Shenandoah Squatch with The Floating Squatch book. Bigfoot. Sasquatch — **We had a great time hanging with Shenandoah Squatch at the Gloucester Daffodil Festival!**

In our blog we’ve been exploring various publishing and printing methods, with a particular focus on print-on-demand services. In our most recent post, we examine traditional book printers and provide a detailed comparison between offset and digital printing techniques. You can read the entire series on the Mermaid’s Blog.

Over the past few months, many readers have submitted poems, and we’re pleased to share them with you. We’ve launched a new webpage dedicated to showcasing these emerging writers. If you have a poem, short story, or even a thoughtful musing to share, we invite you to send it in. Mermaid Friend’s Musings

It was such a pleasure to meet so many emerging writers in our community this weekend! Everyone does seem to have a story, whether it be in a story format, poetry, memoir, or even art. Do you have a story and would like to know about the publishing process? Find out how publishing works on our publishing page. Are you an illustrator or artist? We are always looking for free-lance illustrators, contact us.

Calling all photographers! If you would like to receive field instruction, immediate critique, and practical skill-building tools, all in beautiful surroundings, find out more about our summer photography tour. We offer two full days of photography and B&B style lodging with meals. Appalachian Photography Tour.

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