older, we’d head over the “New Street” bridge and go to the big library. Or the AAUW book sale on bag day. I can…
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What influenced me to feminize horror
The idea to start Parisian Phoenix Publishing came as a fake publisher on a design project Gayle Hendricks, our art director, did for the faculty art show at school. She thought it’d be cool to design a box set for the chick lit/horror novels that I was pitching to New…
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Books as Salvation
Every reader I know uses words like “escape” when they describe why they love books. I have always looked at books with loftier expectations— searching for wisdom, philosophy, artfully crafted phrases, and an emotional punch. Here at Parisian Phoenix, we have three books available, two deep in production and one…
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2021 in review: it’s all about books
Originally posted on solo | small group design and software training: Two Thousand Twenty-One is shaping up to be the year of the book, at least in my career. If the print book is dead, please don’t tell my authors. Cover Design: Robin Ticho; Cover Illustration: Pam Lott, Lisa Massey,…
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A Thanksgiving Romp through Parisian Phoenix Updates
It’s a quiet, crisp and very sunny Thursday morning, a particular Thursday morning known here in the United States as Thanksgiving, a holiday with some controversial history. Does the holiday celebrate the survival of the colonial settlers? Does it glorify the annihilation of the indigenous population? Was it merely an…
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Chasing a dream in the autumn chill
Originally posted on Angel Ackerman: Sometimes, as members of the human race, we have days that are full of delights from sun-up to sundown. Those days are rare, but often involve a leisurely day with the family, a vacation or a holiday. Then there are days that are good despite—…
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the process of designing a book
Book design is both an art, and an educated guess. And a lot of trial and error, at least for me. I am not trained as a book designer. My roots are in production, which serves one well when designing books. Design is great, but you have to get all…
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