Marla M.

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WritersMama ZOOM Read and Critique Workshops @ Newport Beach, CA, US
Newport Beach, CA, US
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United States, United States
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About Marla M.

All American Girls: The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, published by Simon& Schuster, Deadly Little Secrets, women's fiction/suspense novel published 12/13. At MarlaMiller.com, I shepherd authors on the road to publication. Since the start of the #covid19 pandemic, I've launched WritersMama ZOOM Read & Critique workshops, an option now that writers conferences are on hold indefinitely. I teach annually at The Santa Barbara Writers Conference, The Southern California Writers Conference and have presented workshops at Writers Digest Conference. My experience in writing for publication spans 25+ years. When I started on my own road, I was an academic/psychiatric RN practitioner with three small kids. Today, my work melds my teaching/mentoring/interviewing expertise with my writing/publishing/platform building life expertise.I am a writer/editor/ writing workshop facilitator whose MarketingtheMuse workshops are well received by writers at every level. I am 'With author' for two indie published books-one in fitness and the other in health care. My professional expertise in both areas make me a good match for these projects. I appreciate new options in e-publishing however I've also noted that some think it's easy to be a writer. There are no shortcuts to mastering craft. Folks may not want to hear this but I tell it as I see it, which is why you like my style or you don't. People may get their works out there easier but they won't be read by more than a few. Poor storytelling reads like poor storytelling. Specialties: Writing short effective script: A skill set honed during my 20 years of writing columns for the Orange County Register's lifestyle magazine Finding story: My Read & Critique editing service zooms in on helping writers 'sculpt' their story. Testimonials on MarlaMiller.com offers solid evidence of this skill. I am a solid interviewer with excellent communication skills. My understanding of platform building is solid. I have an innate ability to translate complex into simple, a skill honed during my nursing career.

