Tag: writing
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The Organic Writer
By Patricia Zick @PCZick I recently visited Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in western Pennsylvania. Wright described his design as organic architecture – a melding of nature and man. As I toured the home, I wanted to sit down and write. I yearned to send all the tour groups on their way so I could enjoy…
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Win Live from the Road
Live from the Road is featured on Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews today. The blog contains an excerpt from the book, an interview with me and a chance to win either a print or kindle version of the book. Drop by and visit and enter to win! The contest ends September 22, 2012. I’m shamelessly…
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To Which or To That. . .
By Patricia Zick @PCZick that is the question, which I pose today. It’s always good to review the rules of grammar. Here’s an excellent article from Writer’s Digest on the vagaries of the not so interchangeable which and that. I probably need to read it a couple of times, even though I thought I knew…
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Set your writing critics free
Releasing the Writing Critic “Art is a jealous mistress.” Ralph Waldo Emerson By P. C. Zick @PCZick Somewhere along the way during our writing life, most of us have encountered others who expressed certain opinions about our writing. Unfortunately these expressions make their way into our psyche causing us to become our own worst critics.…
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Tortoise Stew on Kindle
By Patricia Zick @PCZick As promised, I’ve now released Tortoise Stew on Kindle (by P.C. Zick). It’s a real deal at .99 cents. It was originally published in paperback in 2006 under my former name (Patricia Camburn Behnke). The new e-book version has been updated and edited. Here’s a review of the book from 2006.…
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Five-Star Review
Diane Rapp is an author and book reviewer. She launched her latest book this week – Dragon Defense. Live from the Road – Five-Star Review by Diane Rapp When I began reading this book, I assumed it might be a travel story about the places visited. Thankfully the engaging story dragged me into the lives…
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Indies Unlimited Interview
Please check out Indies Unlimited today – they’ve featured Live from the Road and an interview with me.
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I’m fascinated
Today my book Live from the Road can be downloaded for free from amazon on Kindle. I thought I’d be casual about it today. On my last free day June 15, approximately 7,000 folks downloaded the book. And since then I’ve been waiting for a multitude of things to happen either separately or simultaneously. In…
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An Interview with P.C. Zick
Here’s a nice interview by Rachelle Ayala on her blog Rachelle’s Window about my writing life. Thanks to Rachelle for making me sound interesting!
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My Inspiration to Write
“The Earth laughs in flowers” by Ralph Waldo Emerson Whenever I need to take a break from the computer, or I need inspiration to work on the next chapter or scene of my novel, I get up out of my chair and walk outside and adore the flowers growing abundantly this time of year. I…
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