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Patricia C Behnke
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I write novels and nonfiction books as well as articles and essays.I have written a column, Another View, for the past five years. I am also a journalist and an editor.
I teach and lecture on writing on a variety of topics, which include beginning a freelance writing career, writing a novel, developing a book proposal, and using personal life experiences in fiction. I speak to Women's Clubs, book clubs, writers' organizations, and civic organizations.
My writing seminars offer a safe environment for beginning writers to begin to put their thoughts down on paper. I taught high school English for 17 years, so teaching adults about the beauty of language and expression is a natural outgrowth from my previous career.
I can be contacted at pcbwrites@comcast.net.
I thank the founder of my first writer's group who told me to stop making excuses about why I was not writing. He told me that writers write, pure and simple. Now I pass this advice onto other beginning writers whenever I can.
Birth Place: Stockbridge, MI US
Accomplishments: Award for Humorous Column - Florida Press Association 2006 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest
Award for Serious Column - Florida Press Association 2006 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest
Honorable Mention - Editorial on Women's History, Community Papers of Florida, 2007
1st Place - POW! Promoting Outstanding Writers for Mainstream Fiction (Tortoise Stew)
1st Place- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society Writing Contest, 2001
1st Place - 2001 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest, Serious
Column, Florida Press Association
2nd Place - 2002 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest, Serious Column, Florida Press Association
2nd Place - 2002 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest, Community Service for Drug Series,
Florida Press Association
Nominated by The High Springs Herald for a Pulitzer for drug series in 2003.
2001 - Woman of Distinction Award presented by the High Springs New Century Woman's Club
1998 - High Springs Chamber of Commerce, Citizen of the Year
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Tortoise Stew $19.95,
A Journey to the Light: Choosing Happiness and Abundance $7,
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Books
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 | A Journey to the Light: Choosing Happiness and Abundance by Patricia C Behnke
A Journey to the Light is the story of one woman's struggle to find peace and happiness after a series of events tore her world apart. Patricia Camburn Behnke takes the reader on a three year odyssey through her newspaper columns and present day narrative, which incorporates the knowledge and spiritual guidance she has received in the awakening stages of her journey....
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 | A Lethal Legacy by Patricia C Behnke
A Lethal Legacy takes the reader on a thirty-year odyssey with the main character, Ed Townsend, as he works to save everyone in his family but himself. From Ann Arbor to New Orleans and then eventually Ocala, the narrator chronicles his life as an author and the agonies of his best friend and cousin, Gary. In the end, Ed realizes the only person he can really save is himself....
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 | A Victorian Justice by Patricia C Behnke
A Victorian Justice explores the hypocrisies of a small Michigan town during the 1970s. When an interracial relationship between a prominent Methodist daughter and a black basketball player becomes public, all the hidden lives of the town's citizens begin to come to the surface....
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Short Stories
No One Ever Knows by Patricia C Behnke
The Stranger Sitting Next to Me Just Might Have my Back...
Acts of Kindness by Patricia C Behnke
We do not always know how those little acts of kindness have left an imprint on those around us....
Sea Turtle Love by Patricia C Behnke
Sea Turtle Love Results in a Hatchling’s Return to the Sea...
What was I thinking? by Patricia C Behnke
The Trouble with Raising Independent Children
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Bridging the Generation Gap by Patricia C Behnke
Chasing the Howler Monkey in Panama Aids the Cause for Changing Views of Aging...
Why I Volunteer with a hospice by Patricia C Behnke
The reactions to my decision to become a hospice volunteer were surprising...
Loving Our Pets by Patricia C Behnke
So to live and love like Minty or Fred, or any other animal we might be lucky enough to have in our life, is a slogan to put on bumper stickers or tattoos, and it is a homily by which we can all live....
Happy Birthday and Holidays by Patricia C Behnke
Winter Rolls All the Holidays into One Package...
Sperm Across America by Patricia C Behnke
The Life of a freelance writer requires listening skills and an open mind....
Traveling Allows Perspective by Patricia C Behnke
Learning to Be a Small Part of the Whole, Not the Center...
Another New Moon in Africa by Patricia C Behnke
Read an excerpt from the first chapter of the book Two Moons in Africa: Barbara and Brent Swan's Story of Terrorism...
The Legacy of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings by Patricia C Behnke
Rawlings worried she would leave nothing lasting behind because she did not have children. However, for this writer she left a lasting legacy....
Discount for Wrinkles by Patricia C Behnke
Learning from Age...
