My Notice – Jodine Turner
Visionary writers are incredibly important to the publishing landscape. And yet, the “visionary” label of this broad set of writers can confuse unfamiliar readers or put off publishers afraid to take risks.
Author: Jodine Turner
Jodine Turner is a best-selling, and multiple award-winning author of Visionary Fiction, fantasy, and magical realism. She is also an Adorata Practitioner in the spiritual path of embodying divine love and balancing the feminine and masculine within; as well as a therapist, consecrated priestess, and deacon in the Gnostic Church of Mary Magdalene. Jodine has made several trips to England, Scotland, and Ireland, where she visited and researched many of the ancient sacred sites. She then fulfilled a dream by moving to the UK. While living in Glastonbury, England, the legendary Isle of Avalon, Jodine met and married her husband.
The Age of Aquarius – Jodine Turner
Visionary writers are incredibly important to the publishing landscape. And yet, the “visionary” label of this broad set of writers can confuse unfamiliar readers or put off publishers afraid to take risks.
In Wilderness Lies the Hope of the World – Jodine Turner
Visionary writers are incredibly important to the publishing landscape. And yet, the “visionary” label of this broad set of writers can confuse unfamiliar readers or put off publishers afraid to take risks.
The Writer’s Life – Jodine Turner
Visionary writers are incredibly important to the publishing landscape. And yet, the “visionary” label of this broad set of writers can confuse unfamiliar readers or put off publishers afraid to take risks.
No More Band Aids: A Visionary Fiction Author’s Rant – Jodine Turner
“Life feels shitty right now. Life is leading us to a new and better way of living. I hate not seeing loved ones. I am so grateful for what I do have. I miss (fill in the blank).”
I started out this era of Covid feeling concerned, yet calm, philosophical, better future oriented. I still feel that way.
Rosa Mundi by Gerald R. Stanek – A Visionary Fiction Book Review by Jodine Turner, PhD.
His insight, description, and understanding of the lower, middle, and upper worlds is awe inspiring. While the novel is somewhat informational in the beginning, it amps up with adventure and intrigue
Red Robed Priestess by Elizabeth Cunningham – A Visionary Fiction Alliance Book Review by Jodine Turner
The world of love eternal. Be prepared for a poignant exploration of mother daughter bonds, and how you can find love in the most surprising people and circumstances.
Visionary Fiction and the Global Pandemic – Jodine Turner
I am self-isolating, staying at home with my husband and our cats. I am isolated at home but feeling a deep connection with every other person in our world going through the pandemic, having their own experience, their own struggles, their own fears, maybe even points of joy and love and rediscovery. We are in…
Jodine Turner’s Thirteen All-Time Favorite Visionary Fiction Books
As a founder of the VFA, as well as a Visionary Fiction author, I find my all-time favorites shift and shuffle over time and build upon some older classics. (as in Marion Zimmer Bradley, C.S. Lewis and Dion Fortune) The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley Magdalene Rising by Elizabeth Cunningham Channel of the…
The Article That Started it All – Jodine Turner
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…
The Power of Place In Writing Visionary Fiction – Jodine Turner
Editor’s Note: We are posting this repeat of one of our readers’ most commented upon articles, with some new additions. We invite you to share your thoughts and continue the discussion! ************* Have you ever thought about the power of place, of setting, in writing your Visionary Fiction novel? In The Writer’s Chronicle, (Vol. 51,…
Pitching Your Novel to Agents – Jodine Turner
Writers should attend a writing conference at least once in their writing career. The networking, experience, and information presented enhance our craft, and these riches transfer into our written words. I had the pleasure of recently attending the Willamette Writer’s conference in Portland, Oregon. Attending was a last-minute opportunity and I grabbed it, even though…
Spirituality Within Visionary Fiction – a Round Table Discussion
Editor’s Note: A few years back I wrote this article to ask the question, ‘What is Spirituality in Visionary Fiction?’ We had a round table virtual discussion, which spurred a lot of comments and further discussion. Last month I posed the question again on our Facebook page, since we have so many new VF members. Here…
Crafting Your Elevator Pitch
An elevator pitch is a brief, uber-abridged summary of your story; two sentences that capture your story’s essence.
