Tag: BP oil spill

• TRAILS IN THE SAND CELEBRATES #FREE

  

  To start off Earth Day 2025 week, I’m offering my Florida Fiction novel, Trails in the Sand, for free downloads April 21-25. What does this novel have to do with Earth Day? Everything. Book Blurb: When environmental writer Caroline Carlisle sets off to report on endangered sea turtles during the Deepwater BP oil spill in…

  P. C. Zick

  April 20, 2025

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• Reality Informs Fiction: Trails in the Sand

  

  I’m a firm believer in the subject choosing the author. When that happens, it’s best to let the muse lead me to the keyboard and allow the words to find their way to the story. Trails in the Sand stands as my testament to the process.

  P. C. Zick

  April 21, 2019

  Books by P. C. Zick, Trails in the Sand

  BP oil spill, characters, contemporary fiction, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, environment, Florida Panhandle, Gulf of Mexico, literary fiction, oiled wildlife, sea turtle eggs, sea turtles, Trails in the Sand, writing process

• ANNIVERSARY AND CELEBRATION #oilspill

  

  Sometimes an anniversary involves a celebration of some sort. The events marked today are separate, yet inexplicably connected through virtue of their messages. Six years ago today, BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven men working on the rig and doing untold damage to the environment and wildlife as…

  P. C. Zick

  April 20, 2016

  Ramblings of a Writer

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• Reality Creeps Into Fiction – #DeepwaterHorizon

    Five years ago today, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon caught on fire.  Even though the newscasters downplayed its significance that morning, I felt a black cloud deepen. I’d just moved to southwestern Pennsylvania where news of the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster a few hours away in West Virginia still dominated local news.…

  P. C. Zick

  April 20, 2015

  Books by P. C. Zick, Trails in the Sand

  BP oil spill, characters, contemporary fiction, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, environment, Florida Panhandle, Gulf of Mexico, oiled wildlife, sea turtle eggs, sea turtles, Trails in the Sand

• 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…

  P. C. Zick

  April 19, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick, Trails in the Sand, Writing Ideas

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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

  April 1, 2014

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

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• Using Real Life in Fiction

  By P.C. Zick @PCZick Originally published April 23, 2013 on Words Unlimited, Back Story During April 2010, two significant man made disasters occurred in the United States. Both of the tragedies became a part of my life for the remainder of the year and led me to question how we live our lives. It took…

  P. C. Zick

  July 2, 2013

  Trails in the Sand

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• Weaving Real Events into Fiction

  By Patricia Zick @PCZick When I began the early scribbles for what eventually became Trails in the Sand, I was writing about current events. BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill still led the headlines as oil gushed unabated into the Gulf of Mexico. Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine explosion made headlines in few months after…

  P. C. Zick

  March 11, 2013

  Ramblings of a Writer, Writing Tips

  authors, BP oil spill, characters, coal mine disaster, current events, Deepwater Horizon, fiction, history, novel, writing

• All Writing is Opinion – So No Need to Shout

  Hello – I’m changing my routine a bit with Writing Whims. On Mondays, I’ll post my tips and thoughts about writing. On Wednesdays, I’ll be featuring other writers – please see the note below about Author Wednesday. On Fridays, I’ll post book reviews. Sometimes I might be reviewing a book by Wednesday’s author, or I…

  P. C. Zick

  March 4, 2013

  Ramblings of a Writer, Writing Tips

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