About Me/Bio
About Me
Patricia Minson aka Grey Hen With a Pen
“You never know who you’re inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think.” Amaka Imani Nkosazana
Bio
Hello. Welcome to my ‘About Me’ page. I live with my husband and dog in the suburbs of a small port, in the county of Cornwall, in the far South West of England.
I’m a versatile writer. As well as writing fiction and creative non-fiction, I enjoy penning poetry, articles, essays, memoir, art reviews and opinion pieces. I’ve written a novel no one’s read — yet. I have a blog — check it out here.
I’m a member of Falmouth Poetry Group, a critique group which helps members to hone their poetry skills. I like to enter poetry competitions. So far in 2025 I’ve been placed in one competition and Highly Commended and Commended in three more.
I was delighted when in November (2022) my poem ‘The Memories I Never Had’ was printed in the Popshot Quarterly magazine. My poem ‘Borrowed Shoes’ was featured in the October 2023 issue of Writing Magazine. I’ve also been published in online magazines, the most recent piece ‘ Death is my Business’ was featured in the March, 2024 edition.
I’m a regular writer/reader at Falmouth Telltales, a bi-monthly group for writers and listeners.
My focus during 2023 was to enter a wide variety of writing competitions in the hope of adding a win or two to my writing C.V. (and earn a little prize money). My short story ‘The Sky Is Always Blue’ was one of 25 out of 424 entries shortlisted in the Wells Literary Festival competition — and a further five of my short stories were short-listed during 2023. This trend has continued in 2024 with several of my pieces being shortlisted, sadly I’ve yet to win that elusive first prize!
My writing credits on Medium
One of the 1000 most read writers to receive a $500 bonus from Medium members (April 2021)
‘Distributed’ writer of fiction, articles and poetry
Designated ‘Top Writer’ in Fiction (2019); ‘Top Writer’ in Short Story (2019); ‘Top Writer’ in Poetry (2020)
Finally
Please take time to stop by, read some of my work I’m sure you’ll find something that will interest you.
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I welcome your comments/observations. I shall look forward to reading your work too.
