Tag: authors
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Book Review Friday – Heart of Palm
Laura Lee Smith’s Heart of Palm captured my heart first with its setting in north Florida where I lived for thirty years, and second, with its quirky Bravo family drawn in the best of southern family traditions. The Bravo family lives in the fictional small town of Utina on the Intercoastal just a short drive…
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Author Wednesday – Therin Knite
Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome science fiction/mystery writer, Therin Knite. Therin is a college student, whose first novel Echoes was published this year. Welcome, Therin. It’s exciting to have such an accomplished college student as a guest today. It makes me wonder when you first discovered your voice as a writer. Age…
P. C. Zick
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Book Review Friday – Savannah’s Bluebird
Lori Crane has done it again. She’s written another southern historical novel with unforgettable characters. Savannah’s Bluebird is set in the years after the stock market crash in 1929 in Biloxi. The delightful story of the bluebird and its relation to true love stands at the center of this charming and magical tale of the…
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Author Wednesday – Lori Crane
Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome Lori Crane, the author of several books of historical southern fiction. Lori visited Author Wednesday last year and I reviewed her novel, Elly Hays for Book Review Friday. I’m so happy she returned today to tell us a bit about her new release, Savannah’s Bluebird. Welcome, dear friend.…
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Book Review Friday – Anne Rivers Siddons
“Trails in the Sand is Southern drama on the scale of Anne Rivers Siddons, where family secrets lie as deep as a mangrove swamp, skeletons molder in the woodwork, and the honeyed smiles of Southern belles mask seething resentment. -Clare Chu, Amazon top 100 reviewer” When I received this review for my novel, I beamed…
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Real Life Seeps into #Fiction
I’m often asked if real life seeps into my novels. As we head into the anniversary of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on April 20, I’ve thought about how much of my life seeped into the writing of Trails in the Sand. During April 2010, two significant manmade disasters occurred in the United States. Both…
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Author Wednesday – Albert Isaac
Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome author Albert Isaac who writes science fiction as well as humorous essays on life. His novels are Endless and its follow-up Utopia Revisited, which he recently published. In this novel, Astronaut Kyle Lucas Metheny becomes an unlikely savior when his experimental flight goes terribly wrong. He awakes in…
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Author Wednesday – Bob Rector
Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I’m pleased to introduce, Bob Rector, whose book Unthinkable Consequences is a fast-paced thriller with lots of sensual romance. I’ll be reviewing the book on Book Review Friday so I won’t say much more than the book was a wonderful surprise. Welcome, Bob. It’s pleasure to interview you today. Let’s…
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New Release from Michele Shriver – Leap of Faith
I’m happy to announce a new book by one of my favorite Indie Authors, Michele Shriver. I read and reviewed After Ten and just finished Finding Forever. They’re both wonderful reads and can’t wait to delve into Leap of Faith. Author Michele Shriver presents a story of healing and second chances. Leap of Faith Single…
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Writing from the Heart – For #.99 Cents
Someone once said, “Write what you know.” That doesn’t mean that an author has to experience everything that appears in a work of fiction. To me it means to write what is in my heart. I lived in Florida for thirty years, and it’s in my heart. Most of my novels are set in the…
P.C. ZICK 