A Beautiful Day to Learn About Trees!

It was the first day of autumn and a bright and beautiful day. I was on my way to Forest Park Nature Center, where I was reading "Rachel and Sammy Learn About Trees" and leading a nature walk. After a busy morning of doing household chores and preparing for the program, it was almost a relief to hop into the car and begin the hour long drive.

What! No Internet?

I've just recently moved. The house, new, is amazing, perfect for me, and the community and neighbors are lovely. I'm certain everyone has a horror story or two, regarding moves, and I am no exception to the rule. It's safe to say though, that we got through.

It never once occurred to me, while preparing to move, that Internet would ever be an issue. After all, "Who doesn't have access to the Internet, right?" Oh my goodness, I was wrong. It started with a simple phone call. "I'd like to transfer service please." The lady was lovely, pleasant, helpful, but unfortunately declared that they were unable to offer service in my area. "There must be some mistake," I said, politely,

A Perfect Day to Visit the Prairie

On Saturday, the weather was perfect. The temperature was warm, but not hot, and the sky was sunny and filled with big, puffy clouds. After a hot, dry summer, this nice day was a welcome relief.

Old way of thinking...new way of doing it!

Old way of thinking…new way of doing it!

There was a time when everyone worked together for the good of ‘the’ company, but over the years it seemed we went through a phase of ‘fend’ for yourself. The weak seemed to barely survive and the strong, got stronger. At Rising Phoenix Press we’ve taken a step back, but in the greatest way.

To say that we know what we’re doing is just plain crazy…but we like crazy. There are a million normal thinkers out there, we’re not in that bunch, and we don’t mind. We don’t know what we’re doing, yet, but we do have most of it

If at First You Don't Succeed...

   To be honest, the past few months have been very busy, stressful, fun, and exciting times, all rolled into one. When fellow authors, Amanda M. Thrasher and Jannifer Powelson, and I decided to get our feet wet on the publishing side of this business, I must admit that I had many more questions than answers.
 
  It was really all of the little things that I just took for granted. Things like what is the ideal font size for a book? What about margins? Anyone know how to layout a cover? What fonts look good on a cover? How do I get all of the text to stop at the same place on the bottom of each page? (That one was tougher than you might think...) How is a normal print file laid out differently than a file for an e-reader? The questions just went on and on.