Tag: Rachel Carson

• FALLING IN LOVE WITH PITTSBURGH

  

  I fell in love twice during the summer of 2009. The first time I fell in love with the man who would become my husband. The second time I fell in love with Pittsburgh, the city he had called home for more than three decades. “You’re moving where?” family and friends asked when I announced…

  P. C. Zick

  August 19, 2025

  Life in the United States, Ramblings of a Writer, travel

  Andy Warhol, City of Bridges, Heinz Field, Jonas Salk, Mr. Rogers, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park, Rachel Carson, Roberto Clemente, Steelers, travel

• CELEBRATING EARTH DAY 2025

  

  Fifty-five years ago on April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated. Maybe the word “celebration” doesn’t quite fit here because its inception came as the result of some horribly tragic events—an oil spill and the discovery by a woman scientist/writer of the harm done to wildlife and humans from pesticides. All those years…

  P. C. Zick

  April 22, 2025

  Books by P. C. Zick, environment, Environmental Concerns, Life in the United States, Trails in the Sand, wildlife

  Allegheny River, bald eagles, DDT, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Department of Environmental Protection, Earth Day, Earth Day 2025, Florida Environmental Novel, Florida fiction, oil spill, pesticides, Pittsburgh, Rachel Carson, Santa Barbara oil spill, Silent Spring, Trails in the Sand, wildlife

• AUTHOR WEDNESDAY – S.R. MALLERY

  I welcome S.R. Mallery to Author Wednesday today. This talented author recently published a collection of short stories, Tales To Count On with a unique combination of genres, including historical, Gothic, and fantasy—with many twist endings. If you’ve ever read any of the O Henry short stories and enjoyed them, you’ll be in for a treat with this collection.…

  P. C. Zick

  April 22, 2015

  Author Wednesday

  Earth Day, fantasy, Gothic, historical fiction, O Henry, Rachel Carson, S.R. Mallery, short stories, Silent Spring, twisted endings

• Author’s Blog Chain

  It’s my pleasure today to participate in the Author’s Blog Chain. Francis Guenette tagged me on her blog, Disappearing in Plain Sight. I also reviewed her delightful novel, Disappearing in Plain Sight. Please visit her blog. She writes thoughtful pieces on the process of becoming and sustaining a career as an Indie Author. I’ve found many…

  P. C. Zick

  January 27, 2014

  Ramblings of a Writer, Style and Grace

  amazon.com, Anne Rivers Siddons, authors, Carl Haissen, characters, environment, fiction, Florida, Florida environment, Florida fiction, Indie Authors, Mali, novel, Rachel Carson, science fiction, writers

• Write that Novel

  “If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.” — Dashiell Hammett June 1924 Love this quote. Rachel Carson once said the writer…

  P. C. Zick

  May 9, 2012

  Writing Tips

  novels, Rachel Carson, story, writers, writers write, writing