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I am a storyteller no matter what I write. It took me 45 years to say, "I am a writer." Once I made the admission, the writer that had been locked up inside me overflowed onto the page.
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Background
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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.
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Birth Place
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Stockbridge, MI US
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Accomplishments
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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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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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Favorite Links
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Senior Times magazine
Patricia Behnke is editor-in-chief at Tower Publications.
Authors Den
Visit all the writers on Authors Den
Florida Writers Association
An organization devoted to writers helping writers.
The Rising Moon
Buy Patricia's book Tortoise Stew online from this new age gift shop in St. Augustine.
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