Author: Alissa Arford

• July 24, 2025

  Two Months Since Launch… Feels Like Forever!

  It’s been two whole months since Welcome to Seagull Street officially launched on May 24 and if you had told me on release day how much would happen in just eight weeks, I wouldn’t have believed you!
• July 16, 2025

  Rethinking What It Means to Be a Reader in 2025

  The more time I spend in the book world of 2025, the more I realize how much it’s evolved and how much I’ve changed with it. What started as a weekly visit to the library and a simple love of stories in my childhood has become something bigger, more communal, and sometimes more complicated.
• July 10, 2025

  Building Something from Scratch

  Indie publishing isn’t just writing a book. It’s ordering ISBNs and barcodes, wrangling metadata, applying for sales tax IDs, calculating shipping fees, adjusting printer margins, Googling how to send a 1099 to your editor ASAP because you had no clue, and answering emails like, “Your barcode placement is not up to spec,” at 1:27 a.m.—when…
• June 19, 2025

  2025 Summer Reading List for the Beach

  There’s nothing better than getting lost in a great book on a summer day, whether you’re reading with your toes in the sand, relaxing by the pool, or just curled up on the deck with a cold drink. I love making myself a fun summer TBR list each year, mixing new releases with a few…
• June 13, 2025

  Ocean City Air Show Weekend: Where Real Life Meets Fiction on Seagull Street

  Every June (well, most years), the Ocean City Air Show brings thunder to the skies above Maryland’s iconic Boardwalk. With fighter jets slicing through the clouds, beachgoers gazing skyward, and patriotic music blasting from balconies, it’s one of the most unforgettable weekends of the summer. It’s also the backdrop for one of my favorite sections…