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February 14, 2018 patsy

All That Love Stuff

Happy Valentine’s Day!

To celebrate, my short story collection, All That Love Stuff is on special offer at 99p/99c from today until the 21st.

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February 12, 2018 patsy

Valentine Gimmick

My story Valentine Gimmick is in Ireland’s Own magazine. You can also read it online.

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February 5, 2018 patsy

Long distance for a short story.

It’s not just me who travels (I’m writing this in the campervan – can you guess where?) My stories get about a bit too.

Today I have one

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January 22, 2018 patsy

A first!

I’ve finally sold a story to The People’s Friend Magazine! That completes the set, of all the mainstream women’s magazines in the UK.

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January 10, 2018 patsy

That’s Nice

I have a short story in Woman’s Weekly.

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January 10, 2018 patsy

That’s Nice

I have a short story in Woman’s Weekly.

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December 15, 2017 patsy

Another quickie

I have another very short story up on this website. It’s entered into a competition and the more likes and comments it gets, the better my chances, so feel free the click on the thumbs up symbol 😉

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December 10, 2017 patsy

Water

I have a drabble (a very short story) published, here – Water

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November 20, 2017 patsy

A light shower

For the first couple of weeks this month, I worked hard on my NaNo novel. Then I got distracted

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November 3, 2017 patsy

A week of wandering

I recently attended Bristol literary festival and took part in the first ever book busk organised as part of this event. It was a fun thing to try and

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