STEPHANIE MILLER
About
I am an artist, Zen archery instructor, and meditation teacher. I grew up in Southern California, and have lived in Belfast, Edinburgh, and Hyderabad, India.
About a zillion years ago I was a cub reporter at a city paper in metro DC. I used to stand in front my editor’s desk waiting while he perused my story printed on paper (the way we used to submit stories in the 20th century.) He would’ve smoked a cigar if HR allowed it. It never took him more than 90 seconds to read and he only ever had two responses: A) “Good” or B) “Bring it back when it’s a story.”
Since then, I’ve taken dozens of writing courses, written at least 100 poems, 30 short stories, 100s of blogs, 20 spec television scripts, two screenplays, and five novels. I’ve have been featured in a handful of literary journals, (also been rejected many times.) I spent many years working in market research, advertising, and branding, but my avocation has always been to be a novelist.
I self-published a poetry collection, which I marketed myself and sold over 200 copies. I have also self-published to provide books for workshops I teach in recovery from addiction, eating disorders, and trauma. I have published coloring books, which I provide at no cost to meditation students and children.
