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  • June 15, 2012

    Live from the Road – Free Friday, June 15

    How can you go wrong?  Live from the Road has received six 5-star reviews so far and today, June 15, it’s free to download to your Kindle or desktop. Take a trip down Route 66 with four wild and wacky women out to find the true meaning of their lives.

  • June 14, 2012

    Originally posted on Hazy Shades of Me: It’s a cozy little place, this blogosphere. At first, I was tentative, holding out. Afraid of scrutiny and criticism yes, but exposure…now that was the scary, no…terrifying, Walking Dead zombie, trapped in a sinking car, hanging off a ledge clinging to a loose rock kind of fear I…

  • June 12, 2012

    Route 66 Tuesday Trivia Contest

    It’s time again for June’s Route 66 Tuesday Trivia Contest. Post all three correct answers here, and I’ll gift you with an e-book of Live from the Road. I just need your email address. Here goes: How many miles of Route 66 passes through Kansas? What state is home to the Gemini Giant, a fiberglass…

  • June 11, 2012

    Common Attributes of Great Writing

    By P.C. Zick – @PCZick Writing that moves us contain common traits that create pure magic for the reader. Here’s a few of the most common attributes that I teach in my writing workshop “Creating Magic.” Common Attributes of Great Writing The language is clear, concise, logical, and uses economy. Clarity of writing equals communication…

  • June 11, 2012

    Originally posted on The Neophyte Writer: Writing can be a difficult task especially if you have time constraints. Writers can now use the internet as a great resource to find quick and easy ways to make writing fun and productive. I stumbled across a few sites that can help with making alphabetical lists, finding over…

  • June 8, 2012

    Who Needs an Editor?

    By P.C. Zick – @PCZick I only have one answer to the question of who needs an editor. Everyone who writes needs an editor. Recently, two beginning writers expressed something that quite astounded me. They both said they didn’t think it mattered if they knew the rules of writing because when they were accepted by…

  • June 6, 2012

    Originally posted on Living Lightly: By P.C. Zick – @PCZick Whenever I announce to a stranger I’m a writer, I often receive similar responses. “I’ve always wanted to write” or “I’ve got a story to tell” or “You wouldn’t believe the life I’ve had. I need to write a book.” I read something recently that…

  • June 5, 2012

    Route 66 Trivia Tuesday Contest!

    By P.C. Zick – @PCZick Win a free copy of Live from the Road in today’s Route 66 Trivia Tuesday Contest.Completion of Route 66 in 1926 signified a direct route from Chicago to L.A. for more than 2,000 miles (some records say 2,200, but I’ve seen 2,400). Along the way, odes to the Mother Road…

  • June 4, 2012

    Stonehenge – Missouri style

    By P.C. Zick – @PCZick We spent the  second night on Route 66 in St. Louis, where we met up with a friend who showed us Soulard, one of the many walkable neighborhoods in this city on the Mississippi River. Soulard retains nineteenth century charm with its red brick Victorian-style buildings and row houses dating…

  • May 29, 2012

    Route 66 Trivia Tuesday Give Away

    By P.C. Zick – @PCZick Route 66 Trivia Tuesday Contest – Be the first to answer the following three questions correctly and win an e-book copy of Live from the Road.  Leave your answer as a comment and the first one with all three correct answers wins! How long is Route 66 (within 100 miles)?…

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