Celebrating and Promoting Visionary Fiction Author Accomplishments
Highlighting Visionary Fiction author contest winners, interviews, and book trailers.
Spirit Weave in Visionary Fiction – by Jodine Turner
Weaving spirituality into visionary fiction is a responsibility of visionary fiction authors as well as a craft issue.
The Power of Place in Writing a Novel
Have you ever thought about the power of place, of setting, in writing your novel? The setting in most novels is nonspecific. Meaning that, while setting itself is important, the specificity of the setting is oftentimes not. The high school romance between Bella and Edward in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight could have begun in any modern…
#Art Saved My Life
“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths….Myth must be kept alive. The people who can keep it alive are the artists of one kind or another.” – Joseph Campbell #Art saved my life #Art healed my heart #Art healed my soul The hashtags are coming in from around the country, flooding social…
Spirituality Within Visionary Fiction: a Round Table Discussion
Visionary fiction is a relatively new genre in the world of writing and publishing. And the paradox is that it is also an ancient form of storytelling as well. As we engage in discussions about defining Visionary Fiction, we inevitably hit upon the crossover of VF and Spiritual Fiction. While our consensual definition of VF…
A Winters Tale by Mark Helprin – A Visionary Fiction Alliance Book Review by Jodine Turner
A Movie Experience of Visionary Fiction We are well aware that Visionary Fiction, with regards to the publishing industry, is a genre in its infancy, though its form and mode of storytelling is perennial. One way to describe, define, and increase awareness of this genre for authors, readers, agents, and publishers, is to show by…
Beyond Samhain’s Doorway: Visionary Fiction
Summer has exhaled and faded. The nights are beginning to lengthen. Leaves burnish in shades of red, gold, and orange, and drop from the trees. The last of the harvest is gathered, and the remains of the crops are tilled back into the fields to nourish the soil for next year’s planting. Our lived life is…
“Buen Camino!”
“Buen Camino!” These words offer wishes of good fortune to travelers of the Camino, or ‘The Way,’ – a pilgrimage on the Compostela de Santiago trail that runs from southern France through northern Spain. A friend from my writing critique group recently invited me to trek this 500 mile path with her. I was excited…
Global Ebook Honorable Mention for Carry on the Flame: Ultimate Magic
We all like to be acknowledged for our talents, for our creativity, for our accomplishments. Writers are no different. We get input from our critique groups, our beta readers, our agents, editors, and publishers. But we especially appreciate the feedback and reviews received from readers. We love to know if our book touched them, helped…
Dreaming Worlds Awake by Esme Ellis – A Visionary Fiction Alliance Book Review by Jodine Turner
Dreaming Worlds Awake is the newest book by VFA member Esme Ellis. This is a book that offers glimpses into the soul journey of the author. It could have gone the way of many memoir or Visionary Fiction books and been self-absorbed or pedantic. This does not happen in ‘Dreaming Worlds Awake’. Esme expresses her…
Carry on the Flame: Destiny’s Call by Jodine Turner (Excerpt)
from Book One Carry on the Flame: Destiny’s Call by award winning, best-selling visionary fiction author Jodine Turner The dayroom was full of idle chatter, some nonsensical, along with the monotonous blare of a morning television talk show. Cigarette smoke wafted upward, trapped by the closed and barred windows, as much prisoner as all the patients…
Visionary Fiction: Its Relevance in Today’s World – Jodine Turner
Jodine Turner Visionary Fiction speaks the language of the soul.It contains all the elements of modern storytelling yet there is a deeper layer, an archetypal level. This level invites a reader to personally undergo the mystical inner initiations that the book’s character experiences. Visionary Fiction not only entertains, it embeds esoteric wisdom and paranormal experiences…
Blog Blessings
The Founding Members of the Visionary Fiction Alliance invite you to join us in our blessings, our intentions, and our prayers for this site. You may envision us breaking a bottle of champagne over a ship’s hull. Or perhaps you see us cutting a shining golden ribbon with over-sized scissors. You might even imagine us…