Skinny Dipping in the Ichetucknee by Patricia C Behnke
Earl Kinnard goes skinny dipping in the Ichetucknee River every New Year's Day....
How I Became a Freelance Writer by Patricia C Behnke
My first forays into the writing world resembled nothing of my fantasies....
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Poetry
Venting Naked by Patricia C Behnke
Sometimes we just have to get it off our chest. I feel better already....
The Best Part by Patricia C Behnke
Does He Remember? by Patricia C Behnke
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Articles
Increase Work Productivity: Hire a Woman in Menopause by Patricia C Behnke
Looking at the positive side of one of life's passages...
Florida's Connectivity by Patricia C Behnke
It's Time to Connect the Dots on Florida's Environment...
The Homeless are Everyone's Problem by Patricia C Behnke
Ignoring the homeless will not make them go away...
Friendly Fire and Other Absurdities by Patricia C Behnke
Doublespeak is the Tool of Those Who Wish to Deceive
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Resolutions by Patricia C Behnke
Let Me Choose a Resolution I Will Keep!...
Silencing the Dissenters by Patricia C Behnke
Whenever the wheels of democracy are used to crush the outspoken, we all lose....
Katrina and Blame by Patricia C Behnke
Pointing fingers and placing blame does not get the job done....
Mourning for our Soldiers by Patricia C Behnke
Can we support our troops and applaud them while not supporting the war?...
Hurricanes Taught Lessons by Patricia C Behnke
Jeanne and Frances blew through north Florida leaving more than a few limbs down....
The African Problem by Patricia C Behnke
Ignoring What We Cannot See or Use...
Drug Problem in Crescent Commnities by Patricia C Behnke
Excerpts from a drug series published in The High Springs Herald in 2002 and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by Editor Bo Turner. Awarded for excellence by the Florida Press Association for community...
Throw Me a Party But Do Not Argue Over My Car by Patricia C Behnke
Don't leave it to chance or to the relatives to decide...
Musing by a Columnist by Patricia C Behnke
Over five years later and it's still just Another View...
Inaugaration Blues by Patricia C Behnke
My daughter learns about a different kind of democracy....
Put the Tinsel On Anyway You Want by Patricia C Behnke
Holding onto control only makes us spin harder out of control when life intervenes....
Who Knows What a Blog Is? by Patricia C Behnke
I may not know everything about a blog, but at least I'm blogging nearly every day now....
Ice Cream Kisses in the Afternoon by Patricia C Behnke
Spending time with a child results in becoming an artist once again....
Learning from our Children - Who Knew? by Patricia C Behnke
Sometimes our children teach us the most important lessons in life....
Writers Must Defend the First Amendment by Patricia C Behnke
Writers are the first and last vestiges to protect freedom of expression and any attempt to limit that freedom is an attempt to destroy it....
Finding Peace in a Foreign Land by Patricia C Behnke
This Another View column addresses the challenges faced by Patricia Behnke on a recent trip to Morocco....
Letting Go by Patricia C Behnke
Losing a digital camera leads Patricia C. Behnke to relearn a simple life lesson....
Another View - Sticks and Stones by Patricia C Behnke
This column explores the cruelty of words and the hurts they can inflict....
Another View - Apples and Oranges by Patricia C Behnke
This column discusses the differences between men and women on the most romantic of holidays: Valentines Day....
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News
Writing Seminar Dates Announced by Patricia C Behnke
Writing Seminars under the direction of Patricia Behnke to be held in St. Augustine, Florida...
Writing Seminars in St. Augustine by Patricia C Behnke
Putting Thoughts to Paper...
Patricia Behnke on the radio by Patricia C Behnke
Listen to Patricia Behnke speak about her latest novel, Tortoise Stew, on the Ed Furbee Show...
Third Novel to be Published by Patricia C Behnke
New Novel Tortoise Stew to be released in March....
Patricia Behnke Wins Award by Patricia C Behnke
First Place for Mainstream Fiction goes to Sweet Lady...
Award for Senior Times by Patricia C Behnke
Senior Times magazine, with Editor Patricia Behnke, wins award...
The Behnkes Sell The Observer by Patricia C Behnke
The Observer of northwestern Alachua County began publication in 2003. Just two years later the paper sells to Barbara Llewellyn....
Seminar Deadline Extended by Patricia C Behnke
July Seminar dates have changed....
Writing Seminars in July by Patricia C Behnke
Three sessions of workshops will be offered in July. See description of each and application form....
