Here's a link to my second chapter:

http://myfox8.com/2014/12/10/local-womans-successful-second-act/

Greensboro Daily Photo

Book Club Fun at Vida Pour Tea Room on State St. in Greensboro

Thanks to Sandra Shields for inviting me, and to Janis Antorek for posting her photograph.

http://www.greensborodailyphoto.com/2015/02/mary-flinn.html

http://myfox8.com/2014/12/10/local-womans-successful-second-act/

Meet Greensboro Author Mary Flinn

Continuing on yesterday's theme of the people of Greensboro, today, we present Greensboro author, Mary Flinn.* Our book club just finished reading one of her most recent novels, The Nest, and Mary was nice enough to come to our book club...

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Upcoming Sales Events In 2015

Need to buy a book? Here are the upcoming events for 2015:

Saturday, February 21 O. Henry Book Fair, O. Henry Hotel, Greensboro, from 1-3

March 27-29 Spring Gift Market- State Fairgrounds Raleigh 

April 25- Spring Fest- Southern Pines

May 1-2 Kernersville Folly

May 3 Greensboro Farmers Curb Market Made 4 Craft Show

July 31-Aug 2 Craftsmen's Classic Craft Show - Myrtle Beach, SC

October 23-25 Made in the South- Concord, Greater Charlotte area

You can also order books directly from the website: www.TheOneNovel.com, as well as at local bookstores such as Scuppernong Books, and Barnes & Noble.

Mary Flinn and Mimi Williams, to whom Breaking Out was dedicated, at the launch party at Scuppernong's in Greensboro on November 6, 2014

Holiday Barnes & Noble Book Signings

Meet and greet me, and purchase your autographed copies of any of my six novels next week at local Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Gift-wrapping will be available at both stores. Here is the schedule for that last minute holiday shopping:

Saturday, December 20th at 1:00
Barnes & Noble
Oak Hollow Mall
906 Mall Loop Road
High Point, NC 27262

Sunday, December 21st at 1:00
Barnes & Noble
Friendly Center
3102 Northline Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27408

Happy Holidays To All My Readers!

You are my Christmas gift, this year and always. Without my readers I would not have continued to add chapters to my story as a writer, nor would the characters that I call friends live on my pages. Speaking of gifts, if you have another reader on your gift list this year, consider a book. If you order on this website before December 20th, I will be happy to gift-wrap your selection before shipping it out to its recipient.

Here's a little more about me and my story, as presented by Shelley Roupas at our local Fox 8 News affiliate. Thank you, Shelley, for helping me toot my horn!

http://myfox8.com/2014/12/10/local-womans-successful-second-act/

This is still my favorite shot of Remi...you may know her as Fella.

Breaking Out Book Launch Event Invitation

The public is cordially invited to attend a book launch celebration event for Breaking Out, the sixth novel by Mary Flinn. The event will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2014 from 6:00-9:00 pm at Scuppernong Books, 304 South Elm St., Greensboro, NC 27401. A book talk will begin at 6:30, followed by a book signing, and questions and answers. Light refreshments will be provided and beverages will be available for sale at the bar. Bring friends and enjoy an evening out in downtown Greensboro!

Teaser for upcoming book, Breaking Out, to be released in Fall 2014

Synopsis for Breaking Out

Dr. Susannah Brody, Magnolia Village’s only dermatologist, has treated every third person in the quaint little community. Still dealing with the loss of her second husband, with whom she converses on a daily basis, she dreads the upcoming separation she will face when her only child, eighteen-year-old Myers, will follow his dreams by attending a prestigious music school in Nashville, Tennessee in the fall.

Her loneliness is not helped by her sister dating her ex-husband and Myers’s father, Kent. After their marriage ended because Kent cheated on her, Susannah was lucky to find the love of her life in Stan Brody, only to lose him to a heart attack. Terrified at the prospect of dating and averse to being “fixed up” with undesirable men her age, introverted Susannah reminds her friends that she is not broken and does not need fixing.

Susannah’s attention quickly shifts away from herself when her best friend’s daughter, Casey French, goes missing. Casey is also Myers’s best friend, so Susannah wonders what he knows about the disappearance. Myers is a master at covering up his feelings after his parents’ traumatic divorce and his beloved stepfather’s death, so what is he not telling Susannah?

When Susannah’s neighbor, Detective Andrew Chase, becomes involved in the case, Susannah finds herself awkwardly thrown together with him. Chase is mired in the loss of his own spouse—Susannah’s former patient. While Susannah and Chase find some comfort in sharing their mutual grief with each other, will they be able to put their feelings aside in time to find Casey French? And could this potential tragedy be just what Susannah needs to break out of the ties that bind her?

Check back in September to see when and where the book launch will happen!