Friday, 17 February 2012

What happened was ...

... I entered a novel writing competition (one I'd blogged about here) and beat 600+ other entrants. As a result my novel 'Escape to the Country' will be published at the end of March.

As you can see, I'm taking the news very calmly.

64 comments:

Teresa Ashby said...

Wow Patsy that is FANTASTIC news! Well done you - and I love that "quite pleased then" :-) I am so so thrilled for you and glad to see you're taking it all very calmly x

Francis said...

Well done. Great news.

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Brilliant news, Patsy! Very well done. Great little video and I agree with Teresa - that 'quite pleased then' is a hoot.

Pat Posner said...

Fantastic news, Patsy! I'm glad you're quite pleased *smile*

Shirley said...

That is brill! Go girl!

Rob Crompton said...

Great news! Well done!

Annalisa Crawford said...

Congratulations! How fantastic!!

Bernadette said...

That's great Patsy - well done!

Deborah Walker said...

Oh wow. You are a star, Patsy! Fantastic news.

farawayeyes said...

YAHOO - quite pleased - and all that!

Sheila, Canary Islands said...

Fantastic!

So I'll be able to say, "I knew her when..."

Old Kitty said...

PATSY!!! COME BAAAAAACK!!! DON'T LEAVE US MERE MORTALS!!!!

LOL!!

AWWWW PATSY!! OH WOW!!!

WOW!!

Wow!!

:-) Take care
x

Linda G. said...

WOO-HOO! That's fantastic. CONGRATULATIONS!!! :D

Colleen Chen said...

YEAH! Congratulations--great news! I look forward to hearing more...

Dan Purdue said...

Brilliant, Pasty! Congratulations and very well done. I hope the book's a big success for you!

Frances Garrood said...

Patsy, that's wonderful news!Savour the moment! Many congratulations.

Baggy said...

Wonderful!

Lovely video too.

RachelMaryBean said...

Wow! Yay! Congratulations!! I'm so happy for you! Good job!

L said...

Well done you! ... and thanks for your informative and entertaining blog.

joanne fox said...

Blimey - fab news! Big excitement guaranteed!

Rosemary J. Kind said...

Brilliant news - well done.

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Patsy .. I think that's wonderful - well done .. brilliant news .. keep writing I say - forget the running and the squeals!! Just such fun to watch though .. enjoy the weekend .. cheers Hilary

suzy doodling said...

Patsy, patsy, patsy, yahooo, it's your year....I want your book....I was only thinking in our little shop the other day,,can't wait for Patsy to have her books published. Let this be one of many.....yippeee....

Dan Purdue said...

Just realised my phone "autocorrected" your name in my earlier post - I'm really sorry, Patsy! I will sack my proofreader immediately.

Patsy said...

Thanks, Teresa. That's Gary you can hear doing the 'interview'.

Thank you, Francis.

Thanks, Rosemary. Gary did the filming.

Cheers, Pat.

Thanks, Shirley.

Thank you, Rob.

Thanks, Annalisa.

Thank you, Bernadette.

Cheers, Deborah.

Thanks, Faraweyes.

You will, Sheila - they still might say 'Patsy who?' though!

Kitty, I'm going nowhere and you most definitely aren't a mere anything.

Cheers, Linda.

Thanks, Colleen. Don't worry, I'll be posting every tiny little detail.

Thank you, Dan.

Thanks, Frances - I'm savouring!

Cheers, Baggy. It helps to have a personal cameraman who's willing to get out of bed to film at first light.

Thank you, Rachel.

Thanks, L.

Joanne, I am jusy a teensy bit excited (although I'm sure it doesn't show)

Cheers, Rosemary.

Thanks, Hilary. The early morning dog walkers seemed to enjoy my performance too!

Thanks, Suzy. It'll be out quite soon if all goes well.

Patsy said...

Dan, when I first got a mobile I didn't realise they autocorrected and sent quite a few texts signing myself pasty, so I can hardly complain about your single error.

Lolli said...

FABULOUS NEWS, Patsy! I think I might just have jumped about a bit more, if it were me, but I'm really pleased for you, WELL DONE!!!

HyperCRYPTICal said...

Excellent news! Well done!

Anna :o]

Anonymous said...

