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Meet B. Jane Turnquest: Author of The Memoir That Makes You Go Mmm + lots of other books!

Tell us about your books

They all have a positive message.

The Memoir That Makes You Go Mmm

Mckenzie-Morgan has an odd fascination, and from this she mastered a skill that involves manipulating most of her sentences with her favorite consonant.

As you read her memoir, for multiple reasons (awed, doubtful, meditative and maybe because you can taste scrumptious food in your mind), you will certainly go mmm.

There are the matters of: a manifestation or two, mouth-watering menus, memory verses, a misfit, middle-school moments and mix-ups, and the most monumental matter that is so improbable, it’s called a miracle.

Grab a dictionary, bookmark it right in the middle and get to know this quirky, original, delightful character: a Bahamian teenager who is oddly outstanding, and circumvents her troubles with optimism, faith, and a myriad of lofty M words that guarantees to improve all readers’ vocabulary.

Franc (Oh!) Phile

This is an account of a girl who loves everything French. In her opinion, and with a list of factual feats and findings that has her faithful to fabulous France, the presenter aims to show the world that France is the greatest country. She proclaims that – evidently, to the fault of being lost in translation, and due to the botched language piracy – the French are not rude. The French RULE!

Pompa Pumpity

There is a child somewhere with curly hair wishing it was straight, one skinny wanting not to be, one short dreaming of added inches, one who communicates differently and battles frustration, and one with undiscovered talents, hoping for some.

Pompa Pumpity, the fart, was miserable and inconsolable about how he was made. He felt incomplete and thought that he should and could be more than he was. Focusing only on outer features, the things that he lacked, made Pompa Pumpity’s gloom gloomier and added desperation to the mix of his bad feelings. Certain that having more would be fulfilling, Pompa Pumpity decided to fix this. He was mistaken, and had to learn of the untouchable truths within.

Which books did you enjoy growing up?

Enid Blyton’s books

What is your favorite food or foods?

Lamb and sorbet

What’s your secret weapon?

A dictionary – was used as a weapon to hurdle bad words at an older sister whom I could not defeat physically.

What inspired you to write your books?

Dared to write something different and yet appealing.

Where is your favorite place to read?

Bed

What do you like to do when you’re not writing?

Reading.

What did you learn when you were writing your first book?

Once you focus on the topic, ideas will flow.

As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?

Model

What is a writing tip for aspiring authors?

Write it. Then take a break. Come back to it with new eyes.

Quill Ink Parchment Publications

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