Penny Walsh

At 4ft 11 ¾ inches, Penny is as tall as a nine- year-old and, just like her adhered insides, her use of imagination is creative and will stick with you. As part of Cambridge University’s Institute of Continued Education, I have attended their Writing For Children course and their Creative Writing Retreats , which included 1:1 mentoring with established authors. I have also been on a creative writing course as part of the University of Leicester’s continued education, which resulted in an extract from an earlier draft of my Prince Percival’s Pesky P.A.N.T.S being selected and published in the book Family Matters: An Anthology of New Writers (2019). My children’s short story, Splodglys and Tiddlers, has been globally published in the Glittery Literary Cherished Children’s Story Anthology: Volume One - April/May/June 2021. I was a winner of Serious Flash Fiction - an online micro flash-fiction competition and I’ve had articles published online with medium.com including The Secret I’d Tried to Hide. A short story of mine has been published in the anthology Making Our World Better. I was comissioned to write a poem for a local church which is on permanent display in the church. I aslo wrote a poem for the charity ROTHACS (Rotherham Abuse Counselling Services) which I gifted to them and they have put on permanent display in their reception waiting room. I also wrote a poem for the charity MANKIND. My debut novel Prince Percival’s Pesky P.A.N.T.S! has been released and there is a second installment manifesting for it. I am currently working on my health memoir, which is about my journey and battle with severe Endometriosis and IVF. The prologue of which has been published in the following two anthologies: Venus Rising and Good Girl, Bad Period. Due to my health, it takes me a long while to attend to my creative writings, but I enjoy it when I do get to have time on my work.

WELCOME

I am the author of Prince Percival’s Pesky P.A.N.T.S! A story for children aged 6-12 years old, which is available as an e-book and paperback on Amazon. I am currently writing a health memoir about my battle and journey through Endometriosis and IVF. It shall be open, honest and contain revelations that are usually kept quiet and hidden. It is not going to be the usual rose-tinted angle of positive, emotional hopes, that’s for sure! There is also a possible second installment of Prince Percival in the creative pipeline. As well as all of this, I also write poems, micro flash fiction, short stories and articles.

Prince Percival’s Pesky P.A.N.T.S The Blurb - Who is a hero and what do they do? Strict daily regimes, no friends allowed, home schooling, always being told what he can and cannot do, busy parents with very little time for him - this is seven-year-old Prince Percival’s life, until a furry, purple creature named Fizwotz appears and magically transports Percival into his imaginary world, where the quest to save the jungle ring begins. But how do magical pockets, trees and crocodile slippers (to name a few) play a part in Prince Percival having to face some of his fears, learn to live with himself and be a hero? How does it all impact on his real world and how do P.A.N.T.S play a part in all of this?

“When I lose my sense of emotion, An ocean there in front of me and I question my belief… All I’ve got to do is write a monster, suddenly a flash of inspiration, I feel like I’m a saviour…” - Jamie Cullum