: About Me

Born in Portsmouth, VA Nina Hammiel Turner began writing poetry and short stories at a young age. Turner received a BA in English from the University of Virginia where she was first published. In March 2009, Turner published her first collection of poetry, Venus Speaks and she is now working on the completion of her first fiction novel. Turner resides in NJ with her husband and dog. Purchase "Venus Speaks" at lulu.com/content/5740292 and read more from Nina at www.theauthoressnina.com

My passion is ...

writing.

I know too much about ...

nothing. I like to think I'm pretty intelligent, but the truth is I don't think I could ever know too much about anything.

My parents always told me ...

I could do anything and be anything I wanted to be.

My childhood ambition ...

When my first grade teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up I said I wanted to be a mother.

My favorite memory ...

My favorite book was Charlotte's Web. My mom read it to me when I was 4 and when we got to the end I would ask her to start over. By the time I was six, she asked me to read it to her.

Why I write ...

I've never felt more complete than when I'm writing. I truly feel it's something my heart needs me to do.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am currently watching Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

My first job ...

I worked as a cashier at a Hardee's fast food restaurant. Needless to say, I'll never look at the chicken the same again!

My best moment ...

I'd have to say the day I got married.

My inspiration ...

my family and friends. They have always believed me and whenever I need encouragement I just think about the dozens of cheerleaders rooting me on.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Death of a sibling

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It has been just over a year since my brother died and the memory is still so fresh that sometimes I find myself trying to forget. I see young men on the street that look like him and sometimes I'm certain I hear his voice. I listen to my cell phone voice mails thinking that somehow, perhaps by magic or divine intervention, the last phone message he left me will reappear. It never does. These thoughts and moments are always followed by intense guilt. My brother's death was the result of a drunk driver. There was nothing I or anyone else in my family could have done to prevent it from happe...

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