"After working for more than 20 years in the telecommunications industry and becoming an expert on customer service, I realized I wanted more. My first move was to a non-profit agency where my organizational skills could shine. Five years later funding problems developed, resulting in a lay-off I didn’t see coming.
“My next move was to a small radio station. While there, I worked part-time for a few months at a local library and a women’s shelter. I also began teaching writing classes at a senior living facility. Almost a decade later, I had mastered just about every facet of broadcasting, but I still wanted more. So, I accepted a full-time sales job at a larger radio station and a short time later - after surviving a life-threatening illness - a part-time mentoring position with an agency for inner city at-risk teens. But, as challenging and rewarding as those positions were respectively, I couldn’t escape the feeling of wanting more.
“That's when I realized it was time for me to pursue my passion for writing full time, and not just in the leftover hours of the day. After all, that passion was why five years earlier I had become an author. It’s why writing copy was one of my favorite responsibilities at the radio station. It's why my fondest memories of the time I spent with the at-risk teens were the journal and poetry sessions. And it's why no matter what was going on in my life, I had never stopped teaching those writing classes at the senior living facility.
"Today I am living out my passion for writing and publishing. In addition to authoring eight titles of my own, I find joy in pouring over the manuscripts - mostly handwritten - of seniors who want to publish their memoirs. The thrill of helping them rekindle long forgotten memories, the pleasure of reading their stories, and the satisfaction of seeing those stories in print, is the more that I've been longing for.”
PATRICIA MIDDLETON
“I’ve written my vision; let me help you write yours.”
“My next move was to a small radio station. While there, I worked part-time for a few months at a local library and a women’s shelter. I also began teaching writing classes at a senior living facility. Almost a decade later, I had mastered just about every facet of broadcasting, but I still wanted more. So, I accepted a full-time sales job at a larger radio station and a short time later - after surviving a life-threatening illness - a part-time mentoring position with an agency for inner city at-risk teens. But, as challenging and rewarding as those positions were respectively, I couldn’t escape the feeling of wanting more.
“That's when I realized it was time for me to pursue my passion for writing full time, and not just in the leftover hours of the day. After all, that passion was why five years earlier I had become an author. It’s why writing copy was one of my favorite responsibilities at the radio station. It's why my fondest memories of the time I spent with the at-risk teens were the journal and poetry sessions. And it's why no matter what was going on in my life, I had never stopped teaching those writing classes at the senior living facility.
"Today I am living out my passion for writing and publishing. In addition to authoring eight titles of my own, I find joy in pouring over the manuscripts - mostly handwritten - of seniors who want to publish their memoirs. The thrill of helping them rekindle long forgotten memories, the pleasure of reading their stories, and the satisfaction of seeing those stories in print, is the more that I've been longing for.”
PATRICIA MIDDLETON
“I’ve written my vision; let me help you write yours.”
