Marla Miller

Marla began her freelance writing career after birthing three children and ending a career as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, RN, MSN. For 16 years, she wrote columns for the OC Register's lifestyle magazine before becoming founding editor-in-chief of an O.C. coastal lifestyle magazine. Her first book, All American Girls, was the only authorized biography of the iconic World Cup/Gold Medal winning U.S Women's National Soccer Team that Simon & Schuster published. SweetSpot: Now and Then, her recently published novel by Austin Macauley, explores the passion and pain midlife brings to some.

Marla teaches at writers conferences that include: The Santa Barbara Writers Conference, The Southern California Writers Conference, In 2020 due to COVID, Marla launched Writersmama ZOOM Read& Critique workshop ran for two plus years online and produced two published authors so far. She also facilitates memoir and autobiography workshops to seniors.

Marla's advice to writers on the road to publication: It's not good enough to write well. Marketing is key if you expect to sell; a lesson learned during the marketing phase of All American Girls. Though 'indie' publishing was still a few years away, this publishing experience with a major publisher taught Marla that most traditionally published authors receive very little help from marketing departments unless they are bestselling authors, and/or have sizable social media platforms and/or enjoy celebrity status.

Marla's experience in the entrepreneurial author movement includes The Booty Bible & Decode the Black Box of Group Health Insurance. She has ghosted two books, one for a major treatment center in Malibu, Ca. Marla published her first ebook, Days Gone By: Homage to Barnaby Conrad's Santa Barbara Writers Conference, a short story foreshadowing SweetSpot: Now and Then.