P.C. ZICK

February 7, 2013

Organization for the Indie Author

By Patricia Zick @PCZick I’ve been working as an Indie Author for almost a year. At times, it feels as if I’m floating, and sometimes drowning, in an excess of advice, information, and time-consuming minutiae. As a fairly organized person who can multitask, I haven’t felt comfortable, so I decided to organize the tasks I…

January 31, 2013

The Next Big Thing Blog Hop

By Patricia Zick @PCZick Author Lynn Thompson http://www.lynnthompsonbooks.com asked if I’d participate in the Next Big Thing Blog Hop! Since I launched my Next Big Thing Novel (Trails in the Sand) yesterday, January 30, it seemed quite appropriate to participate in my second blog hop. This blog hop requires me to answer ten questions about…

January 30, 2013

New Release – Trails in the Sand

Press Release Deepwater Horizon disaster and sea turtles serve as backdrop in new novel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – January 30, 2013 – In Trails in the Sand by P. C. Zick, environmental writer Carolyn Carlisle reports on the danger sea turtles face as oil heads to the Florida coast from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in…

January 27, 2013

Giveaway at Goodreads

By Patricia Zick @PCZick I wrote a nonfiction book in 2009 for and about a man and woman in Chiefland, Florida, who suffered first through an act of terrorism in Angola and then faced full-blow Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms for nearly two decades as they faced the trials of the man’s kidnappers. Two Moons…

January 24, 2013

Time to Start Another Novel

By Patricia Zick @PCZick It’s time to start another book now that Trails in the Sand is finished. Finding the time to begin the new work is nearly impossible because my days are taken up with promoting the novel, submitting it to different websites, and finding reviewers for the book. I’m not really starting a…

January 21, 2013

New Release from Rachelle Ayala

Fellow author and blogger, Rachelle Ayala has released a new book this week, Hidden Under Her Heart. The book is available for .99 cents January 21-23 on amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Synopsis: Maryanne Torres is a compassionate nurse who fails at relationships. After a string of losers, she swears off premarital sex, hoping to…

January 19, 2013

Authors Needed for Blog Hop

By Patricia Zick @ PCZick I’ve been invited to partake in a blog-hop soon, and I need five authors to post the week after me. I’ll post your contact information on my post Jan. 31. In my post, I’ll answer ten questions about my latest work. On Feb. 7, the authors I linked in my…

January 17, 2013

A Hemingway Feast

By Patricia Zick @PCZick Confession time: I’ve never been a great fan of Ernest Hemingway’s writing. It leaves me cold. That’s not to say he isn’t a brilliant writer; I’m only saying his style of writing is not my favorite. I go more for Fitzgerald and Steinbeck. Nonetheless, I longed to read A Moveable Feast,…

January 10, 2013

Originally posted on Savvy Writers & e-Books online: . . Last October I wrote a blog post why every author should offer print versions of their e-books. In the meantime I discovered even more reasons to have at least a small amount of printed books listed. Read on: E-book authors might be happy with their…

January 3, 2013

Good advice from author Rebecca Berto.