Groupie

I’m a bit of a loner. I think, as a writer, most of us are by default – we don’t necessarily think we fit in, we’d rather be writing, we’d rather be reading, we have a healthy dose of insecurity and anxiety.
In general I tend not to do the group thing. For me, it’s just [...]

The End … Well, Almost

It hit me today. I’m no longer a Deb. I mean, I am and always will be a Debutante in spirit, but in the strictest sense of the word, I no longer qualify. My “debut” has passed – my “debut” novel, GOOD THINGS, came out this past February. I didn’t realize how much I would [...]

Mia in the Middle

Middles are tough. To start off, my middle is currently much too wide, the result of too much chocolate and caffeine this past month as I finished THE ALOHA DIARIES. I just didn’t think that a few extra bites of chocolate, McDonald’s, potato chips and all sorts of junk that seemed to call to me [...]

False Starts and New Beginnings

I’m one of those people that has a million ideas — for everything. I think I’m a closet wannabe inventor. For example, I came up with those little ear mittens before L.L. Bean did. Uh-huh. Really.
I think that’s why writing suits me as it does — turns out I also have a million ideas for [...]





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    March 16, 2010 @ 11:00 am HST: Join Mia as she meets with members of the Kona Book Club at the Kona-Kailua Public Library to discuss her second novel, SWEET LIFE, and answer questions from the group

    April 9-10, 2010: Mia's teaching memoir at the 2010 Biennial Writers' Conference for the National League of American Pen Women (Honolulu Branch), Honolulu, Hawaii

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    Good ThingsGood Things
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    ratings: 166 (avg rating 3.49)

    Sweet LifeSweet Life
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    Table MannersTable Manners
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