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  • Author Wednesday – Annamaria Bazzi

    Welcome to Author Wednesday on Writing Whims. Today, Annamaria Bazzi stopped by for an interview with two characters from her novel White Swans: A Regency Era, the first book in a series about  an orphan who cries herself to sleep and only to awake in a Regency castle. Patricia: Welcome to Writing Whims today, Annamaria. I…

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  • Weaving Real Events into Fiction

    By Patricia Zick @PCZick When I began the early scribbles for what eventually became Trails in the Sand, I was writing about current events. BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill still led the headlines as oil gushed unabated into the Gulf of Mexico. Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine explosion made headlines in few months after…

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  • Book Review Friday – Hidden Under Her Heart by Rachelle Ayala

    By Patricia Zick @PCZick Hidden Under Her Heart by Rachelle Ayala takes the reader up and down the emotional scales in the lives of Maryanne and Lucas. From their first meeting, the ride begins when Lucas plays a ridiculously immature prank on Maryanne who’s on duty in her job as a nurse. Maryanne is equally…

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  • Author Wednesday – Rachelle Ayala

    Welcome to the very first Author Wednesday on Writing Whims. I am very pleased to introduce Rachelle Ayala, author of Michal’s Window, Broken Build, and her latest release, Hidden Under Her Heart. Rachelle was kind enough to answer a few questions about her new book and about herself as a writer and a person.  …

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  • All Writing is Opinion – So No Need to Shout

    Hello – I’m changing my routine a bit with Writing Whims. On Mondays, I’ll post my tips and thoughts about writing. On Wednesdays, I’ll be featuring other writers – please see the note below about Author Wednesday. On Fridays, I’ll post book reviews. Sometimes I might be reviewing a book by Wednesday’s author, or I…

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  • Gratitude to Rebecca Berto and her Novel Girl blog for interviewing me.

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