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Pat Whitaker

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in Whitney, The United Kingdom

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http://whitakerbooks.wordpress.com

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Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

Arthur C. Clarke, Agatha Christie

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January 2009

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Three of my books, Returning, Mindset and Antithesis, have each been finalists in the Sir Julius Vogel Awards in the category of Best Adult Novel. These are the New Zealand Science Fiction awards.

The books I write are intended in the first instance to tell a good story and secondly "once the tale is told" to leave the reader with something to ponder. To this end, all my stories attempt to provide an original take on some commonly held belief, be it cultural, social or scientific.

Being a fan of both science fiction and classic murder mysteries, these tend to be common themes, with elements of both often combined in a single story.

As a person who likes to read a book in a single sitting, I limit each work to around forty-five or fifty thousan ...more

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Ebook sale.

From now until the end of the month, all my titles are available at half price – in all eBook formats. Go to my Smashwords page, select the title required, then use the code provided in the box on the right hand side of the page to make your purchase.

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	Bad Blood 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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message 6: by Cheryl

Feb 17, 2011 09:53AM

Thanks for accepting my friend request, Pat.

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message 5: by Pat

Dec 06, 2009 07:13PM

You're right, of course, it is time I donated another book.

All sorts of things are afoot at the moment, but the best place to catch up is on my website, as I'm not too flash about regular postings here.

Trust you're well (and behaving yourself) Pat.

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message 4: by Whitaker

Dec 06, 2009 06:38PM

Good to meet you, Pat. :-D

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message 3: by Christine

Jul 27, 2009 09:31PM

Hi Pat, stopped by to see what's new on your page. Have a great week.
Blessings CJ

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message 2: by Pat

Mar 08, 2009 11:17PM

Christine wrote: "Hi from down under Pat, stopped by to see what's new with you. Have a great week.
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Not a lot, to be honest, Chris. I haven't done an awful lot on Goodreads yet. I really should post a bit more, but I'm not sure what.

I have just finished posting Bad Blood in serialised form, but it hasn't generated much reaction. It did a lot better on Gather (Got me a few sales, even though I was giving it away). I also posted Mindset over there and that was very well received - I might try that here.

I notice you only post five chapters of each book, how has that worked out?

No word from ARAS, but it's early days.

And how about yourself, getting plenty of writing done? My current book is chugging along slowly, there's always a patch somewhere in the middle where I suddenly lose confidence and question what I'm doing. It's been exactly the same with every book. I launch in, all enthusiastic, and the story just pours out of me, then it gradually slows and I become uncertain. I know I just need to keep going. I set targets (something I never do early on) and then suddenly it starts to flow again.

It's silly, really, as my books are not exactly long.

Anyway, great to hear from you, take care, Pat.

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message 1: by Christine

Mar 08, 2009 10:02PM

Hi from down under Pat, stopped by to see what's new with you. Have a great week.
Blessings CJ

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