title: From Story Idea to Reader
author:  Rosemary J Kind 
description: Patsy Collins lives on the south coast of England with her husband; photographer Gary Davies. She's the author of four novels and is working on a fifth. <br> </br> Patsy's short stories (500+ published to date) have appeared in a range of UK, Irish, South African, Canadian, Swedish and Australian publications. Some of her stories are available to download from Alfie Dog Fiction. <br> </br> When she's not writing, Patsy travels with her husband in their campervan acting as his photographic assistant, and eats cakes. She sometimes gives talks to writing groups. <br> </br> To find out more, visit her website - http://patsycollins.uk <br> </br> Rosemary Kind turned to writing full-time after a 20 year business career, although she had written as a hobby for many years. Initially focusing on non-fiction with a wide range of magazine articles and a book on negotiation skills to her credit, she then allowed her love of fiction to take over and now has seven titles to her credit, ranging from novels to humour and poetry. She still writes non-fiction and her Entlebucher breed notes appear regularly in the dog press. <br> </br> She has written her dogs daily diary as a blog for over 10 years and the following has steadily increased over that time. (www.alfiedog.me.uk). She has won a number of prizes and short listings for her poetry, short stories and blog. <br> </br> She set up the international short story publisher Alfie Dog Fiction in 2012 and has built it to become one of the largest publishers of downloadable short stories in the world.<br> </br> Rosemary grew up in Leicestershire but now lives with her family in North Yorkshire. Her main hobby is developing the Entlebucher Mountain Dog breed within the UK.<br> </br> For more details about the author please visit her website at www.rjkind.co.uk
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  Copyright 2020
  
  
  Nikki Pennington
  
  
  Kindle Edition
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. This book or any portions thereof may not whatsoever be
  reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of
  the publisher.
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and
  incidents are the product of the authors imagination. Any resemblance to
  actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Playlist](part0000_split_004.html#_Toc42881542)
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0000_split_006.html#_Toc42881543)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0000_split_007.html#_Toc42881544)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0000_split_008.html#_Toc4