The website has been down for a while – due to me not understanding how technology works and losing the domain. That means the associated email was also lost. Both are (hopefully) up and running properly now with a new domain. I’m gradually updating all the links everywhere. Please let me know if you spot anything which doesn’t look right.
Here are some photos from our most recent campervan adventure – can you guess the country we visited?
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I’m happy to have a short story in the current People’s Friend Special. This one was inspired by my writing friend Sheila who, just like my lead character, survived cancer and an amputation.
First in series free!
Disguised Murder and Community Spirit in Little Mallow, the first book in my Little Mallow cosy mystery series is currently free to download – but only for a couple of days.
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Today’s the last day to download my books A Year and a Day, and Paint Me a Picture for free.
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Free love!
My romance novel, A Year And A Day is currently free to download.
Here are some of the 5 star reviews –
A year and a day skipped along rapidly in this tale of destiny littered with promises and secrets. Patsy’s books are easy to read because she writes about real people.
A great read, full of emotion.
What a wonderful read this book was. I thoroughly enjoyed the ups and downs of two friends flirtations with life changes and was taken in by the twist at the end.
The novel is fun and entertaining, and it keeps the reader’s attention throughout. I especially enjoyed the various elements of the plot, which go beyond those of a simple romance story.
Wednesday word of the week – Dissentient
Dissentient can mean a person who dissents (or a dissenter) or can be used as an adjective for disagreeing with an official or majority view.
The book buying public don’t seem interested in my novel Firestarter, but a few dissentient voices have given it good reviews.
I tagliatelle, you’re gnocchi going to believe it
Sorry to do your noodle in, but I like a good pun. And by good of course I mean terrible! You might think they’re pasta their sell by date, and even I cannoli take so many… Anyway, it seems the judges of Best magazine’s love story competition quite like them, as my high carb effort is the runner up. (I won more than a penne!)
If you fancy having a go at a writing competition, then visit my Womagwriter blog. I post about at least one free to enter contest every week.
Wednesday word of the week – ceramist
A ceramist is a person who makes ceramics.
I had a go at school – I wasn’t anything like as good as whoever made this and my efforts didn’t last anywhere near as long.
Wednesday word of the week – Substantial
Substantial means, of considerable importance, size or value. It also describes something strongly built or made (in the case of my cakes sometimes both meanings apply!) Another meaning is concerning the substantial points of something.
Substantially either means to a great extent, or for the most part.
To say that the substance of my substantial (100,000 words!) novel, Paint Me a Picture, concerns Mavis’s relationships with her family and colleagues is substantially correct.