Tag: writers
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Editing – Smoothing the Cement
By Patricia Zick @PCZick This past week, I finished the edits on my third or fourth draft of my new novel Trails in the Sand. I sent it off to my editor, Kathleen Heady, so she can weave her magic on the manuscript. When she returns it, I’ll go through her suggestions and then ready…
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What I Like – Writing Pleasures
By Patricia Zick @PCZick Jae over at Lit and scribbles blog gave me the idea for this blog when she began posting about things she likes in her writing life. So here’s what I like about my writing life. I like the accoutrements of writing, which means I keep the office supply store near me…
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Here’s How I Write
By Patricia Zick @PCZick Shannon A. Thompson, a fellow blogger, gave me the idea for this post. I liked learning about Shannon’s methods and choices during her writing day so I thought some of you might find my process interesting. I’m hoping others of you will write a post and answer these questions as well.…
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A Second Look at the First Chapter
By Patricia Zick @PCZick One of my fellow bloggers at eternal Domination gave me this idea for a first “look” at my current work. His post Kool Challenge: Look Back at Look gave credit to the blog Read Tom Lucas for this idea. I decided to follow and do the same thing, and I hope…
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2,000 Words a Day and Dirty Laundry
By Patricia Zick @PCZick One of my fellow bloggers, Doug Oldfield posted on his Writing Fiction Blog reminded me that November starts the National Novel Writing Month or as it’s more affectionately known NaNoWriMo. The goal is for authors to write 50,000 words on a novel during the month of November. A novel averages 80,000-100,000…
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Week 18: The Next Big Thing Blog Hop
By Patricia Zick @PCZick I’m participating in my first blog hop, and I hope you’ll join me on this journey as we blog hop our way through some new reads. A blog hop gives readers an opportunity to find some wonderful authors you might have missed. Be sure to follow our blog hop and be…
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Remembering the Moment
By Patricia Zick @PCZick I watched a documentary recently about pursuing a dream. The Back Nine revealed much more than the story of one man going for the impossible. The piece chronicles the life of Jon Fitzgerald, who at the age of forty decides to pursue his dream of playing professional golf. Almost everyone,…
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A Revolution for Flowers
By Patricia Zick @PCZick My ability to use and understand language only applies to English. I’m not one of those with an aptitude for languages. Yet I’ve traveled to different countries without much difficulty. I find it refreshing and rejuvenating to observe and use other sense for a change. I quiet myself. Later, I record…
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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…
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Riding the Roller Coaster
By Patricia Zick @PCZick Seven months ago, I began a perilous journey when I decided to enter the revolution. I’ve earned my living as a writer for more than a decade. Now I’m working longer hours, opening myself to the whole world, and earning just enough to pay my overhead. In these seven months, I’ve…
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