Marla M.'s Current Company Details
MarlaMiller.com

Marlamiller.Com

WritersMama ZOOM Read and Critique Workshops
Newport Beach, CA, US
Marla M. Work Experience Details
  • Marlamiller.Com
    Writersmama Zoom Read And Critique Workshops
    Marlamiller.Com
    Newport Beach, Ca, Us
  • Marlamiller.Com
    Writersmama Zoom Read & Critique Workshops
    Marlamiller.Com Apr 2020 - Present
    United States
  • Marlamiller.Com
    Workshop Teacher, Marketing Strategies For Writers
    Marlamiller.Com Jun 2003 - Present
    Santa Barbara, California Area
    When teaching workshops, my focus is always on 'openings'-the first 2 pages of a manuscript, the Overview of a book proposal, the query letter--all introductions to authors' writings. If you can't hook your reader here, you won't hook them. I love interactive workshops so always invite my attendees to bring 'openings' for us to critique, which we always do through the lens of 'marketability'--If you hook the reader through your 'openings' chances of your work being read/sold improves.
  • Southern California Writers Conference
    Writing Workshop Leader
    Southern California Writers Conference Feb 2005 - Present
    California, United States
  • Southern California Writers Conference
    Writing Workshop Leader
    Southern California Writers Conference Feb 2004 - Present
    San Diego & Los Angeles
    Pitch Witch Workshop: Why it's important to hook your 'listener' ASAP!
  • Self-Employed
    Consultant
    Self-Employed Jan 2010 - Present
    United States
  • Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Workshop Leader
    Santa Barbara Writers Conference Writing Workshop Leader
    Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Workshop Leader Jun 2003 - Present
    Santa Barbara, California Area
    The gist of my work in writing workshops: hooking readers with compelling openings, social media strategies - like blogging content to spin off stories - and query letters that hook.I became incensed after Simon & Schuster did little to nothing except publish my book that starred the 1999 US Women's National Soccer Team, a book endorsed by the team.It's not enough to write well, not today in 2015 nor was it yesterday, except few of us knew that back then. We were too busy bowing and scraping to the publishing juggernauts that finally let us in. And they knew it. After licking my wounds for a few years, I designed this workshop and have been teaching it @ SBWC, my literary home since 1989.
  • Santa Barbara Writers Conference
    Writing Workshop Leader & Former Assistant Director
    Santa Barbara Writers Conference Jun 2003 - Present
    Santa Barbara, California Area
    I developed the Young Writers Tract during my tenure as Assist.Director of SBWC and also raised scholarship funds.
  • Santa Barbara Writers Conference
    Assistant Director
    Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2005 - 2008
    Everything from establishing a Young Writers Program -that we created a fundraising platform for - to inviting scads of literary agents to attend SBWC which at that time, hosted about 40 agents every year. Lots of work that was constant/intense 6 months prior to each summer conference.
  • Santa Barbara Writers Conference
    Sbwc Assistant Director/Workshop Leader
    Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2003 - 2008
    I continue to teach MarketingtheMuse workshops at SBWC---
  • Santa Barbara Writers Conference, 2003-Present
    Workshop Leader
    Santa Barbara Writers Conference, 2003-Present Jun 2003 - Present
    Santa Barbara, California
    Not sure why I missed adding this..or did I somewhere here? SBWC is my literary home that took root when I attended my first conference in 1989, a knee-knocking novice writer in the company of greats like Ray Bradbury and Barnaby Conrad and Sue Grafton and Fannie Flagg and Charles Schulz and Elmore Leonard and....you get my drift..I was hooked!
  • Marlamiller.Com - Marketingthemuse
    Writers Resource Center With Emphasis On Social Media Strategies & Hooking Readers
    Marlamiller.Com - Marketingthemuse Jan 2003 - Present
    Web & Real Time-Sbwc & Scwc
    MarketingtheMuse was founded in 2003 when I first taught writers marketing strategies I learned-or didn't- when my first book was published by Simon & Schuster. Back then, we were on the brink of a new epublishing age that is now considered mainstream.My focus has shifted to hooking readers and social media strategies useful to authors. I also help good storytellers find the right small press or literary agent.
  • Freelance
    Freelance Writer
    Freelance 1987 - Present
    Nonprofit/society column for 16 years @ OC Register's Coast Magazine-also penned 'Entrepreneurs Making A Difference' & 'Cook's Corner' featuring notable OC chefs for Coast Mag.
  • Marketingthemuse Publications
    Deadly Little Secrets
    Marketingthemuse Publications May 2013 - Jul 2020
    Montecito Ca.
    The year is 1985 in Deadly Little Secrets, a story about taking sides and playing dirty. Though a work of fiction, in many communities the issue of AIDS education in public high schools is still the hot button it was back when HIV first took hold and this story takes place. The political divide clearly demarcated now was just beginning to ‘crack’ in many communities resembling Corona Cove, the upscale seaside town turned sideways by deep-seated differences in religious beliefs. Though that battle shifts allegiances in her home town, that’s not what threatens to sever the lifelong friendship between school nurse Loretta Casterini and Dr Julia Brooks, both mothers of teens at the school. Loretta is on the defense; she can’t help it. She co-teaches the sex ed class and does a bang up job if you’re pardon the pun. She's not naive; she recognizes the ugly truths about the evil that prejudice spawns. What Loretta can’t wrap her mind around is how a woman as accomplished as Julia Brooks can turn a blind eye to the machinations of the man they’ve both known since high school, school board president Steven Wilcox. Julia’s devotion is unworthy and next to impossible for Loretta to understand. When Loretta discovers that Julia is still under his spell, in the midst of mayhem caused by the AIDS course brouhaha, she wonders for the frist time just how well she knows her best friend since fifth grade. Loretta is certain, knows Wilcox will turn the AIDS sex ed course into a public battleground to expand his footprint in the political arena. She also is certain of this: If her best friend sides with him, Loretta can no longer be Julia’s friend and that possibility heightens Loretta's fears regarding the extent some will go to get what they want.
  • Social Publishing House
    Editor/Social Publishing House
    Social Publishing House Mar 2014 - Mar 2015
    Greater San Diego Area
    Social Publishing House is a start-up press I'm so delighted to be part of starting up...Founder/CEO Brian Gilb, former Marine is an Amherst educated writer and terrific young man. We love military writers so please share this with writers who have or currently are serving. SPH just completed our first contest & will be posting winners. SPH's team of editors offer editing services.http://socialpublishinghouse.com/editing-services/
  • Writers Digest Conference/West
    Writers Digest Conference/West
    Writers Digest Conference/West Sep 2013 - Aug 2014
    Los Angeles, Ca.
    Pitch Witch is a useful workshop I co-facilitate/teach with editor/film maker Jennifer Silva Redmond at several writers conferences. we tell writers "You get two opinions for the price of one" which in this business is a very good thing. Why? Writers are vulnerable and tend to take one person's viewpoint as gospel.
  • The Writer Magazine
    Columnist
    The Writer Magazine Feb 2010 - Jun 2012
    My column, Critique My Query, invites The Writer Magazine visitors to submit their query letters to me for a FREE video critique -quite popular among writers on the road to publication.Past columns @ The Writer: Hooked: Query Letters That Piqued An Agent's InterestThe Early Years: Noted Writers Talk About Their 'Salad Days.'
  • Fitpop.Com
    Wellness/Food Writer
    Fitpop.Com 2011 - 2012
  • Marketing The Muse
    Workshop Leader
    Marketing The Muse Jun 2003 - Apr 2009
    I teach workshops to writers at conferences around the country. My focus is marketing. It's not enough to tell a good story...Marketing the Muse workshops are well received. www.marketingthemuse.com is an extension of what I do in real time.
  • Location 3 Magazine
    Founding Editor-In-Chief
    Location 3 Magazine Jan 2006 - Jan 2009
    Founding editor-in-chief of an Orange County coastal lifestyle magazine that did not survive the economic downturn.
  • Oc Register, Coast Magazine
    Columnist
    Oc Register, Coast Magazine Jan 1991 - Mar 2006
    Columnist: society news, culinary, business/entrepreneur personality profiles

Marla M. Skills

Publishing Storytelling Editing Books Creative Writing Published Author Publications Blogging Freelance Writing Magazines Social Media Copy Editing Writing Web Content Literature Online Publishing Non Fiction Fiction Ghostwriting Proofreading Social Media Marketing Social Networking Copywriting Magazine Articles Ebooks Editorial Newsletters Teaching Feature Articles Video Fiction Writing Facebook Publicity Poetry Content Strategy Novels Short Stories Content Development Journalism Healthcare Content Writing Interviews Memoir Book Reviews Manuscript Entrepreneurship Creative Non Fiction Writer/editor/teacher Content Creation

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Marla M. works for Marlamiller.com

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Marla M.'s current role is WritersMama ZOOM Read and Critique Workshops.

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Marla M. attended University Of Illinois At Chicago, University Of Illinois At Chicago.

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Marla M. has interest in Economic Empowerment, Civil Rights And Social Action, Writing Marketer, Yoga, Making Money Grow, The Health Care 'wellness' Industry, Environment, Poverty Alleviation, Columnist, Writer/teacher.

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Marla M. has skills like Publishing, Storytelling, Editing, Books, Creative Writing, Published Author, Publications, Blogging, Freelance Writing, Magazines, Social Media, Copy Editing.

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