Nicole M. Miller

  My writing journey has been less of a path and more of a circle, so starting at the beginning is hard to do. But there is a point on the circle that ties it all together. In August of 2007, I was talking with my husband, Jeff. I’d been feeling a bit out of sorts, most likely a result of my birthday the previous month. Something about birthdays can make us think about our accomplishments, or in my case, lack of accomplishments. I’d spent most of my youth expecting to be an artist of some sort because I was very talented at drawing, only to end up majoring in...

  My debut novel, Yesterday’s Tomorrow, is one of those ‘this is the book of my heart’ stories. I’m not exactly sure how I came up with the plot, but all of a sudden I had a desperate need to write about a female journalist who traveled to Vietnam to cover the war. Kind of funny, since I was just a toddler when that war took place. And I’m not so keen on violence. :0) But a story began to take shape in my mind, and I knew I had to write it. Others weren’t so convinced. “Been done a million times.” “It’ll never fly in CBA.” I heard them...

  My story is Alpha Redemption, published by Splashdown Books on September 1st, 2010. It follows Brett Denton as he takes part in a prototype speed-of-light mission to Alpha Centauri. Having lost his family in a tragic accident (for which he blames himself), he hopes to escape his misery by travelling to a new world. On the journey his only company is a learning-capable computer he nicknames Jay. At first Brett finds Jay’s questions annoying, but they soon become friends of sorts, and it is through Jay that Brett rediscovers his faith in God and finds a reason to live. The plot came to me quite quickly and I wrote...

One night I dreamed the basic plot to this book. It was as though I was watching a live performance of a play, the main characters’ images clear in the dream. Not one to dream often, I asked God when I awoke the next morning, “Why did I dream a dream like that?” In my spirit I heard the words, “Write the book.” Stunned, I immediately questioned God with the following words: “Write the book? Excuse me, God, but I believe you have the wrong address. You surely meant to go to Victoria Holt’s residence, not the home of Victoria Burks.” However, as the days passed, I couldn’t quiet God’s...

  I have had the wonderful chance to visit Hana, Maui and the islands of Hawaii and been impressed with their culture of family, faith, and history. Since I’ve been troubled by our culture of anti-family, anti-faith, and denial of the past, I thought this would be a perfect setting. So I created a “material girl” from San Francisco and placed her in this rural village. Hana-lani is a fast-paced love story asking some T.S. Eliot’s permanent questions, “what is goodness, truth, and love?” I enjoyed writing this novel, for I could combine some of my social concerns with the dramatic natural beaty of Hawaii, a world at once violent...