Patricia (Toni) McConnel | Author

Patricia (Toni) McConnel
Nature writer/photographer, creative nonfiction, journalist, fiction, memoir

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The Floor

A story from my autobiographical novel, Sing Soft, Sing Loud. This story portrays a true incident of psychological cruelty by a guard to a prisoner (myself) in a women's federal prison. "The Floor" will soon be available as an ebook.

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Aug.23.2011 - 10:04 am

Beware of Carpe Articulum contests

Last year I entered a photography contest sponsored by Carpe Articulum (http://www.carpearticulum.com/). I'm posting this warning here because their major focus is on fiction...

Aug.11.2011 - 4:26 pm

Hey, you!

Thanks for stopping by! I'm starting to add stuff to my Red Room site, but meantime I invite you to visit my regular blog at www.oldwomanwalking.com. If you're interested in...

Comments from Patricia (Toni)

Aug.09.2011 - 3:48 pm

In response to: New website

Bad link on your web page

Hey...The link to illustrated version of Notes doesn't work! I even went to blankisthenewblack.com to see if I could...

Aug.23.2010 - 11:19 am

In response to: Carpe Articulum

Huntington, have you been on

Huntington, have you been on board since the very beginning of Red Room? I'm at a disadvantage here because it's been...

Aug.22.2010 - 11:10 am

In response to: Carpe Articulum

Your Carpe Articulum prize

Interesting how I ended up on your Red Room page, Harrison - I was considering contests to enter and came across Carpe...

Feb.10.2010 - 4:34 pm

In response to: How Amazon.com helped to stop me wishing I was a white writer...

And The Secret Life Of Bees...

...is a piece of trash. I couldn't get past 20 pages of it. Bernice, don't be too quick to suspect discrimination....

About Patricia (Toni)

I'm the author of an autobiographical novel, Sing Soft, Sing Loud (hardcover, Athenuem, 1989; paperback, Logoria 1995), based on my experiences as a prisoner in jails and a federal prison, and The Woman's Work-At-Home Handbook: Income And Independence With A...

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Causes Patricia (Toni) McConnel Supports

Kiva.org, Great Old Broads for Wilderness