Well deserved, so pleases for you - this year is going to be called Patsy's Year

niddy

Storycollector said...

Congratulations!!! Brilliant news.

Patsy said...

Lolli, you shouldn't think I've stopped just because Gary stopped filming.

Thank you, Anna.

Thank you, Niddy - I do have a lot to be thankful for right now.

Cheers, Petra.

Celia said...

Go, Gal, good job.
well done, super news, thank goodness someone's got something to yip about for a change
YIPPEE!

Erm, Tosh, would you just check out your interview technique? You can't do that kind of jumpyuppydownyrunnyoffythenbacky thing on radio and I spect you'll be on radio 4's Front Row within the year!

womagwriter said...

And... breathe!

Wow, well done! Fab news, am really pleased for you!

Kate said...

Fantastic news, Patsy! Well done!!!

(I wish I had your energy.)

Annalisa Crawford said...

And when you've stopped jumping up and down, I've tagged you on my blog.

Rick said...

Absolutely outstanding!

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Congratulations! And that was a silly but totally acceptable response.

Patsy said...

Celia, is that not how it's usually done? Maybe I'd better practise.

Thank you, Womag. Yeah do look a little like I might be hyperventilating towards the end.

Thanks, Kate. I do feel energetic right now.

Thanks, Rick.

Cheers, Alex. I like to think I'm pretty good at silly.

Susan Wright said...

Wow! Congratulations, Patsy. You must be so thrilled!

Clarissa Draper said...

Awesome! You're proof that competitions work.

Amanda said...

Congratulations Patsy - Fantastic news!

Rachel said...

Congratulations Patsy, well done.

Patsy said...

Thanks, Susan. Quite pleased, yes :-)

Cheers, Clarissa. It is good to know people actually win these things, isn't it?

Thank you, Amanda.

Thanks, Rachel.

Diane Fordham said...

Oh my gosh! *squealing* FANTASTIC! Woo Hoo. Congrats Patsy :-)

Crack You Whip said...

Congrats! That is an amazing accomplishment!

Crack You Whip said...

Congrats! That is an amazing accomplishment!

Helen Yendall said...

Well done Patsy - that's fantastic news and you are clearly, and quite rightly, over the moon! All that hard work has paid off! Good for you!

Patsy said...

Thanks, Diane. (I hardly squealed at all ;-) )

Thank you, Crack You Whip.

Cheers, Helen. Yeah, I am quite pleased.

Dave P Perlmutter said...

In bed, yes 1pm in Madeira, Carnival weekend and heavy head, just checked the vid out and made me laugh...Thank you.

Oh, and congrats Patsy......well done.

TracyFells said...

What fab, terrific and brilliant news Patsy. Hope you keep blogging about the whole experience too. Loved the video - hope you don't become too posh and famous to keep on sharing the competitions...

Maggie May said...

I think everyone is very pleased for you Patsy, and you are just taking it in your stride. Very well done - you deserve it.

Patsy said...

Thanks, Dave. If it made someone laugh then it was worth doing.

Tracy, can't see me ever becoming to posh and famous to blog.

Cheers, Maggie. You're right - every single blog or forum comment, tweet, email and phone call has been one of congratulations and good wishes. I appreciate every one of them.

Dream it, then do it said...

Wow! Brilliant news.

Celia said...

Tosh, come on, you're slacking, I wanna NUTHER post, it's the 19th for crying out loud!

Patsy said...

Thanks, Keith!

Celia, you're soooo demanding!

Seaview said...

That was so funny, Patsy - I've got to show that to my kids tomorrow!

Well done - well impressed :]

marion

Patsy said...

Thank you, Seaview!

Hope it makes your kids laugh.

Carolb said...

This is brilliant news, Patsy. Congratulations.

Patsy said...

Thanks, Carol.

Maria said...

Fabulous news!

Sarah Pearson said...

Patsy, sorry I'm so late getting here. I just had to say this is bloody fantastic news and, soppy mare that I am, your video choked me up a teeny bit. I'm so happy for you :-)

Patsy said...

Thanks, Maria.

Thank you, Sarah. Was it my marvellously understated acting skills that got to you?

A man called Valance said...

Wonderful!

Patsy said...

Thanks, Cowboy.