Liz Flaherty's Blog, page 133

A Little Help from My Friends...

Nan, here...with a request for some help...

Today begins nominations for The Romance Review’s Readers’ Choice Awards and my book, The Summer of Second Chances , has qualified to be nominated in the Romantic Suspense category. I’m so excited to be chosen by TRR, but now the rest is up to my readers. I hope all of you will go to http://www.theromancereviews.com/viewbooks.php?bookid=17238 to nominate The Summer of Second Chances .


If I get at least 50 reader nominations, I move on to the final round...

Day Starters

By Margie Senechal

Some days just begin better than others. 

For me, there are some triggers that help my day get off to a good start.

One of them is to begin the day in manuscript. When I wake up  thinking about my book and keep at it.

Monday was a good writing day. I stayed in manuscript most of the day. If I wasn't writing, I was thinking about my book and plot point, making notes on my lunch and breaks.

I love that feeling--total immersion in my creation.

Another good day starter is...

#NewRelease: Kristina Knight's New #Rockstar Trilogy!

 Hi, everyone! I'm going to do a little shamless promotion today because - I have 3 new books out! Last year I wrote a trio of novellas for Harlequin's fledgling E-imprint...that imprint went down, but the books didn't! I'm re-releasing them on my own with new content, new covers and the same happily-ever-after you want from great romances! Books 1 and 2 are available now wherever you buy your e-books, and Book 3 releases October 5 (but you can pre-order it now).

Here are the details:

Book...

Shameless Self Promotion

Yup, that's what you're getting from me today and with no apologies because sometimes we just have to let folks know what's going on in our world, right?

Big doings for the Women of Willow of Bay and I just had to share! Right off, Once More From the Top , Carrie and Liam's story is currently on sale for just 99 cents for the e-book at e-retailers everywhere! This one is also a featured book today on The MidList--a fabulous book promotion site! I'm really hoping to pick up a bunch of new reader...

When all else fails...

by Liz Flaherty

When you don't have anything to say on blogging day, it's book report time. Well, not actually report, but time to talk about what we're reading.

1. Kristan Higgins IF YOU ONLY KNEW. This one is more women's fiction than romance and...well, it's Kristan Higgins. In truth, I missed the romance, but only because Kristan's romances are pretty close to my favorites of all time. This book is superb.










2. Susanne Woods Fisher THE CHOICE. I love Amish romance, although I
th...

#AuthorSpotlight: Cd Brennan

Hiya, WordWrangler readers! We're shining the spotlight on author Cd Brennan and her new book, In Touch. Take is away, Cd!

Excerpt:

As soon as Gillian closed the door, she launched into him. “It’s none of my business, but you should be careful with Jenn. She works her way through all the boys.”
He dropped his bag, a half-smirk on his face. “You’re right on the first account. It isn’t any of your business. I’m a big boy. I can take care of myself.”
“I’m not worried about you. I know that Coach doe...

Memo to Summer

Dear Summer,

Where did you go? It's September 1! Seriously? How did that happen? Just a few days it ago, it was the middle of June and I was making a packing list in preparation for our trip to visit the kids. And now, there's just the faintest touch of fall in the air with crisp cool nights coming on and even milder temperatures during the day. You only gave us a few truly hot and dry days, mostly it rained and was muggy and nasty.

Already, lake life is slowly easing into fall as well. The la...

Magic moments

  by Liz Flaherty                  My thanks to Jenny Crusie for this post. Not that she wrote it or even knows it exists, but it’s because of http://www.reinventingfabulous.com/, where she suggested we “take a moment” that I’m writing about happy pieces of time.          Like when someone tells your kid she’s just like you and your kid says, “Thank you.”      &nbs...

Five Stages Of Writing

 by Margie Senechal

The other day I posted on Facebook how in love with my WIP I was. And I am.

But, it dawned on me that when writing a book, we go through the same stages as one goes through when they fall in love.

First, there is infatuation or the butterfly stage. That's when you can't stop thinking about your book. You want to talk about it to everyone but if you're smart, you don't. At least I don't. I've learned the more I talk about my book, the less I "need" to write it as I've alr...

Sometimes We Do What We Gotta Do...

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