Patricia M Osborne

Well what fun we all had on Facebook last week – Monday evening, 9th March 2020, when we celebrated the arrival of The Coal Miner’s Son.

Five special guests took part in hosting the party.

Elizabeth Ducie  – Website 

Elizabeth M Hurst – Website 

Val Penny  – Website 

Allison Symes – Website 

Colin Ward  – Website 

Virtual food and drink was in plentiful supply. 

Competitions ran throughout the evening session with prizes 

Author Elizabeth Ducie offered a ‘Where are you now?’ competition and donated a copy of Counterfeit (Ebook version)

Winner  – Jacqui Barwell

If you’d like a copy of Counterfeit – click here

Questions for a Prize draw ran throughout the evening 

Question 1: Which dance from the ’60s created the largest craze?

Answer The Twist

Winner –   John Clark

Prize donated by author: Paperback version of Two Kinds of Truth by Lynette Creswell.

If you’d like a copy of Two Kinds of Truth – click here

Question 2: Who was the first Doctor Who in the BBC television series?

Answer: William Hartnell

Winner – Pauline Kontemeniotis

Prize donated by author: Copy of Lost Souls Book 1  (Ebook version) by Elizabeth M Hurst

If you’d like a copy of the Lost Souls Book 1 – click here.

Question 3: Who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

Answer: Harper Lee

Winner – Liz Byfield

Prize: A paperback copy of Colin Ward’s Silhouette in the Sunset.

If you’d like a copy of Silhouette in the Sunset – click here.

Question 4: This man wrote “Carrie” and “Cujo” along with many other scary novels. What is his name?

Answer: Stephen King

Winner – Penny Howard 

Prize: A paperback copy of Joy Wood’s April Fool.

If you’d like a copy of April Fool – click here.

Question 5: This band ‘invaded’ the USA in 1964, and altered the music scene over there. Teenage girls were blown to smithereens. Who was it?

Answer The Beatles

Winner – Nicole Gilbert 

 Prize: A paperback copy of From Light to Dark and Back Again by Allison Symes.

If you’d like a copy of From Light to Dark and Back Again – click here. 

Question 6: In the TV series “The Avengers”, who plays the ravishing Mrs. Emma Peel?

Answer Diana Rigg

Winner – Jayne Curtis 

Prize: A paperback copy of Lynette Creswell’s Two Kinds of Truth.

If you’d like a copy of Two Kinds of Truth – click here.

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If you haven’t purchased your copy of The Coal Miner’s Son and would like to – click here.

 

Tomorrow ‘Patricia’s Pen’ is back to its Tuesday Guest Feature – this week with fellow Chindi author, Helen Christmas. Don’t miss it.

Later on in the week I shall publish all the links to the blogs from Publication Week for The Coal Miner’s Son – watch this space.