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Ms. Walkow's
LATEST Publication Awards
and Recognition: 1st
place biography, 2017 New Mexico Press Women 1st
place biography, 2017 National Federation of Press Women 1st place biography, 2017 National Indie Excellence Awards Recommended read, 2017 Military Writers Society of America Silver Medal, 2017 Global e-book Awards
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Patricia Walkow Patricia Walkow is an award-winning author. She writes non-fiction, fiction, humor, satire,
and memoir from her home in Corrales, New Mexico, where she lives with her husband and pets. Her work has been published in
magazines, books, newspapers, and online. In her own words... Writing is something I’ve always enjoyed. I think I was seven years old when
I knew I wanted to write. Unfortunately, most of my inspiration comes at night. Often, I find myself awake in my pajamas
writing in the wee hours. But I have learned if I have an idea, to jot it down. The best advice I’ve received in my
writing journey is not to be afraid to try different genres, to take chances. Having written in a corporate environment for
a while, it is a pleasure to have a voice that is my own and not a mouthpiece for another entity. As an author, I have learned
it is okay to experiment with writing, and it is also necessary to seek the opinions of others. Reviews by fellow
writers and editors make my work better. I love a blank piece of paper (or a blank computer screen). It is a canvas
for me and will become anything I imagine. More information
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Monday, December 26, 2016
***** Thank you to
a reader for a five-star review of The War Within, the Story of Josef: History is often represented as conflicts between “great men”,
between tyrants driven by greed and the desire for power, and those who directly led rebellions against them, and any focus
on suffering tends to be on those who suffered most grievously at the hands of the “great men,” such as black
slaves in the American south or European Jews under Hitler. What is often given short shrift is the suffering and personal
heroics of ordinary people caught in these conflicts. That is what Ms. Walkow so ably presents in “The War Within, The
Story of Joseph.” Joseph Walkow was a Polish national, and a Christian, captured and enslaved by the Germans in WW
II, and made to work in German mines and factories to support their war effort. The book follows his life from the day he
lost one of his legs while working in a German factory to the birth of his youngest daughter in New York City. It is a well
told story of personal suffering, and personal triumph. It opens a view into the war which is oft neglected in our history
books, and it truly helped me to see the war through different eyes. I highly recommend “The War Within, The Story of
Joseph.”
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Good News! My writing group's 2015 anthology, CURRENTS, to which I contributed several
stories and also served as editor, was awarded second place, a SILVER MEDAL, in the Military Writers Society of
America competition. Each anthology written by the Corrales Writing Group has won at least one award. CURRENTS may be
purchased at amazon.com and is also available as an e-book.
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Ms. Walkow's short stories can be found in many anthologies. Her entries in these anthologies include
humor, memoir, fiction, and satire.
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Next
Publication 2019 The Far Moist End of the Earth Bonnie
Jensen volunteers to teach in a missionary school in Southeast Asia after her husband dies. The year is 1908, and life in
Boston is quite restrictive for the young high-spirited widow in her mid-twenties. When she arrives at the
mission on the shores of the Indian Ocean, she delves into teaching and discovers her attraction for the pastor, a black man,
called a Negro at that time, from Mississippi. The attraction is mutual, and forbidden. Over the course of two years Bonnie
discovers secrets each person on the mission staff harbors, and realizes that no one is at Hope Mission to spread
the word of God...each has another, deeper, darker reason for being there.
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