Patricia C. Behnke Hired to Write Hostage Account by Patricia C Behnke
Patricia C. Behnke has signed a contract to write a book proposal for Brent and Barbara Swan on their experience as victims of terrorism in 1990 and beyond....
Patricia C. Behnke Signs Contracts by Patricia C Behnke
Patricia C. Behnke signs contract with agent for two new books....
Writing Seminars Announced by Patricia C Behnke
Putting Thoughts to Paper Writing Seminar offered this spring...
Publishers of The Observer Announcement Last Publication by Patricia C Behnke
The Behnkes will not be at the helm of The Observer after the March 2005 issue....
Radio Interview with Patricia Behnke by Patricia C Behnke
Listen to Patricia Behnke talk about her writing on Acaysha''s Radio Show...
Patricia Behnke to Present at Workshop by Patricia C Behnke
Women Helping Women Make Their Dreams Come True Retreat Weekend...
Newspaper for Sale by Patricia C Behnke
The Observer newspaper in north Florida is for sale....
New Book on Recovering from Depression by Patricia C Behnke
Patricia Camburn has just self-published A Journey to the Light. This book is a collection of her columns and a personal narrative over the past three years. A series of tragic events led the author t...
Patricia C. Behnke Finishes Third Novel by Patricia C Behnke
Developers do not always win, even in Florida in Patricia C. Behnke's newest novel, Sweet Lady.
One fiesty reporter in north Florida takes on the big developers and brings down their plans to...
Patricia C. Behnke and Husband Begin Newspaper by Patricia C Behnke
After over 20 years of working for someone else, the Behnke''s begin an adventure creating the life-long dream of publishing their own newspaper....
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Events
Writing Seminar 7/22/2006
Putting Thoughts to Paper Writing Seminar...
Book Signing 7/15/2006
Patricia C. Behnke will be signing copies of her new novel Tortoise Stew....
Book Signing 7/9/2006
Book Signing and Book Talk at Goerings Bookstore...
Tortoise Stew Book Signing 6/8/2006
Book Signing and Free Wine Tasting...
Earth Day Celebration 4/29/2006
Book Signing and Presentation at St. Augustine Earth Day...
Book Signing in St. Augustine 4/23/2006
Patricia Behnke will be autographing and selling copies of her new novel, Tortoise Stew, during the Spring Art & Craft Festival in St. Augustine...
Writing Seminar in St. Augustine 4/22/2006
Putting Thoughts to Paper...
Book Signing 4/9/2006
Book Signing at Alachua's Spring Festival...
Book Signing in St. Augustine 4/7/2006
Patricia Behnke will be signing copies of her new novel Tortoise Stew during First Friday Art Walk in downtown St. Augustine....
Book Celebration 4/1/2006
Book Celebration for Tortoise Stew...
Writing Seminars in St. Augustine 3/29/2006
Putting Thoughts to Paper...
From Journalism to Fiction 3/11/2006
Patricia Behnke will speak at the Downtown Florida Writers Group...
Journey to EmPOWerment 3/4/2006
Journey to EmPOWerment day long event of inspirational workshops...
POWer Lunch and Learn 2/11/2006
Patricia Behnke will be one of the featured speakers at this monthly event hosted by POW! Promoting Outstanding Writers...
First Coast Sisters in Crime 2/4/2006
Patricia Behnke will be the guest speaker at the Sisters in Crime at the Southeastern Branch Library in Jacksonville....
Barnes & Noble Book Signing 3/5/2005
Come mingle with some POW! (Promoting Outstanding Writers) authors at the Barnes & Noble of Mandarin on Saturday, March 5, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m....
POW! Promoting Outstanding Writers 2/26/2005
Boomtown Theatre & Cafe welcomes artists and authors from POW! Promoting Outstanding Writiers on Saturday, February 26 from 1 to 4 p.m....
Women Helping Women Make Their Dreams Come True 2/25/2005
A women's only event to unwind, pamper, empower and balance your inner self. Rejuvenate your soul in sunny Florida....
Steps to Successful Freelance Writing 1/22/2005
Patricia Behnke will be presenting a workshop to the Gainesville Palm Group of the Florida Writers Association....
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Links
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| Senior Times magazine
Patricia Behnke is editor-in-chief at Tower Publications.
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Authors Den
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Florida Writers Association
An organization devoted to writers helping writers.
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The Rising Moon
Buy Patricia's book Tortoise Stew online from this new age gift shop in St. Augustine.
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Additional information
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| My third novel, Tortoise Stew, is now available. Please email me regarding orders or go to www.publishamerica.com. |
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