Tag: Smoky Mountains
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Head to the Mountains
Missing the Smokies This year marks the first one in eight that we haven’t spent the late spring settling into our cabin near Murphy, North Carolina. We sold the cabin in November, and while the best decision for us, I can’t help but sigh wistfully when I think about the majestic beauty of the Smoky…
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NEW RELEASE – MOUNTAIN MIRACLES
When I first moved to the Smoky Mountains for our summer retreat, I knew the setting would be the perfect place to write. I didn’t know that the setting would become the setting for a new series of books. But it did and since moving here last summer, I’ve written four books in the Smoky Mountain…
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WRITING ABOUT CHRISTMAS IN THE SUMMER AND BEGINNING ANEW
I wrote a novel and a novella this summer. A Merry Mountain Christmas was created as the temperatures soared to near nineties every day and humidity nearly has high. I had to close my eyes and imagine what it looked like in the mountains with a soft coating of snow. It wasn’t as difficult as you…
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LOOSE ENDS FOR NOW
On Monday, I finished my Christmas novella A Merry Mountain Christmas for the Christmas Pets & Kisses 2 box set that will be released in October. I did something a little different these past few months, and it’s probably good for me because I’m a very linear person. I began writing the third book in…
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#NaNoWriMo
I’ve been in shock since November 30. On that date, sometime around nine in the evening, I did something I’ve been wanting to do for years. I not only participated in National Novel Writing Month (November), but for the first time, I actually completed a 50,000-word novel in thirty days. Whew. As the hour approached…
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SNEAK PEEK – MINTY’S KISS IN CHRISTMAS PETS & KISSES
I’m proud to present an excerpt from my addition to Christmas Pets & Kisses. Minty’s Kiss is set in the Smoky Mountains during the holidays. I hope you enjoy reading a little bit from the first pages of this romantic novella. Minty’s Kiss – P. C. Zick When newly divorced Molly retreats to a family…
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BOOK REVIEW FRIDAY – THE TRUEST PLEASURE
I wrote about my experience with reading The Truest Pleasure by Robert Morgan on the blog Silver Threading in July. Click here to read my post for Mindful Monday and the personal impact the novel had on my life. From my professional view as a reader and an author, the book and its creator also impressed me. I…
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