Category: Ramblings of a Writer

• BOOK REVIEW FRIDAY – NO MORE MULBERRIES

  No More Mulberries by Mary Smith captured my attention because I love to read stories set in cultures different from my own, but with the commonality of the human condition to draw me into the plot. The author managed to pull me into the story within the first page. Set in rural Afghanistan, Miriam and Iqbal exist…

  P. C. Zick

  July 10, 2015

  Book Review Friday

  Afghanistan, Mary Smith, No More Mulberries, post-9/11, Russia, Scotland, Taliban

• A FAVORITE INTERVIEW

  Fellow author EFFROSYNI MOSCHOUDI interviewed me this week. Her questions gave me the opportunity to talk about some of my favorite things. Take a look by clicking here! In other news, we’ve moved into our cabin in North Carolina, but the rains are keeping us from doing much of anything outdoors. So I putter inside and…

  P. C. Zick

  July 2, 2015

  Ramblings of a Writer

  Effrosyni Moschoudi, Fourth of July, interview, mountains, North Carolina, P.C. Zick

• AUTHOR WEDNESDAY – CATE BEAUMAN

  Award-winning romantic suspense author Cate Beauman is back with the ninth full length novel in the Bodyguards of L.A. County series, Answers For Julie. Blurb:  Julie Keller relishes the simple things: hot chocolate on winter nights, good friends she calls her family, and her laid-back career as a massage therapist and yoga instructor. Julie is…

  P. C. Zick

  July 1, 2015

  Author Wednesday

  Answers for Julie, Bodyguards of L.A., Cate Beauman, L.A. detectives, romantic suspense, young adult fiction

• BOOK REVIEW FRIDAY – CHASING DOWN THE NIGHT

  Chasing Down the Night  – Crater Lake Series, Book 3 by Francis Guenette I’m not usually a reader of novels in a series. That changed when I fell in love with Francis Guenette’s Crater Lake setting and characters. Beginning with the first book in the series, Disappearing in Plain Sight, I settled in with Izzy and Liam,…

  P. C. Zick

  June 26, 2015

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  British Columbia, Canada, Chasing Down the Night, contemporary fiction, Crater Lake, Disappearing in Plain Sight, Francis Guenette, literary fiction, Vancouver Island

• AUTHOR WEDNESDAY – AMALIE JAHN

  Today Amalie Jahn visits Author Wednesday to talk about her young adult time travel series The Clay Lion. Amalie also writes adult fiction, and I’m proud to share a slot with her and other authors in the box set At Odds With Destiny. In this set, Amalie’s Among the Shrouded, where an ancient prophesy foretells the birth…

  P. C. Zick

  June 24, 2015

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer, Uncategorized

  Amalie Jahn, Among the Shrouded, paranormal, psychics, The Clay Lion, time travel, young adult, young adult time travel

• AUTHOR WEDNESDAY – EFFROSYNI MOSCHOUDI

  It’s my pleasure to welcome Effrosyni Moschoudi to Author Wednesday. Hailing from Greece, she offers up some intriguing stories combining Greek culture, myths, and romance.  Her debut novel, The Necklace of Goddess Athena, is an urban fantasy of Greek myths and time travel, a touching family story with a good measure of romance. In 2014, it made…

  P. C. Zick

  June 17, 2015

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  Brighton West Pier, Effrosyni Moschoudi, Greece, Greek mythology, mythology, paranormal romance, time travel

• AUTHOR WEDNESDAY – MARY SMITH

  I’m very excited about introducing you to this week’s author, Mary Smith. Her debut novel, No More Mulberries, continues to garner praise  for its portrayal of marriage and life in Afghanistan. She’s created a novel of distinction about intimacy and adaptation, while offering up historical perspective on the Afghan culture. Welcome to Author Wednesday, Mary. It’s lovely of you…

  P. C. Zick

  June 10, 2015

  Author Wednesday

  Afghan women, Afghanistan, authors, Mary Smith, Middle East, mixed marriages, No More Mulberries, Pakistan, romance

• AUTHOR WEDNESDAY – STELLA EROMONSERE-AJANAKU

  I welcome romance writer Stella Eromonsere-Ajanaku to Author Wednesday today. When were you first able to call yourself a “writer” or “author?” My writing took an active turn in 2010 when I first published Flirty & Feisty Romance first novel titled; Loitering Shadows. I love to write and romance is my No. 1 passion. At the…

  P. C. Zick

  June 3, 2015

  Author Wednesday

  contemporary romance, romance

• AUTHOR WEDNESDAY – FRANCIS GUENETTE

  Today I welcome back Francis Guenette, author of the Crater Lake series. She’s recently published Chasing Down the Night, the third book in the series. I loved each of the previous novels, Disappearing in Plain Sight and The Light Never Lies. I’m very pleased to turn over the reins of Author Wednesday to her capable hands. Writing…

  P. C. Zick

  May 27, 2015

  Author Wednesday

  Canada, contemporary ficiton, Crater Lake, Francis Guenette, serial, series

• AUTHOR WEDNESDAY – ANDREW P. WESTON

  Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome bestselling author Andrew P. Weston who’s here to talk about the creation of his very successful novel The IX, science fiction fantasy with mythology and alternative history thrown in the mix. It’s quite a journey for readers who love any genre of fiction. See for yourself. Here’s Andrew’s blurb about…

  P. C. Zick

  May 20, 2015

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  9th Legion, Abraham Lincoln, fantasy, historical fiction. alternative history, Native Americans, Plains Cree nation, science fiction, science fiction fantasy, Scotland