Patricia Leslie

I’ve been doing some reading into magic, myth, conceptual theming, and core character / personality realisation, encompassing the...

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Every now and again I like to share some of the little gems of knowledge and trivia I pick up in my reading and researching. Sometimes...

It seems that Sheila na Gig and Baubo share a growing number of connecting dots. As female figures, historians are not quite sure if they...

When I was asked to talk about the writer’s journey at the Writers Unleashed Festival, I was in a bit of a conundrum: where to start, how...

In May 2015, I sat down in an Edinburgh pub with a fresh notebook and a pen, and started my third novel. With a nod to future history, I...

Not long ago I had a solid three days of writing and am now approximately half way through my manuscript. I say approximately, because...