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I’m adding a new category to my website titled The Chrome and Coffee Car Series. Each short story will feature a vintage car, a favorite old song, and a sentimental journey down memory road. People sometimes ask me why so many of my books, short stories, covers, and website categories feature old cars. The answer goes all the way back to my childhood. I started out in Kentucky, where fast cars were the norm. It seemed as though every vehicle there was fast and I believe most

Some stories are planned. Some are outlined, wrestled with, revised, and rewritten until they finally surrender. And then there are the rare stories that seem to arrive whole. The Color Blue of the Hermit's Robe was one of those. The story appeared out of nowhere and settled itself in front of me as if it had been waiting patiently all along. It is not the sort of story I usually write. There are no grand adventures, no complicated mysteries, no elaborate plot twists. Instead

My first novel, Emerald Hawks Flight, is based on my childhood memories. It follows a quiet girl who discovers she can speak to hawks and, through them, uncover secrets her family has kept for years. That coming-of-age story opened the door to more novels, then to more children's books, and short stories that just walked in, sat down, and told me their tales. They stayed until I got it right. All edited and ready for flight out into the world. I wanted to write something beau

Hello, and welcome. If you have found your way here, I am truly glad. This website has been a long time coming, a place where all the pieces of my creative life can finally live together. I am Patsy Stanley. I have been writing and making art for longer than I care to count. Over the years, I have written stories for children, for the young at heart, for spiritual seekers, and for anyone who believes that love can come at any age. I have painted pictures, illustrated books, a