Bev Walton-Porter, American writer, creativity consultant, editor. Talent/Svc. scholar Phillips University, 1984.
Member, American Indian Science & Engineering Society, Mid-America Romance Authors, Romance Writers of America, Oklahoma Writers Federation, Enid Writers' Club (president/ executive board - 1996-1999, Best of the Best Poetry 1996), Sisters of the Scribe, Pikes Peak Writers Club, Editorial Freelancers Assoc.
Background
Ethnicity:
American with Scottish, English, Welsh, Irish, Scandinavian, German, Swiss, French, Spanish, Native American (Cherokee) and Portuguese Ancestry. Great grandmother Lucy Anetta Ray was Tuckahoe Cherokee.
Walton-Porter, Bev was born on December 17, 1964 in Covington, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Leo Conrad Walton and Shirley (Schumaker) Walton-Thayer.
Education
Student, Phillips University, 1985.
Career
Loan processor, Federated Capital Corporation, Grafton, Virginia, 1985-1987.
Bank teller, customer service representative, Sovran Bank, Hampton, 1986-1987.
Collections clerk, Montgomery Ward Credit Corp and General Electric Capital Corporation, 1987-1990.
Account clerk, City of Enid (Oklahoma) Administrative, 1990-1996.
Back records clerk, City of Enid Police, 1996-1997.
Sole proprietor/ owner WP Wordworks Freelance Services, Enid, 1997.
Instructor-short stories, International Writers' Club, 1997-1998.
Contest coordinator, Random Acts of Kindness-Tennessee campaign, 1997.
Freelance writer/editor, 1997 to present.
Editorial assistant, Eye on the Web, 1998.
Book author, 2005 to present
Contract editor, SBPRA, 2008-2010.
Managing editor, SBPRA, 2010-Jan 2013.
Exec. editor, Triple Crow Publishing, 2012.
Membership
Member Mid-America Romance Authors, Romance Writers American, Oklahoma Writers' Federation, Enid Writers' Club (president executive board since 1996, Best of the Best Poetry 1996), Sisters of the Scribe.
Connections
Married Gary Allen Porter, July 20, 1985. Children: Jonathan Taylor, Brittany Elizabeth. Widowed May 14, 2001.
Married Paul T. Sninchak, Jr., August 17, 2008. No children from this marriage.