Laura Libricz's Blog, page 15
December 8, 2016
#FlashFiction @lauralibricz
Vertical Barbituate Libby opened the door and stood aside, allowing Lasse to peek into the same room he had slept in last night. Eerie energy in here, he thought. She left him in the doorway andwalked to the front door, fluffed her short blonde bob in the mirror and sprayed a cheap, sweet perfume. Mini-Pink, she called it. She slid her shoes on, opened the front door and walked out. Lasse heard the door shut with a faint click. The stairs creaked with every step she took. She had said...
December 2, 2016
The Green Fairy #absinthe
Albert Maignan La Muse Verde, 1895 Swallows dive, dip and dart back into the misty-blue evening sky, dive again and sail over the juicy green grass. A nightingale practices her tune, loud and distinct over the lonely blackbird’s melody. The starling sustains one shrill, bending tone. Black cherry trees drench the air with their sweet fruity scent. Dandelions gone to seed, silky-yellow buttercups and the blood-magenta clover blossoms wave in the breeze. Blades of grass stand spear...
December 1, 2016
Thursday – A Little Personal – The #RRBC Writer’s Conference and Book Expo
via:John W. Howell’s Fiction Favorites
Beginning today (at 7:00 am Central Time) through Saturday Rave Reviews Book Club is hosting it’s annual Writer’s Conference and Book Expo. Please use this link to check it out. There are events for the public as well as members of the club. This link will take you to the WelcomePage where you can get an overview of what is included.
See this star?
That means that I will be there hosting an Author booth with my books and also along w...
November 24, 2016
BlogTalkRadio Interview Sat. 11-26 #RRBC
Welcome to RAVE REVIEWS BOOK CLUB’S BlogTalkRadio production of RAVE WAVES “TAG TEAM 2*4*5,” where Co-Hosts BILL WARD and JOHN W. HOWELL, are joined by new members AMIE O’BRIEN, LAURA LIBRICZ, BOB KERN, and COREY KNUTSEN. Join us as we become better acquainted with some of the newest additions to our RRBC family, and their books.
Follow this link:
Rave Waves BlogTalkRadioThe show will be...
November 21, 2016
Love Below Stairs: Rembrandt and His Maids #MondayBlogs
Today I’m over at Jessica Cale’s DirtySexyHistory talking about masters and their maids. Have a look!
Bathsheba at Her Bath. Rembrandt (1653)
Tales of masters involved with their maids have as much allure today as they did in history. In the news, we read sordid tales of Hollywood stars romantically involved with their personnel and the scandal reports of shameless household help preying on vulnerable celebrities. But what makes these relationships so intriguingly immora...
November 13, 2016
Magic Mushrooms #MondayBlogs
image by Alan Rockefeller The tree line glows a warm golden brown in the late afternoon sun. A hawk calls as he sails over the tops of the spruce trees. The smell of fallen leaves and fungi make me leave the path and venture into the brush. This is the season for a popular German pastime: Volkssport Pilzesammeln. Collecting mushrooms is a learned talent. Either you’ve had some guidance or you don’t touch the things. Many varieties are edible and downright delicious. I have a...
November 12, 2016
The Winter King, The Queen of Hearts, and the Thirty Years War
Thanks to Cryssa Bazos for letting me join her on her blog!
I have the pleasure of welcoming historical fiction author, Laura Libricz, whose novels take place in 17th century Germany. On June 10th, she is re-releasingThe Master and the Maid, the first novel of her Heaven’s Pond trilogy.
Today, Laura introduces us tothe Thirty Years War, that took place in the beginning of the 17th century in Central Europe. The events of the Thirty Years War had a profound effect on European and...
November 10, 2016
The Soldier’s Return #historicalfiction
Germany, 1626
A senseless war rips through parts of Germany. Ongoing animosity between the Catholics and the Protestants has turned into an excuse to destroy much of the landscape in the territories situated between France, Italy and Denmark. But reli
gion only plays a minor role in this very lucrative business of war. What better way to wage war than with underpaid, starving, sick, desperate mercenary soldiers?...
November 4, 2016
Friday #FlashFiction @lauralibricz
“Try this,” I said. “Drink some.”
He shook his head no and kissed the blonde girl as she sat back down on his lap. I lit a cigarette and passed it to the girl, burning her hair as she flicked her ponytail over her shoulder to conceal her left breast.
“Stupid woman,” she spat at me as she stood up and marched away, stiletto heels uncertain in the thick-piled carpet.
I held the glass out to him again. “Drink. You promised. Otherwise I would have left you two outside.”
His green e...
November 2, 2016
The Georgian Washing Day
This wonderful post comes from Pen and Pension, the blog of William Savage. Will writeshistorical mystery novels, set in Norfolk between 1760 and 1800. His first in this series, “An Unlamented Death”, appeared in January 2015. Thesecond book, “The Fabric of Murder” was published in May2015. The third installment, “The Code for Killing”, will be published on 25th January, 2016.
As I noted in a recent posting, one of the myths that goes the rounds is that everyone in the past wa...
