Jodine Turner

Jodine Turner

Award Winning Author

The Article that Started the VFA

I write Visionary Fiction. It’s my passion. I published an article defining it in Writers Journal, May 2009, hoping to promote the relatively unknown genre. In November, 2011, I posted a link to my article on the Goodreads page for the Visionary Fiction Group. From that Goodreads post emerged a small network of author colleagues who also … Read more

Upgraded Visionary Fiction website

I am a Founder of the Visionary Fiction Alliance, the literary genre of my novels. We have just upgraded and have a new launch, all due to a great team of author admin. led by the incredible Aaron Yeagle. And now the brand new Visionary Fiction Alliance website – geared to both authors and readers … Read more

New release – The Hidden Abbey

A fated love and a sacred destiny brought through time. The Hidden Abbey interweaves the story of two lovers who must fulfill a fated mission that spans across centuries and two lifetimes. In sixteenth century England, Marissa is a headstrong apprentice priestess of the mystical and legendary Isle of Avalon. she must learn to be … Read more

As many authors do, I entered my latest manuscript, The Hidden Abbey, in a contest – The Reader’s Favorite Contest and Review. I got my novel’s first pre-publication review, and it was very gratifying. Writing is a passion – reaching readers is the fulfillment of that passion! The Hidden Abbey will be published later this year. Review Rating: … Read more

Oregon Writers Colony Award

My novel, The Hidden Abbey, isn’t professionally edited yet. Oh, yes, I have worked on it and revised it over and again, as writers do. But it lacks the polishing touches of an editor helping to ripen it for publication. Nevertheless, I entered it into the Oregon Writers Colony 2018 Writing Contest. And I won First … Read more

Novel Writing Festival’s Logline of the Day

My upcoming novel, The Hidden Abbey, was honored as the Novel Writing Festival’s Logline of the day today. Glastonbury Abbey ruins LOGLINE: The Visionary Fiction Novel, The Hidden Abbey, takes place in both the 16th and the 21st centuries. A headstrong priestess of Avalon, Marissa, falls in love with Michael, who defies his father’s military aspirations for him … Read more

Here is my latest interview on the creative process and what it means to write Visionary Fiction. Interview Jodine Turner “Listen to Jodine Cognato Turner‘s interview about Visionary Fiction. Her interview is engaging, and she explains what is visionary fiction, the creative process of writing and also an explanation of writer’s block and what it can … Read more

Reading Salon was a Success

I am writing my sixth novel, titled the Hidden Abbey. It is, of course, Visionary Fiction, which means stories with spiritual or metaphysical elements that are geared to offering the reader a shift in consciousness. Last weekend, I joined a group of other writers, including those from my writing critique group “The Destiny Writers,” to present … Read more