A Mother's Inspiration to Birth a Book
Mouth Shut Head Down releases on January 28, 2026. I've learned so much since I signed with Angel Ackerman at Parisian Phoenix . I'm grateful for her support, her knowledge, and the wonderful people I met within her publishing circle. The summer before my mother died in September 2024, Mom looked intently at me and wagged her 94 year-old finger. "Don't give up, Gerri. Keep going." Mom never got to know Angel or how my heart did a flip when I read her acceptance email on Mothe
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Coercive Control and Sex Trafficking: Keeping Our Children Safe
This blog provides a slide show with resources used by author Geraldine Donaher in her writing and presentations.
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Shedding Light on Dark Realities (original post with Parisian Phoenix Publishing)
Writing About Difficult Topics Visit Parisian Phoenix Publishing f or the full post. I read Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These. Her writing has the bare-minimum quality that is refreshing to read. Too many words and sometimes a story gets lost. Keegan reveals the horrors of trafficking by the Catholic Church through the tender eyes of the empathetic protagonist, Bill Furlong. He sees what everyone in his community refuses to acknowledge. . . systemic social injust
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