Tag: novel
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Win Live from the Road
Live from the Road is featured on Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews today. The blog contains an excerpt from the book, an interview with me and a chance to win either a print or kindle version of the book. Drop by and visit and enter to win! The contest ends September 22, 2012. I’m shamelessly…
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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…
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Tortoise Stew on Kindle
By Patricia Zick @PCZick As promised, I’ve now released Tortoise Stew on Kindle (by P.C. Zick). It’s a real deal at .99 cents. It was originally published in paperback in 2006 under my former name (Patricia Camburn Behnke). The new e-book version has been updated and edited. Here’s a review of the book from 2006.…
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Words of Wisdom?
“I carried scars, but those scars bring us to places where happiness is perhaps just having the morning paper in the driveway and the coffee steaming hot in the kitchen – the simple pleasures enjoyed in moments of grace.” from Live from the Road By P.C. Zick
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Wise words indeed
By Patricia Zick @PCZick“Always head in the direction you’re going.” Meg Newton, main character in Live from the Road.
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Five-Star Review
Diane Rapp is an author and book reviewer. She launched her latest book this week – Dragon Defense. Live from the Road – Five-Star Review by Diane Rapp When I began reading this book, I assumed it might be a travel story about the places visited. Thankfully the engaging story dragged me into the lives…
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I’m not whining – really
Two things happened this morning that gave me pause. Yesterday I finished a book on my Kindle. I’m not going to mention the name of the book, but I kept thinking I should write a review on amazon. So I went to the page and saw the book already had seventy-six reviews – all of…
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I’m fascinated
Today my book Live from the Road can be downloaded for free from amazon on Kindle. I thought I’d be casual about it today. On my last free day June 15, approximately 7,000 folks downloaded the book. And since then I’ve been waiting for a multitude of things to happen either separately or simultaneously. In…
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June 28 – Live is Free!
Live from the Road is free today, Thursday, June 28, until midnight. This promotional day is offered by the Kindle Direct Select program and gives me the chance to broaden the distribution of the e-book. Live from the Road is also available in print for $12.99. How can you go wrong? Here’s your chance to…
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An Interview with P.C. Zick
Here’s a nice interview by Rachelle Ayala on her blog Rachelle’s Window about my writing life. Thanks to Rachelle for making me sound interesting!