Tag: World War I

• Author Wednesday – David Lawlor

  

  I am pleased to present David Lawlor today for Author Wednesday. David’s visited my blog several times before and I’ve reviewed his Liam Mannion books here, but today he’s stopping by to tell us about his new release, which is a departure from his usual historical fiction set in Ireland in the post World War I…

  P. C. Zick

  March 4, 2015

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  contemporary fiction, David Lawlor, High Crimes, historical fiction, Ireland, Irish, Liam Mannion, stalker, suspense, thriller, World War I

• Book Review Friday – Go Away Home

  In an Author Wednesday interview with author Carol Brodensteiner, I asked her the best thing someone could say about her novel Go Away Home. She said, “I think the best thing someone could tell me is that they were touched by the characters and the story. That would mean they felt the story was well…

  P. C. Zick

  July 11, 2014

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  book reviews, characters, farming, fiction, historical fiction, Iowa, novel, women’s suffrage, women’s vote, World War I

• Author Wednesday – Carol Bodensteiner

  Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I’m pleased to introduce you to Carol Bodensteiner. Carol released her first novel, Go Away Home, this past month, and she’s stopped by to talk a little bit about writing this World War I-era novel set in rural eastern Iowa. Her first book, Growing Up Country, is a memoir of…

  P. C. Zick

  July 9, 2014

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  1950, farming, historical fiction, historical novels, Iowa, memoir, rural Iowa, twentieth century, World War I

• Book Review Friday – David Lawlor’s “Liam Mannion” series

  An author faces a monumental task when writing historical fiction. If one historical fact is wrong or an anachronism appears, the reader is likely to put aside the book in favor of one that achieves historical accuracy tempered with believable dialogue, heightened tension, and sympathetic, yet flawed, heroes. If you are a reader of historical…

  P. C. Zick

  January 31, 2014

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  Black and Tans, England, English, Flanders, France, historical fiction, Ireland, Irish, suspense novel, veterans, World War I

• #Book Review Friday – Sebastian by Christoph Fischer

  @PCZick It took me some time to understand why the title of this book is Sebastian. The title character doesn’t appear very often, but his presence is felt in the stories of those–mostly women–around him. Sebastian, Christoph Fischer’s second novel in the Three Nations Trilogy, is set in Vienna and Galicia in Central Europe. His…

  P. C. Zick

  November 1, 2013

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  authors, book reviews, characters, Eastern Europe, fiction, Galicia, historical fiction, Vienna, World War I, World War II

• Author Wednesday – Christoph Fischer

  @PCZick Welcome to Author Wednesday. I’m pleased to welcome back Christoph Fischer to my blog. Christoph writes historical fiction and recently published the third book in his Three Nations Trilogy, The Black Eagle Inn. The Luck of the Weissensteiners, Sebastian, and The Black Eagle Inn are set in Europe during either World War I, World…

  P. C. Zick

  October 30, 2013

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  authors, book reviews, characters, fiction, Germany, historical fiction, novel, post-war Germany, World War I, World War II, writers