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All Writing is Opinion – So No Need to Shout
Hello – I’m changing my routine a bit with Writing Whims. On Mondays, I’ll post my tips and thoughts about writing. On Wednesdays, I’ll be featuring other writers – please see the note below about...
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Weaving Real Events into Fiction
Macondo well gushes oil after Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns and falls By Patricia Zick @PCZick When I began the early scribbles for what eventually became Trails in the Sand, I was writing about...
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Write First, Write Great
By Patricia Zick @PCZick As I read about how successfully to market my books, I keep coming back to one word of advice: WRITE. To make a name for myself as a writer, I must always remember to keep...
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Write the Perfect Lead and It All Falls in Place
By Patricia Zick @PCZick “The young man huddled under a layer of blankets with a cap covering his bald head, as he talked about an upcoming trip to Las Vegas before he died.” I learned a valuable...
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Earth Day – Incorporate “Green” in Stories
By Patricia Zick @PCZick Today is the forty-third anniversary of the very first Earth Day in 1970 when environmentally minded folks came together to raise awareness after several major disasters in...
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How Much Background Is Too Much in a Novel?
Sketch of P.C. Zick by Jae at Lit and Scribbles By Patricia Zick @PCZick I’m happily working away at the new novel these days. When I wrote the original concept back in 2006, I provided lots of...
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Writer’s Write, and Then They Write Again
writer writing By Patricia Zick @PCZick Here I am with four books published on Kindle and in paperback through Createspace. I started this journey of Indie Author with the publication of Live from the...
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Hazy is Not Spam
I call her Hazy; she calls me P.C. And we call each other friends. Thankfully, she contacted me recently to ask me a question. She thought it strange that I had not been responding to comments she left...
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How to help Indie Authors – A Primer
How to help Indie Authors – A Primer for family, friends, fans, and other Indie Writers It’s not easy taking the route of Indie Author or any route as an author. The field is crowded, and it’s hard for...
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Important: New Rules on Amazon
I want to share this information from Jackie Weger, the founder and leader of eNovel Authors at Work. I’m happy to be held to high standards, both as an author and an editor. I hope Amazon enforces and...
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