• Pat is scheduled to read at the Bethesda Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD, on September 12, 2014 as part of the annual Fall For The Book Festival. Fall For The Book, which began as a two-day literary event in 1999, organized by George Mason University and the City of Fairfax Virginia, has expanded into a week-long, multiple-venue, regional festival.
• The launch party for Pat’s novel “Dream Chaser” has been scheduled for September 4, 2014. More details to follow.
• Pat’s story “Whelping”, finalist for the 2013 Rash Award, has been published in the 2014 Broad River Review.
• Pat worked with Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC to develop the Dream Chaser book trailer. Special thanks to singer/songwriter Grant Peeples for the use of his evocative song, My People Come From the Dirt.

January/February/March 2014

• Pat’s short story “From Day One” is forthcoming in the anthology titled Law and Disorder scheduled for publication in June 2014 by Main Street Rag.
• Her short story “Whelping” was a finalist for the 2013 Rash Award (January 2014)
• Her short story “Stranger At My Door” received honorable mention in the 2013 Lorian Hemingway Short Story competition. (February 2014)