Welcome to PattiLacy.com!
Hello! I'm Patti Lacy, a Christian women's fiction author. In my writing, I explore the secrets women keep, why they keep them, and how sharing their secrets becomes the catalyst for God's healing. To create ethnic flavor in my fiction, I spice the work with song lyrics, folk sayings, and local dialect.
An Irishwoman's Tale, my debut novel, will be released by Kregel Publications on August 31, 2008. Isn't the cover beautiful? A tip of the hat to the Kregel design department. Just wait until you see the interior layout of the book! Celtic crosses, Irish harps, snippets from folk songs and sayings...And then there's the story, inspired by a County Clare native who is my best friend.
Does your first memory haunt you? Do you grapple with dysfunctional family members? Struggle to find your place after you've been torn from your homeland? Have dark secrets which you've never shared with anyone, not even a loving spouse? If so, perhaps you'll connect with Mary Freeman, the feisty protagonist of An Irishwoman's Tale. This work of contemporary Christian women's fiction spans two continents, including the mystical cliffs of County Clare, Ireland. Pack your bags and travel, first through this website, next to Ireland...then wherever our imaginations, and God, will allow us to go!
My exciting new announcement is that Kregel has decided to publish Unsettled Waters, the story of Sally, Mary's gregarious Southern friend. I thank Kregel for giving me this opportunity to share a story which grapples with issues such as the ruinous stain of racism on our society, the emotional and physical aftermath of sexual assault, the costly price of lies.
Stay tuned for more news about "Spanning Seas and Secrets," a four-book series which I'm working on now.
I'm not a blogger--not yet, anyway--but I do update this site at least once a month with a few musings about life in Normal, Illinois. There's also a monthly contest posted in the News section of the website. Click on the Contact Me button on the left-hand side of this page and leave your entry or contact me here. I love to receive feedback from writing and reading friends, so get in touch--soon!
BOOK SPOTLIGHTAn Irishwoman's Tale Unsettled Waters: A Story of Deception
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NEWS
May Contest--Be Inspired!
April 29, 2008
Prize: $15 Barnes & Noble gift card. On the Contact Me option of this website, share the quote, scripture, or speech excerpt that has stretched you to a place where eagles fly. Deadline: May 31st.
» read story April contest winner!
April 28, 2008
Bright lights! Action! Congratulations to Rebecca Howell, winner of April's movie contest.
» read story Let's Go to the Movies
April 1, 2008
Are you supporting well-crafted films by going to the movies?
» read story Kregel will publish Unsettled Waters!
March 28, 2008
A big thanks to Kregel publications for agreeing to publish Unsettled Waters, the story of the Irishwoman's friend Sally. Read more for another exciting writing development!
» read story February Contest Winner: Mimi
February 29, 2008
Congratulations to Mimi, February's contest winner!
Mimi's touching E-Valentine to JoAnn, her special mentor, became the judges' unanimous choice for the February contest.
» read story A Bit o' Irish in All of Us
February 29, 2008
Kregel Publications has recently announced the release date of my first novel, tentatively titled The Irishwoman, as August 31, 2008.
To celebrate (and because March 17 is St. Patrick's Day), I'm honoring the Irish among us (or in us) for this month's contest!
» read story Your Gift for the King
December 12, 2007
"Come, they told me, pa rum pa pum pum..."
What Christmas gift will YOU lay at the feet of the Christ child?
» read story Patti's Writing News
December 5, 2007
Writing, editing, judging, teaching...it's been a wonderful month!
» read story The 2007 ACFW National Convention in Dallas
October 16, 2007
Over five hundred writers gathered in Dallas to praise God, eat chocolate, fine-tune their writing craft, conduct a bit of business, socialize…did I mention eat chocolate? The keynote speaker, James Bell, admonished us to, “never stop learning, never stop writing, never stop reading.”
» read story Kregel Author Gets Four Star Review!
October 3, 2007
Miralee Ferrell's debut women's fiction novel, The Other Daughter , has received a four-star review by Romantic Times (Release date, October 30, Kregel Publications).
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Segregation and a chain link fence separated twelve-year-old Sally Flowers from her best friend, Ella Ward. Yet a brutal assault bound them together. Forever. Thirty-eight years later, Sally, a middle-aged Midwestern instructor, dredges up childhood secrets long buried beneath the waters of a Louisiana bayou in order to help her student, who has also been raped. Fragments of spirituals, gospel songs, and images of a Katrina-ravaged New Orleans are woven into the story. Coming in 2009! 
