Tag: novel

• Author Wednesday – Cate Beauman

  Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today Cate Beauman stops by Writing Whims to tell us about her new release Justice for Abby. Cate is the widely successful author of the romantic suspense series, The Bodyguards of L.A. County. Justice for Abby is the sixth book in this series. Welcome back, Cate. You’ve been busy since you…

  P. C. Zick

  June 4, 2014

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  amazon.com, authors, book reviews, Cate Beauman, fiction, L.A., novel, romance, romantic suspense, The Bodyguards of L.A. County

• Author Wednesday – Victoria Dougherty

  Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome Victoria Dougherty, who has just published her first novel, The Bone Church. Set in Prague over the past fifty years, this historical thriller encompasses political, cultural, and historical boundaries. Welcome, Victoria. It’s my pleasure to have you drop by for an interview today. I’m always fascinated about the…

  P. C. Zick

  May 28, 2014

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  amazon.com, authors, book reviews, characters, Europe, fiction, historicla thriller, novel, Prague, writers

• Book Review Friday – The Light Never Lies

  The Light Never Lies is the second in the Crater Lake Series by Francis Guenette, and last fall I read the first in the series, Disappearing in Plain Sight (click here for the review). What a pleasure to come back to the stars of that first novel and watch as they interact with each other…

  P. C. Zick

  May 23, 2014

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  amazon.com, authors, book reviews, Canada, character-driven novel, fiction, North Vancouver Island, novel

• #RomanceinAMonth – Behind the Altar

  I’m taking the plunge this month. Starting on May 15, I began writing a romance with the trope–the well-known types of romance–of Forbidden Lover with an online group headed up by good friend and colleague, Rachelle Ayala. Every day for the next month we’re to write something, and by June 14, supposedly we’ll have the…

  P. C. Zick

  May 17, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick, Ramblings of a Writer

  authors, characters, fiction, novel, romance, women’s fiction

• Author Wednesday – Christina Carson

  Welcome to Author Wednesday. Please give a warm welcome to one of my favorite authors, Christina Carson. Her novels are gems filled with wisdom and love. She’s here today to talk about her latest endeavor, Where it Began.   Where It Began: Book One of the Accidents of Birth Trilogy.  Breaking the Cardinal Rule Patricia…

  P. C. Zick

  May 14, 2014

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  characters, Civil Rights, Deep South, fiction, Mississippi, novel

• 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…

  P. C. Zick

  May 9, 2014

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  authors, book reviews, characters, fiction, Florida, Intercoastal, north Florida, novel, St. Augustine, writers

• 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

  amazon.com, authors, BP oil spill, characters, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, environment, fiction, Kindle, nature, novel, Trails in the Sand

• Book Review Friday – The Aviator’s Wife

  Last week, I reviewed Underground Angel by Dr. Sheryl White, which is an historical novel about the very real and heroic figure Laura Smith Haviland.  I recently read another historical novel about a real person, which again brought someone who seemed fictional into focus as an ordinary person in extraordinary circumstances. The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie…

  P. C. Zick

  April 18, 2014

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer, Uncategorized

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh, book reviews, Charles Lindbegh, fiction, first Atlantic solo flight, historical fiction, Lindbergh kidnapping, novel, World War II

• Book Review Friday – Unthinkable Consequences

    Unthinkable Consequences by Bob Rector Any book that begins in the Florida Keys with the main character as raw and organic as the landscape, captures my attention quickly. “The flora here was wanton, shamelessly beckoning to be pollinated. Like me, Paula thought, I need pollinating bad.” And so begins Unthinkable Consequences by Bob Rector.…

  P. C. Zick

  April 4, 2014

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  book reviews, Everglades, fiction, Florida, Florida Keys, novel, romantic thriller

• 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…

  P. C. Zick

  April 2, 2014

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  1950, authors, book reviews, fiction, Florida, Florida fiction, historical fiction, John D. MacDonald, novel, Palm Beach, Raymond Chandler, suspense. Erle Stanley Gardner, thriller