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August 24, 2015 patsy

Newsletter

I intend to send out occasional newsletters giving details of new book publications, special offers and the like. To sign up, click here and follow the instructions.

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August 20, 2015 patsy

A new project

gardenfenceI’m starting to put together a new collection of plant and garden related short stories, to continue the series

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August 14, 2015 patsy

Spinetingling success

stopMy story ‘Little Austin’ was awarded 3rd place in the recent Spinetinglers Competition. You

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August 10, 2015 patsy

Research

I’m working onWedding_6328 a new romantic novel set on a farm and spent the weekend researching. Well, OK I

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August 10, 2015 patsy

Research

I’m working onWedding_6328 a new romantic novel set on a farm and spent the weekend researching. Well, OK I

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August 6, 2015 patsy

Painting with words

CanTAB_6135 you see where it says ‘Mystery. The Woman who paints the future’ on the cover of the current issue of Take a Break’s Fiction Feast? It refers to my story! I do like being a cover girl

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August 4, 2015 patsy

All About Her

I’m veryWoman's Weekly_6134 pleased to have a story in the current (September) issue of Woman’s Weekly Fiction Special. ‘All About Her’ is my original title and I’m pleased they’ve kept it (titles are quite often changed by the editor to

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August 4, 2015 patsy

All About Her

I’m veryWoman's Weekly_6134 pleased to have a story in the current (September) issue of Woman’s Weekly Fiction Special. ‘All About Her’ is my original title and I’m pleased they’ve kept it (titles are quite often changed by the editor to

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July 26, 2015 patsy

I won!

I like to enter writing competitions for several reasons. One is that they provide the possibilty of finding a homeDSC_0006 for a piece of

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July 21, 2015 patsy

Free read.

Justnnadtd1 a reminder that my short story collection, Not A drop to Drink is FREE to download.

I’d love you to read it – and a review would be very welcome, particularly if you enjoy the stories!

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