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Patty Wain Smith registered her first song copyright in her teens and was later awarded an Honorable Mention in the Music City Song Festival national songwriting competition. (“A Letter to a Friend” includes a link to a song she wrote.)

Her first book, A Letter to a Friend: The Story of Abuse in America, won the Hope PYX Global International Book Award for Faith & Spirituality, two Illumination Book Awards Enduring Light Silver Medals, the Writer’s Digest Book Awards Honorable Mention, five International Book Awards Finalists, and the Living Now Book Awards Bronze Medal.

Patty’s been a speaker with the Family Justice Center of GHC Speakers Bureau. She’s appeared on Carolina and Company Live television and on radio, and has worked as a hotlin
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Patty Wain Smith Thanks for your question. I have a strong emotional connection to what I write. So I haven't experienced writer's block in general. Some parts come ea…moreThanks for your question. I have a strong emotional connection to what I write. So I haven't experienced writer's block in general. Some parts come easy, some hard - I've spent hours reworking a single paragraph! (less)
Patty Wain Smith Creating something out of nothing that enhances another life is, hands-down, the greatest thing about being a writer.
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All the Hidden Pieces by Dana Ridenour
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All the Hidden Pieces by Dana Ridenour
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“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.”
― José Micard Teixeira

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