Category: interview

• DESSIE SMITH PRESCOTT – A WOMAN FOR THE AGES

  

  By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social As a freelance writer, I’ve been fortunate enough to write about some interesting events and people. In a few instances, I’ve even had the privilege of interviewing a handful of famous or infamous folks. Dessie Smith Prescott could be categorized as both famous and infamous, and the interview with her…

  P. C. Zick

  June 24, 2025

  Books by P. C. Zick, interview, Life in the United States, Ramblings of a Writer, travel, wildlife

  Cross Creek, Dessie Smith Prescott, Florida fiction, Florida nonfiction, Florida Women’s Hall of Fame, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, north Florida, rural Florida, St. Johns River, women pioneers

• TRAILS IN THE SAND CELEBRATES #FREE

  

  To start off Earth Day 2025 week, I’m offering my Florida Fiction novel, Trails in the Sand, for free downloads April 21-25. What does this novel have to do with Earth Day? Everything. Book Blurb: When environmental writer Caroline Carlisle sets off to report on endangered sea turtles during the Deepwater BP oil spill in…

  P. C. Zick

  April 20, 2025

  Books by P. C. Zick, environment, Environmental Concerns, interview, Life in the United States, Ramblings of a Writer, Trails in the Sand, wildlife

  BP oil spill, Cape Canaveral, Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Earth Day, Florida beaches, Florida environment, Florida Environmental Novel, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Gulf of Mexico, oiled wildlife, sea turtle eggs, sea turtle nests, Trails in the Sand

• MY MOVIE DEBUT – WATER’S JOURNEY

  

  I met Wes Skiles, a cave diving pioneer, explorer, and underwater cinematographer, soon after moving to High Springs, Florida. He also lived in High Springs. His business, Karst Productions, was based outside the small town. His photographs of the springs and caves, not only of caves and springs in the High Springs area, but also…

  P. C. Zick

  March 25, 2025

  interview, Life in the United States, Ramblings of a Writer

  cave diving, Florida springs, High Springs Florida, Ichetucknee Springs, movies, National Georgraphic, north Florida, PBS documentary, Peacock Springs Florida, Suwannee River, underwater cinematographer, underwater exploration, Water’s Journey, Wes Skiles

• A Memorable Interview with Joe Louis Clark

  One of the most memorable interviews of my decade-long career as a journalist occurred in August 2003 when I was the editor and reporter for The Observer, a monthly paper published in Alachua County, Florida. Just minutes from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, a new resident of Newberry caught everyone’s attention, particularly those…

  P. C. Zick

  September 16, 2024

  interview, Ramblings of a Writer

  black-history, discipline, education, Florida, history, Jesus, Joe Clark, Lean on Me, Morgan Freeman, movies, New Jersey, principal, Ronald Reagan, Shakespeare, Socrates, teaching