Tag: Deepwater Horizon oil spill

• Week 18: The Next Big Thing Blog Hop

  By Patricia Zick @PCZick I’m participating in my first blog hop, and I hope you’ll join me on this journey as we blog hop our way through some new reads. A blog hop gives readers an opportunity to find some wonderful authors you might have missed. Be sure to follow our blog hop and be…

  P. C. Zick

  October 24, 2012

  Ramblings of a Writer, Writing Ideas

  amazon.com, authors, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, e-book, editing, editors, fiction, healing, Karen White, Kathleen Heady, Live from the Road, love, novel, Pat Conroy, publishing, recovery, revising, sea turtle eggs, sea turtles, southern families, writers, writing

• Point of View

  “I almost always urge people to write in the first person. . .Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.” William Zinsser Point of view is crucial in a novel. One of the quickest ways to turn me from a book is immature point of view. I often experiment  with…

  P. C. Zick

  August 13, 2012

  Ramblings of a Writer, Style and Grace, Writing Ideas, Writing Tips

  A Visit from the Goon Squad, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, environment, fiction, first person, Jennifer Egan, novel, point of view, third person, tomatoes, writers

• The Marathon

  By P.C. Zick – @PCZick Disappointed? Yes. Discouraged? Absolutely. Ready to quit? Without a doubt. Is it time to throw in the towel? Not on my life. The launch of Live from the Road was less than stellar. I have not been “launched” into the stratosphere of phenomenal overnight success. Not even close. But when…

  P. C. Zick

  May 27, 2012

  Ramblings of a Writer, Uncategorized, Writing Ideas

  Deepwater Horizon oil spill, fiction, novel, sea turtles, writers, writers write, writing