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Sisters in Crime, Ray Bradbury, and Me – Part 1

By Lizbeth Hartz | October 10, 2015

Knowing I would be one of four mystery authors to participate in a panel discussion at a Sisters in Crime meeting at Makiki Library in September, 2015, I’d done my research. In a small hot area enclosed by bookcases, twenty or so of us Sisters (and Misters) in Crime pulled our chairs close to round…

Sisters in Crime, Ray Bradbury, and Me – Part 2

By Lizbeth Hartz | October 9, 2015

What did I want more than anything else in the world? To love a Prince Charming who also loved me. What did I have to armor up against, and go to battle with, in order to find love? My squelched voice, which became even more stifled when a killer searched for me after murdering my…

Sisters in Crime, Ray Bradbury, and me — Part 3

By Lizbeth Hartz | October 5, 2015

Before settling on the title Angel Hero, two titles I came up with were God Solves the Case, and Detective God. I didn’t choose either one because both sounded like a trivialization to me, sort of like taking The Creator’s name in vain, even though both titles were apropos of my experience. God did solve…

A Local Hero in This Land of Aloha

By Lizbeth Hartz | August 16, 2015

“Here’s to all the strong ones who don’t care if they win, the kind I’ll never see again” ~ Steve Winwood lyrics from his song, “Slowdown, Sundown” In my book Angel Hero, I tell the story of Vic, a real-life hero who lived on Oahu. Vic, a courageous firefighter and dear friend I had the…

First Chapter, Angel Hero, as Poetry

By Lizbeth Hartz | January 27, 2015

Thanks to the feedback from readers who said they liked the Angel Hero prologue poem I posted on Halloween, I am posting the next two poems. These touch on the events of the first part of Chapter One. First Part Chapter 1, Setting the Scene Minutes before midnight, couldn’t see much, moon hid…

The First Christmas Tree

By Lizbeth Hartz | December 25, 2014

Barry and I are visiting Barry’s 97-year-old mother Rosalani (Lani for short) for a few months. She is a charming, educated woman who was a gifted writer in her younger years. I brought my little Christmas tree from our home for Lani to enjoy. She liked it except for the blinking tree lights. “The tree…

Sisters in Crime, Ray Bradbury, and Me – Part 1

Sisters in Crime, Ray Bradbury, and Me – Part 2

Sisters in Crime, Ray Bradbury, and me — Part 3

A Local Hero in This Land of Aloha

First Chapter, Angel Hero, as Poetry

The First Christmas Tree

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