Category: Ramblings of a Writer

• Book Review Friday – The Great Gatsby

  By Patricia Zick @PCZick I am a lover of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. So I was fascinated by director Baz Luhrmann’s attempt to recreate one of my favorite novels on the screen. Not only did the director need a movie so much larger than life, he also needed to outshine the earlier…

  P. C. Zick

  May 17, 2013

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  1920s, Daisy Buchanan, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, Leonard diCaprio, Paris, Robert Redfor, The Great Gatsby, Zelda

• Author Wednesday – Jane Edacott

  Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome Jane Endacott. She’s published Odious Seed and Other Stories, a collection of short stories, on Amazon Kindle. She’s currently writing a young adult fantasy novel. In her post, she discusses the writing of the new book in an unfamiliar genre for her as an author. How to Write…

  P. C. Zick

  May 15, 2013

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  amazon.com, authors, blog, fiction, short stories, writers, writing, YA fantasy

• Book Review Friday – Awareness Gentoku McCree

  By Patricia Zick @PCZick Gentoku McCree lives a gentle life, and he shares the success of his life with others through his thoughtful books. Awareness, one of those books, offers a primer on how to become thoroughly aware and comfortable in mind, body, and environment.“Awareness is a foundational skill in mindfulness practice.” Gentoku opens Awareness…

  P. C. Zick

  May 10, 2013

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  awareness, book reviews

• Author Wednesday – Gentoku McCree

  Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome Gentoku McCree, author of two self-help books, Fit and Mindful and Awareness. Gentoku stops by today with a guest post on “mindful writing.” He stops by again in June for a post on movement for writers. Blogging Pains By Gentoku McCree I used to hate writing. For years,…

  P. C. Zick

  May 8, 2013

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

• Book Review Friday – Vapor Trails

  By Patricia Zick @PCZick The subject of Vapor Trails by R.P. Siegel and Roger Saillant intrigued me from the start. I’ve been looking for other contemporary fiction novels with environmental themes, so when this one came across my twitter feed, I immediately researched it and then bought a copy. I wasn’t disappointed with the read,…

  P. C. Zick

  May 3, 2013

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  authors, book reviews, characters, corporate greed, environment, fiction, nature, New Orleans, oil, sustainability

• Author Wednesday – Jennifer Donohoe

  Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome Jennifer Donohoe, author of two fantasy novels, The Legend of the Travelers: Willow’s Journey and her most recent release, Fly Away.  Jennifer stops by today for an interview about her writing life. Welcome to Author Wednesday, Jennifer. Rachel Carson (Silent Spring) said she never chose a subject because…

  P. C. Zick

  May 1, 2013

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  amazon.com, blog, characters, e-book, fantasy, writers, writing

• Book Tour and Giveaway Continues

  I’m on a Virtual Book Tour this week with Trails in the Sand  – Visit tour stops to enter giveaway I’m on “tour” April 22-29 to celebrate the forty-third anniversary of Earth Day and to celebrate the publication of Trails in the Sand. At each stop, you’ll be able to enter a raffle for an…

  P. C. Zick

  April 28, 2013

  Books by P. C. Zick, Ramblings of a Writer, Route 66, Trails in the Sand

  blog, book tour, fiction, giveaway, Live from the Road, novel, Route 66, sea turtles, Trails in the Sand

• Trails Book Tour and Giveaway Continues

  I’m on a Virtual Book Tour this week with Trails in the Sand  – Visit tour stops to enter giveaway I’m on “tour” April 22-29 to celebrate the forty-third anniversary of Earth Day and to celebrate the publication of Trails in the Sand. At each stop, you’ll be able to enter a raffle for an…

  P. C. Zick

  April 27, 2013

  Books by P. C. Zick, Ramblings of a Writer, Route 66, Trails in the Sand

  blog, book tour, fiction, Live from the Road, novel, Route 66, Trails in the Sand

• Book Review Friday – Sailing Down the Moonbeam by Mary Gottschalk

  By Patricia Zick @PCZick On Author Wednesday, I interviewed Mary Gottschalk who wrote the memoir, Sailing Down the Moonbeam. Today I’m pleased to review the book that captures several years in the 1980s when Mary and her husband Tom embarked on an adventure to sail the world for five years. I thought it would be a…

  P. C. Zick

  April 26, 2013

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer, Route 66, Trails in the Sand

  book reviews, memoir, sailboat, sailing

• Enter to Win During Book Tour

  I’m on a Virtual Book Tour this week with Trails in the Sand  – Visit tour stops to enter giveaway I’m on “tour” April 22-29 to celebrate the forty-third anniversary of Earth Day and to celebrate the publication of Trails in the Sand. At each stop, you’ll be able to enter a raffle for an…

  P. C. Zick

  April 25, 2013

  Books by P. C. Zick, Ramblings of a Writer, Route 66, Trails in the Sand

  blog, environment, fiction, Live from the Road, Route 66, Trails in the Sand