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If your goal is to be a full-time novelist, it is my hope you will find something here that helps you. That is my wish and vision for MM2G.
Dear fellow writer, thank you for stopping by my More Miles to Go... Substack. If you would like to track my progress and support me on my journey to the New York Times Bestseller List (smile), I hope you will consider signing in. No worries. It’s free forever. And you can unsubscribe at any time. You’ll also get my free “Supercharge Your Health” eCourse. Just saying! Also, I only publish once a month, sometimes bi-monthly, or a bit more if something earth-shattering is happening and burning a hole in my pocket (I also publish when I can on socials if you’d like to get my inspirational quotes).
To give you some context, I began MM2G when I lost my mother in 2023. I wanted to share our work. She was an underground writer, poet, artist, and mostly caregiver to my brother born with spina bifida. I never felt her creative work was given the recognition it deserved. I was an aspiring romance writer and this writing and publishing kept me close to my mom, the theory went. You see, she was and is my everything…
So when I lost my job around that time, and had already forfeited my aspirations of becoming a doctor to do my own work as a dedicated caregiver for my parents and brother, I never went back to corporate America.
As you may have guessed, I have since lost both parents and continue in my mother’s footsteps, looking after my brother. But I also have kept the creative gene alive. Here I am still, continuing to track my successes (see below), charting my path to becoming a full-time novelist, in the name of my mother—and all our collective creativity.
Perhaps, if your goal is to be a full-time novelist, you will find something here that helps you, too. That is my wish and vision for MM2G.
What’s more, now I have upped the ante. I am targeting the New York Times Bestseller List. I need to stay busy you see. So I needed a big goal, something to focus on while I process the fact: I will have to live this life without parents. The idea is a sobering one, indeed. So I aim to inspire, keep things positive.
All that said, if you chose to come along for the ride, which I sure hope you do, buckle up dear writer friend. This is a long-distance journey. We are setting out on our own Route 66 today, tomorrow, and forever. So what do you have to lose? Hop in, won’t you? Put down the rag top, crank up the tunes! Fire up the engine and away we go...
All my love,
Laura
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Current Biography…
Laura Turner is an honorary graduate of Nazareth University’s English Literature program. Her essays and short stories have been published most notably in Micromance Magazine, Eve Magazine, Conceit Magazine, and (editor’s choice) in the Friday Flash Fiction literary journal. She has received nominations for BestMicrofiction 2025, the Edinburgh Literary Award, and longlisted for The Cupid Prize, Excellence in Love Literature. She is a former medical student and currently at work on her fifth novel targeted for the Harlequin Romance series program. Learn more at: https://lauraturnerwrites.com
Laura Turner Writes’ Media Room…
Laura Turner is the author of Spiritual Fitness: The 7-Steps to Living Well. She also writes fiction that matters and has just completed her fourth novel.
6/19/2025 - I received word that a short excerpt from my romance novella (yet to be published) will be published on Paragraph Planet, 6/21/2025! So excited!
5/8/2025 – I received word that my short story “An Equation for Love” will be published in a print book anthology named A Serendipitous Summer. So excited! Finally, a book!
4/10/2025 – Results from Harlequin “Billionaires Wanted” pitch event were a no, but I received an invitation to resubmit.
4/8/2025 – “A Reunion to Remember” is a finalist in the WOW! Women on Writing Winter short story contest.
8/25/2025 – I received word that “Painting Rebecca” my short romance will be published in Micromance Magazine.
12/13/2024 – Longlisted for The Cupid Prize Literary Award for Excellence in Love Lit for my short romantic story “Love Me Tinder.”
11/11/2024 - Nominated for BestMicrofiction 2025 Anthology for my short romantic story “Love Me Tinder.”
10/2/2024 – “Love Me Tinder” my short romance is published in Micromance Magazine.
8/30/2024 - Edinburgh Book Festival Flash Fiction Award nomination.
8/5/2024 - Editor’s Choice in Friday Flash Fiction Literary Journal for my microstory “A Perfect Catch.”
8/5/2024 - Editor’s Choice in Friday Flash Fiction Literary Journal for my microstory “Daydream Paddlers.”
8/10/1024 - Micromance Magazine published “A Fresh Start,” my short romance fictional story.
