Category: Books by P. C. Zick

• #Florida Setting for My Novels

  I’m featured today on Francis Guenette’s blog Disappearing in Plain Sight in a guest post on the location of my novels. Please check it out and Francis’s wonderful review of Trails in the Sand.   Click here for the guest post and the insightful blog.  

  P. C. Zick

  July 20, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick

  authors, blog, book reviews, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, environment, fiction, Florida, Kindle, loggerhead, Trails in the Sand

• #Romance in A Month – I Did It

  The month has ended for Romance in a Month, and while I didn’t finish my first romance, Behind the Altar, I’m close. The bones are in place. I will write the final chapters–the resolution–this week, and I’ll have a draft. This project represents the first time I’ve participated in a month-long writing assignment, and it’s…

  P. C. Zick

  June 23, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick

  fiction, Florida, Florida fiction, novel, romance

• #RomanceinAMonth – Behind the Altar

  I’m taking the plunge this month. Starting on May 15, I began writing a romance with the trope–the well-known types of romance–of Forbidden Lover with an online group headed up by good friend and colleague, Rachelle Ayala. Every day for the next month we’re to write something, and by June 14, supposedly we’ll have the…

  P. C. Zick

  May 17, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick, Ramblings of a Writer

  authors, characters, fiction, novel, romance, women’s fiction

• Real Life Seeps into #Fiction

  I’m often asked if real life seeps into my novels. As we head into the anniversary of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on April 20, I’ve thought about how much of my life seeped into the writing of Trails in the Sand. During April 2010, two significant manmade disasters occurred in the United States. Both…

  P. C. Zick

  April 19, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick, Trails in the Sand, Writing Ideas

  amazon.com, authors, BP oil spill, characters, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, environment, fiction, Kindle, nature, novel, Trails in the Sand

• Book Review Friday – Underground Angel

  

  Underground Angel by Sheryl D. White, Ph.D., touched my heart so many ways that I’m finding it difficult to begin this review. Dr. White deftly takes the historical figure, Laura Smith Haviland, and lovingly creates a novel depicting the life and times of a woman noted for her unwavering dedication to the abolition of slavery.…

  P. C. Zick

  April 11, 2014

  Book Review Friday, Civil War, Ramblings of a Writer, Uncategorized

  abolitionist, amazon.com, Civil War, fiction, Harriet Beecher Stowe, historical fiction, Michigan, slavery, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Underground Railroad

• Writing from the Heart – For #.99 Cents

  Someone once said, “Write what you know.” That doesn’t mean that an author has to experience everything that appears in a work of fiction. To me it means to write what is in my heart. I lived in Florida for thirty years, and it’s in my heart. Most of my novels are set in the…

  P. C. Zick

  April 1, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick, Ramblings of a Writer, Trails in the Sand

  amazon.com, authors, BP oil spill, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Florida, Florida fiction, nature, Trails in the Sand, wildlife

• Trails in the Sand – Indie Book Award

  I woke this morning thinking today would be a day filled with nice things. I can’t say why I felt this way, but I did. A few minutes ago one of the many nice things happening today appeared in my inbox. Sometimes when we just keep plodding along despite our feelings of failure and inadequacy,…

  P. C. Zick

  March 17, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick, Ramblings of a Writer, Trails in the Sand

  amazon.com, authors, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, e-book, fiction, Florida, Florida fiction, novel, sea turtle eggs, sea turtles, Trails in the Sand

• Writer as the Main Character

  The main characters in most of my novels share at least one characteristic. They all write for a living or aspire to be writers. In my latest release, Trails in the Sand, the main character is an environmental writer. The choice of career is no accident on my part, and as an author, I’m not…

  P. C. Zick

  February 28, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick

  amazon.com, authors, characters, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, e-book, environment, fiction, Florida, novel, sea turtles, writers, writing

• Book Blitz with Juniper Grove Book Solutions

  It came as a delightful surprise when Jaidis over at Juniper Grove Book Solutions wrote me an email to inform me I’d won a one-day book blitz. I readily accepted my prize, and now the big day has arrived. There’s a drawing for my Florida fiction and environmentally focused novel, Trails in the Sand. U.S.…

  P. C. Zick

  February 13, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick

  amazon.com, authors, blog, book tour, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, e-book, fiction, giveaway, Kindle, novel, sea turtles, Trails in the Sand

• Time to Review and Renew

  Now that I’m in the down period before the start of 2014, I thought it a great time to look over the past year and the goals I set for myself. If that doesn’t discourage me, I’ll move into the new and renewed goals for 2014. The Writing Goals for 2013 Launch Trails in the…

  P. C. Zick

  December 27, 2013

  Books by P. C. Zick, Ramblings of a Writer

  amazon.com, authors, blog, Civil War, fiction, Florida, novel, psychological thriller