My name is Stephanie Thompson. Sometimes I go by Stevie. And on this page you can learn about my life. I was born into a military family and I am proudly a USAF brat. I began writing fiction and poetry when I was 11 years old and I have always excelled at languages and creative arts. Even before I began putting it into words, I was constantly daydreaming, usually about magical and mythical creatures. I had a strong interest in learning outside of school, visiting the library and checking out books on The Civil War, WWII, and The Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't until middle school when I got into fiction. I loved R. L. Stine's Fear Street series. Ultimately the first things I wrote were ghost and vampire stories. My sister and I shared new chapters we had written and laughed over the cheesy lines. When we moved to England, I got more serious about writing. I concentrated on the one story line I had been playing with for four years. It is this story that finally became my novel, Consumption Divine. Still, writing was a sideline to whatever idea I had for my future career. Between getting my GED and getting into college, I actually had many dream careers, ranging from musicians to lawyer to baker to dancer, but writing was a constant. In 2004, I was accepted to George Mason University but it was still two more years before I finally accepted the writing bug and chose English and Creative Writing as my major. Then my writing flourished. I finished the first part of my novel, Consumption, and joined Volition, Mason's only undergraduate literary and art journal. I was recommended and accepted into the English Honors program as well as consistently on the Dean's List. My senior year, I found my way to the Office of Student Media and fell in love with editing and magazine production. My last semester I was recommended and accepted for an editorial internship with VoxPop Magazines, the groundbreaking diversity magazine at Mason. As Managing Editor, I enjoyed my hands-on experience and realized that I could have a career doing what I newly loved. However, as I graduated, I found that I could not find a magazine that had the exciting visual design and cutting edge concept as VoxPop or the fresh and varied voices of Volition. So I decided to begin a publication filled with what I liked to make and read thus creating Puhnk + Miscellany, a magazine that confronts popular culture with intelligence and vibrancy. I am still writing fiction, mainly working on Consumption Divine, a few novellas, and short stories, still daydreaming about vampires, and offering my creativity to the brave new world of adulthood.
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