Liz Flaherty's Blog, page 29

March Madness by Liz Flaherty

Congratulations to all county basketball teams for the skill, sportsmanship, and spirit of competition they've shown this season. 

The term March Madness means different things to different people, doesn't it?

To a lot of people, it has to do with basketball. While the NCAA uses the phrase, I will always prefer high school. Although the tournaments don't start in March, they end then, so I'm good with calling it March Madness. I remember sectional time from when I was in elementary school, when th...

Books & Bribes by Lucinda Race

Books & Bribes , Bookstore Cozy Mystery Series

by Lucinda Race

In a small town like Pembroke Cove, Maine, everyone has something to hide. But when bookstore owner Lily Michaels takes a tumble and hits her head, and her cat Milo starts talking to her, she discovers she has something to hide, too. She’s a witch, and Milo is her familiar. And she’s not the only one in town. Lily has been hiding something else, too. Even though she’s always kept Gage Erikson in the friend zone, her feelings for the m...

Earworms and Pretoria by Liz Flaherty

Have you ever given thought to how an earworm gets created? I know, you hear something and it won't go away, but sometimes it has an identifiable process. Stick with me here. Not because I know what I'm talking about but because I depend on you to say, "Yeah, like that..."

I've been working on this post the past few days, writing the prologue up there so you can be thinking about who next week's business should be. Trying to think of something to write that's...you know, interesting. And I realiz...

Being A Friend by Liz Flaherty

I really, really think the secret to being loved is to love. And the secret to being interesting is to be interested. And the secret to having a friend is being a friend. - ~Unknown Author
This was in my Facebook memories this week. Jason See, a pastor who grew up "down the road," shared it several years back and I borrowed it from him. And didn't give it back. I'm pretty sure he didn't expect me to.

Because it's one of those things you keep, and yet you give it away, too. And when you give it awa...

The Uncommon Cold by Liz Flaherty

Everything has become something more, hasn't it? I got a cold in November, which stretched into an eye infection, an ear infection, and me rethinking the whole getting old thing. I've really enjoyed it up until this winter, but that cold, eye infection, and ear infection lasted close to six weeks. I thought for sure Covid had caught up with me, but I passed the test each time and never for one minute lost my appetite. I'm the only person I know who gets sick and gains weight. 

I survived January....

Mortar & Pestle Stories by D. V. Stone

Sea Hunter
A Mortar & Pestle Story
Release Date 3/16/23

Purchase link Sea Hunter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRYJLLW1

Link to series https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BS42PKHZ

Link to Free Sample of series https://dl.bookfunnel.com/b1ytv2r7nq

A wisp of smoke, a swirl of promise, a breath of destiny…a message within the Mortar & Pestle for those who want to believe. Throughout time people have sought their heart’s desire. But true love is often elusive. Carved w...

On Being Famous by Liz Flaherty

Photo by Brenda's Au Courant ImagesMy friend Nan Reinhardt and I went to Clifty Falls State Park this week for a writing retreat. We take off a couple of times a year, staying gone for four or five days, writing like madwomen while being uninterrupted by things like making beds, cooking, doing laundry, or putting anything away. We come home both exhausted and enlivened by the time away. We've finished books, started books, and made our way out of the morass the middles of books (for me) often ar...

Being Famous by Liz Flaherty

Photo by Brenda's Au Courant ImagesMy friend Nan Reinhardt and I went to Clifty Falls State Park this week for a writing retreat. We take off a couple of times a year, staying gone for four or five days, writing like madwomen while being uninterrupted by things like making beds, cooking, doing laundry, or putting anything away. We come home both exhausted and enlivened by the time away. We've finished books, started books, and made our way out of the morass the middles of books (for me) often ar...

Just wondering... @LizFlaherty

We were driving to Kokomo the other day and I saw something I'd wondered about for a long, long time. It took me 15 minutes to forget what it was. 

I wonder why I don't write things down.

In the 1960s, when I was in school, the primary concern of many people (for girls) was their virtue. I mean, it was an enlightened age, so they were okay with us getting an education and all, but, you know...virtue. So I wonder why we had to wear dresses to school. Dresses were pretty, but I can't think they adde...

Beating in Time by M. J. Schiller

BEATING IN TIME , Last Chance Beach Romance, #15

Music took him away from her. Music brought him back. But are their hearts still beating in time?

Once upon a time, their hearts beat as one…

Drummer Levi Cannon knows that all the platinum records in the world won’t fill the Remi-sized hole in his heart.

I left Last Chance Beach and Remington Lawson behind when I took my shot at fame and fortune, but I had no idea what I was sacrificing. Now that a fundraiser has brought me home, I want more than ...