Tag: Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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Enter Giveaway On My Virtual Book Tour
April 22-29 – Trails in the Sand goes on a Worldwind Virtual Book Tour I’ll be out on “tour” April 22-29 to celebrate the forty-third anniversary of Earth Day and to celebrate the publication of Trails in the Sand. At each stop, you’ll be able to enter a raffle for an exciting giveaway at the…
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Book Review Friday – Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
By Patricia Zick @PCZick For months the book sat in my “to read” pile. Then I pulled it out and placed it on the coffee table. It teased me as I savored the anticipation building to the moment I opened the cover and began reading the poetry of Barbara Kingsolver’s prose. Flight Behavior, Kingsolver’s latest…
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Checking on 2013 Goal Progress
By Patricia Zick @PCZick At the beginning of the year, I posted my goals for 2013. Here we are three months into the year, so it’s time to see how I’m doing once again. I highly recommend checking on the goals. I’ve never done it before this year, and I’m finding it’s a great motivator…
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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…
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My Interview with Jennifer Donohoe
Jennifer Donohoe is a fellow author and blogger (A World of Writing). She does a wonderful job of also promoting her colleagues. Yesterday, she posted a summary of my new novel, Trails in the Sand, along with the first chapter. Originally, she intended to post an interview with me for her Wednesday evening author interview…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Birthday Celebration – Giving it Away
By Patricia Zick @PCZick I decided the best way to celebrate another year was to giveaway my book during the holidays. I’m a Christmas baby (December 23). I’m grateful I made it through another year, and I’m extremely grateful to have published two book in 2012. Live from the Road went “live” on amazon in…
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A Second Look at the First Chapter
By Patricia Zick @PCZick One of my fellow bloggers at eternal Domination gave me this idea for a first “look” at my current work. His post Kool Challenge: Look Back at Look gave credit to the blog Read Tom Lucas for this idea. I decided to follow and do the same thing, and I hope…
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