Tag: St. Augustine

• LIGHTHOUSE PASSION SERIES – ST. AUGUSTINE

  

  Whenever I mention the lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida, on Anastasia Island, I know immediately if that person has been there. Gasps of “Now that’s a climb” or some variation usually occur. The 209 steps appear daunting, and it can seem as if the winding spiral staircase is never going to end , but suddenly…

  P. C. Zick

  May 6, 2025

  Books by P. C. Zick, environment, historical fiction, Lighthouses, Ramblings of a Writer

  Florida lighthouses, lighthouse, Native Lands, Sir Francis Drake, Spanish arrival in Florida, St. Augustine, Timucuans

• SMALL TOWNS ROCK – PALATKA, FLORIDA

  

  Any discussion about the Florida town of Palatka begins and ends with the St. Johns River, which helped create the community centuries ago. Back in its golden days, many called it the “Gem City of the St. Johns.” The St. Johns River flows for 310 miles northward, making it Florida’s longest river. It begins in…

  P. C. Zick

  March 18, 2025

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

  Azalea City Brewing Co., citrus industry, Florida, Florida history, Gilded Age, Jacksonville, Mayport, Native Americans, Palatka, paper mills, rural Florida, shrimping, small towns, Spanish arrival in Florida, St. Augustine, St. Johns River, Timucuans

• GRAB A #FREE COPY OF NATIVE LANDS

    To celebrate my love for Florida’s landscapes and people, I’m offering free Kindle downloads February 13-17. After you’ve read a little bit about the book and a review from my valued and talented colleague, Christoph Fischer, download your copy today. And happy Valentines Day to you. Click here for your FREE copy. Native Lands…

  P. C. Zick

  February 13, 2017

  Ramblings of a Writer, Uncategorized

  contemporary fiction, Everglades, Florida, Native Americans, Native Lands, P.C. Zick, St. Augustine

• Native Lands Released Today!

  It’s an exciting day for me–one eight years in the making. Native Lands is now a reality. It went from Connecting the Dots in its original form in 2006 when I participated in a Novel in a Month group. My month stretched out into 100 months, but I did take a break from it in…

  P. C. Zick

  October 29, 2014

  Books by P. C. Zick

  amazon.com, contemporary fiction contemporary romance, environment, Everglades, Florida, Florida fiction, Native Americans, nature, novel, St. Augustine, Timucuans

• 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

• The Threads of a Novel

  It’s been a good month for working on my new novel Native Lands. I’ve mentioned before on this blog that I started this book back in 2006. Back then, I called it Connecting the Dots because that’s what I wanted to do in the novel: I wanted to connect people and environments to show how…

  P. C. Zick

  December 13, 2013

  Ramblings of a Writer

  characters, environment, fiction, Florida, Florida Environmental Novel, historical fiction, novel, Seloy, St. Augustine, Timucuans

• Beach Driving and Other Atrocities

  By Patricia Zick @ P.C. Zick Today I’m working on my next novel about Florida and its fragile environment. Native Lands begins when Mangrove Mike notices the sound of machines ripping apart his beloved and sacred Everglades. He brings it to the attention of his friend Barbara, who is an environmental columnist for the Miami…

  P. C. Zick

  July 8, 2013

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

  environment, environmental, Everglades, Florida, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, habitat, loggerhead, natural world, nesting, sea turtle eggs, sea turtles, shorebirds, St. Augustine, wetlands

• Summer Writing on Florida Novels

  By Patricia Zick @PCZick I’m still here even though I’m not posting as much. Summertime and the living is anything but easy around my house. The garden is starting to produce, the boat is in the slip, and the kayaks beckon every time I walk by them. Saturday we spent a portion of the day…

  P. C. Zick

  June 24, 2013

  Books by P. C. Zick

  amazon.com, anatagonist, authors, blog, characters, environment, fiction, Florida, novel, protagonist, sea turtles, St. Augustine, Trails in the Sand, writers

• The Wise Writer Does Not Make the Oprah Angry

  By Patricia Zick @PCZick When I began my writing career, somewhere in the back on my mind I still held the romantic vision of myself typing on a manual typewriter lost all day in the world I would create on the page. If only. When my first novel came out in 2000, my publisher wrote…

  P. C. Zick

  October 12, 2012

  Ramblings of a Writer

  authors, fiction, James Frey, lighthouse, memoir, nonfiction, novel, Oprah, publishing, St. Augustine, writers, writing