RISING is a winner in the National Indie Excellence Awards The 11th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards selected RISING as the winner in the “Regional Fiction: West” category. Here’s what they said: “Your book truly embodies the excellence that this award was created to celebrate, and we salute you and your fine … Read Entire Post
RISING just earned a review rating of 5 out of 5 stars on Readers’ Favorite! Check out what Readers’ Favorite reviewer Anne-Marie Reynolds had to say: “Rising is Volume 2 of the Dark Surf Series by T.C. Zmak. When the Rogues attacked the Nomads, they bit off more than they could … Read Entire Post
DARK SURF and RISING take 2nd place in the 2017 Los Angeles Book Festival’s Genre-Based Fiction and Sequels categories The 2017 Los Angeles Book Festival selected DARK SURF as the Runner-Up in Genre-Based Fiction, and RISING as the Runner-Up in the Sequels category. The Los Angeles Book Festival is an “annual competition honoring the best … Read Entire Post
You’re invited to a Holiday Happy Hour & Book Signing! When: Thursday, Dec. 8, 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Where: The Otter’s Den, 3166 Vista del Camino (next to Wells Fargo bank), Marina, Calif. What: Light hors d’oeuvres A FREE drawing for an Amazon Fire Tablet Free bookmarks & bumper stickers No … Read Entire Post
DARK SURF and RISING win awards in 2016 Halloween Book Festival; RISING honored in 2016 Southern California Book Festival DARK SURF and RISING nabbed two of the three Honorable Mentions in the Fantasy category of the 2016 Halloween Book Festival. RISING was also awarded an Honorable Mention in the General Fiction category of the 2016 … Read Entire Post
DARK SURF wins 2nd place in General Fiction in 2016 Northern California Book Festival; RISING wins honorable mention! The 2016 Northern California Book Festival selected DARK SURF as the Runner-Up in General Fiction, and recognized RISING with an Honorable Mention in the same category. This is the DARK SURF novel’s 7th award and RISING’s first award. The Northern California … Read Entire Post
T.C. Zmak will read a passage from RISING at Central Coast Writers’ Booktoberfest On Tuesday, Oct. 18th, I’ll be one of the featured readers at the Central Coast Writers’ annual Booktoberfest! During the meeting, I’ll read a passage from RISING, the second novel in the DARK SURF series. In addition, several … Read Entire Post
The Californian, part of the USA Today network, has published a review of RISING! “This book is very easy to read, the action moves along swiftly, and the language is pure surfer Californian. We can obviously look forward to further intriguing adventures of The Nomads!” Read the full review at: http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/life/2016/10/07/marinas-zmak-releases-latest-graysuit-novel/91690696/ … Read Entire Post
On Thursday, Oct. 13 from 1 to 2 p.m., T.C. Zmak will be a featured guest on WinslowArt TV. During the hour-long show, I’ll be talking about DARK SURF, RISING, writing and more! The host of WinslowArt TV, J.W. Winslow, is an author, poet and artist. Her live weekly show airs on Comcast … Read Entire Post
THANK YOU to everyone who purchased a copy of RISING this week, and thank you to everyone who attended the RISING Book Release Party! I sincerely appreciate you, your kind words, and your generous support. If it weren’t for you, I probably wouldn’t be a novelist. Hmmm… Okay, well, I’d … Read Entire Post
