Background Check

Hello readers! So I just wanted to start off with a little self introduction.

My name is Karen Turnage and I'm 21 years old. I only write for a hobby, but my day job as a preschool teacher is wonderful. Don't want to give my specific location, but I live in the state of Mississippi. P.S. I can assure you I am the exact opposite of the typical redneck stereotype people automatically assume of the people that live here. (More personal information can be found in the "About Me" Widget on the right! - Or below if viewing on a mobile device)

About 4-5 years ago writing was like a job to me. Although I didn't get paid for it, it's what I did all the time. Almost all of my spare time was consumed by it. I loved creative writing and my plan was to go to MSA (Mississippi School of Art) and then go to college and become a writer. But, that idea fell to pieces when I was not accepted into MSA my sophomore year in high school. For a long time I let it get me down. I put down my quill and never even looked it. I never thought about writing. I only thought about my failure and how I must not have been good enough if a school like MSA didn't want me...

However, today I have overcome those horrid thoughts and I have my confidence back. I LOVE WRITING! I will shout that simple statement to the world!! And I am writing now because I love it and it is something that I enjoy with every fiber of my being. While bouncing back, I started out simple with small writing prompts. Then a great story idea grew from one of them and here I am now. I am currently writing from that prompt, and I plan to turn it into a book of my own.

Publication is not really a goal of mine, but if someone from the business comes along and likes my work, I certainly would not turn it down. Haha. For now I plan to post the story by chapter to this blog, and I will do this with other stories/books I choose to write. The one I am working on now does not yet have a title, but I'm working on that.

So look for the posting of Chapter One! But until then I will be posting small dialogue scripts from the different characters to help you become familiar with the enticing personalities within it.

Thank you for joining me on my journey of getting back into things and I hope you genuinely enjoy what you will read here!

With all of my heart,
Karen M.T.