In 2016, my essay, “No More Secrets and Silence,” won first prize in the Magic of Memoir contest. The essay also appears in The Magic of Memoir anthology, released in November 2016.
Excerpts from my memoir manuscript, My Mother’s Money (a nail biter), was a finalist in the memoir-writing contest sponsored by SheWrites.com and Serendipity Literary Agency in 2014. An agent from that agency will read my full manuscript when it’s completed.
I’m a multi-published writer, under my own name and several pseudonyms. My work has been published in highly respected online and paper publications. I’ve taken more than two dozen writing courses and worked one-on-one with writing coaches and editors to produce and polish my own work.
My undergraduate degree is in English; my graduate degree is in Communications Management—which means, I’ve got a bag full of skills to help you.

Lynette Benton
I moderate writing panels and present dynamic talks on creative writing. If you’re looking for a speaker who can talk to an audience about writing stories from their own or their family’s lives, contact me.
I’ve worked with writers as far away as Florida, Canada, and Slovenia. So you see, distance is no obstacle.
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