Michelle Garren-Flye

The next Next Chapter Literary Magazine: Silence

It’s past time for me to announce our literary magazine for January, but to be honest, I had been struggling to come up with the right theme. It wasn’t until the events of this past week that I finally realized, it had been whispering to me for some time. The only reason I couldn’t hearContinue reading “The next Next Chapter Literary Magazine: Silence”

Celebrating success!

“If you don’t celebrate your successes, who will?” I’m celebrating the success of my first ever author “invitational” yesterday. It meant so much that these three ladies chose to join me for three hours to promote their books. And it meant even more that so many from the community showed up to support them! OurContinue reading “Celebrating success!”

I’d like to do this when I retire.

I hear this about both writing and owning a bookstore. I’ve never thought of either vocation that way, so it’s interesting to me that some do. It makes me smile and think, “Good luck.” Owning a bookstore is much more than a hobby. Writing a book is more than something you do when you retire.Continue reading “I’d like to do this when I retire.”

Sometimes you get things wrong

In any industry that requires you to deal with the public, you can sometimes get things wrong. Maybe you are a little too irritable on a particular day. Maybe you’ve already dealt with unreasonable people too often. Maybe you just snap back a little too hard when someone snaps at you. No matter the reason,Continue reading “Sometimes you get things wrong”

Thank you for being here.

I’ve heard that so many times since taking over this little bookstore. At first it didn’t make any sense. “Thank you”? Why should you thank me? This is my dream. Owning a little bookstore and seeing people’s happiness when they come to visit. Hearing parents tell their children “This is what bookstores are like.” BecauseContinue reading “Thank you for being here.”

First (Official) Blog Post

From time to time I think of something that might be kind of neat to mention in a blog post that’s about my bookstore, but I’ve never had the ambition to start one before. (I accidentally made two other posts at some point. One was the hours of the store, and the other was aContinue reading “First (Official) Blog Post”