P.C. ZICK

November 11, 2013

New Release – An Unlikely Goddess

Hello and Happy Veterans Day to all those who have and are serving the United States. Today I’m happy to announce the release of Mohana Rajakuman’s new novel An Unlikely Goddess, winner of the SheWrites New Novelist Award, 2011. Watch the trailer for the book on YouTube: Here’s an excerpt from the book: An Unlikely…

November 8, 2013

Book Review Friday – Two Guys with Pen in the Sunshine State

Disclosure: As I prepared to write a review on two of my favorite Florida authors, I realized something about the way I write reviews. I’m much tougher on the bestselling authors than I am on Indie Authors. Therefore, I’m filing this disclosure to let you know I am biased and guilty of conflict of interest…

November 8, 2013

A Journal of the Past

November 6, 2013

Author Wednesday – Francis Guenette

Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I’m happy to introduce you to my guest author interview with Francis Guenette, author of Disappearing in Plain Sight, modern fiction with a splash of romance. Francis told me that Disappearing in Plain Sight “shows the characters grappling with the realities of grief and desire only to discover that there…

November 3, 2013

The Remarkable Journal of a Union Soldier

Carol Ervin, Author of the Mountain Women Series Civil War Journal of a Union Soldier was edited and published this year by P.C. Zick, great-granddaughter of Harmon Camburn, a sergeant in the Second Michigan Infantry from 1861-1864. Harmon Camburn gave the strongest years of his youth and lost his health in the war between the states. He…

November 1, 2013

#Book Review Friday – Sebastian by Christoph Fischer

@PCZick It took me some time to understand why the title of this book is Sebastian. The title character doesn’t appear very often, but his presence is felt in the stories of those–mostly women–around him. Sebastian, Christoph Fischer’s second novel in the Three Nations Trilogy, is set in Vienna and Galicia in Central Europe. His…

October 30, 2013

Author Wednesday – Christoph Fischer

@PCZick Welcome to Author Wednesday. I’m pleased to welcome back Christoph Fischer to my blog. Christoph writes historical fiction and recently published the third book in his Three Nations Trilogy, The Black Eagle Inn. The Luck of the Weissensteiners, Sebastian, and The Black Eagle Inn are set in Europe during either World War I, World…

October 28, 2013

#Civil War – From Detroit to Pittsburgh

@PCZick I love this excerpt from my great grandfather’s Civil War Journal. He joined the Union army two weeks after the first shots at Fort Sumter and became a member of the 2nd Michigan Infantry. This is his description of the first days of travel to reach Washington, D.C. for orders. Since I was born…

October 25, 2013

New Release from Christoph Fischer

@PCZick Today I am pleased to announce the publication of Christoph Fischer‘s book, The Black Eagle Inn, the third book in his Three Nations Trilogy. I reviewed the first book in the series, The Luck of the Weissensteiners, earlier this year. I’m currently reading the second book, Sebastian and plan to review it soon. He…

October 23, 2013

Author Wednesday – Michele Shriver

Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome back Michele Shriver who has just released her fourth novel, Finding Forever, a contemporary romance. Her other novels, After Ten, Sixth South, and Aggravated Circumstances fall into the category of women’s fiction. Michele last visited Author Wednesday in May, and I reviewed After Ten soon afterwards. It’s a pleasure…