Tag: writing
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Writing Dialogue that Sings
By P.C. Zick @PCZick Dialogue in fiction is essential. Good dialogue is crucial. Nothing kills a book for me like poor dialogue. The plot might be intriguing, the characters worth getting to know, and the setting gorgeous, but if the dialogue is stilted and poorly executed, I’m ready to put the book down. I…
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Who Needs an Editor?
By P.C. Zick – @PCZick I only have one answer to the question of who needs an editor. Everyone who writes needs an editor. Recently, two beginning writers expressed something that quite astounded me. They both said they didn’t think it mattered if they knew the rules of writing because when they were accepted by…
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The Marathon
By P.C. Zick – @PCZick Disappointed? Yes. Discouraged? Absolutely. Ready to quit? Without a doubt. Is it time to throw in the towel? Not on my life. The launch of Live from the Road was less than stellar. I have not been “launched” into the stratosphere of phenomenal overnight success. Not even close. But when…
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Writing Seminar
By P.C. Zick – @PCZick I’ve been so busy promoting my new e-book, Live from the Road, I have not had time to bask in the afterglow of my first writing workshop in five years. Here’s what one of the participants had to say: “I wanted to thank Patricia Zick for hosting an amazing writing…
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Live from my Computer
By P.C. Zick – @PCZick Yesterday the fog cleared for a few minutes, and I finally understood enough about the new world of publishing an e-book to make a marketing plan for my new novel, Live from the Road. It’s about time because Live from the Road went LIVE on amazon.com two days ago. This…
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The Hands of My Mother
By P.C. Zick – @PCZick Note: My mother died in February of 1998. Several months later, I found myself mourning her death more than ever and decided I needed to do something to help me heal. I wrote an essay about the one thing that kept coming back to me while she lay dying. During…
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The More I Learn, the Less I Know
By P.C. Zick – @PCZick I’m in a very high learning curve these days as I prepare to publish my first e-book, Live from the Road. Every time I read an article, I find one more thing I need to do. Yesterday I probably sifted through a dozen new things to add to my list.…
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Write that Novel
“If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.” — Dashiell Hammett June 1924 Love this quote. Rachel Carson once said the writer…
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Important Message for Writers
By P.C. Zick – @PCZick I highly recommend all writers read this blog by Rachelle Gardner. She’s an agent with Books and Such Literary Agency and her blog is a great source for published and unpublished authors. Her advice is valuable for self-published and traditionally published authors. It’s also a resource for unpublished writers trying…
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Route 66 – Traveling the Mother Road
Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink. Jack Kerouac By P.C. Zick – @PCZick It began one night over a couple of beers at a local bar. It took more than a year to plan and pull off. “You know what I’ve always…
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