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Mia King

What if you got away from it all -- and then it all got away from you?

About Me

THE OFFICIAL MYSPACE FOR AUTHOR MIA KING
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Available September 2008 from Berkley Books (Penguin USA)
SWEET LIFE

"The ultimate 'escape-and-find-yourself' novel ... funny, poignant, and filled with home truths any woman can relate to. This book is as warm and delicious as the recipes ... a delightful indulgence!"
New York Times Bestselling Author Susan Wiggs


A FEATURED ALTERNATE FOR DOUBLEDAY, LITERARY GUILD, AND BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUBS
When her husband, Paul, gets a new job, Marissa Price leaves her career and the island of Manhattan for the island of Hawaii. It seems like the perfect opportunity to save her marriage, regain her sense of self, and reconnect with her eight-year-old daughter, Pansy. But the family’s new house is a fixer-upper at best, her daughter wants to be homeschooled, and what needs fixing the most—her marriage—is the first to crumble when Paul announces he wants some time apart to find himself. Pulled in opposite directions, Marissa is faced with the most important decision of her life—a choice that will define who she is, what she wants, and where her happiness lies.

"It is life near the bone where it is sweetest."

Henry David Thoreau

Available now from Berkley Books (Penguin USA)
GOOD THINGS


“Entertaining." The Seattle Times
“A fresh and thoroughly enjoyable story.” Booklist
“A fun, energized read with food sprinkled liberally throughout, whetting your appetite.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin
A WRITER'S DIGEST NOTABLE DEBUT
Live Simply Tip #1: While designing your lifestyle, remember to live…
Deidre McIntosh became famous teaching women to live simply, and simply live - ironic for a woman who thrives on the chaos of a television career, and shares a home with her best friend, the one man she can count on - who happens to be gay.
But when her Seattle cooking-and-lifestyle show gets bumped off the air, and her best guy moves in with his boyfriend, she's left trying to figure out the next segment. Seizing on a chance encounter with an attractive stranger, Deidre accepts his offer to use his country home. She hopes to get away for a while and learn to practice what she preaches. To appreciate life without voice mail. To gain the courage to start again, and take the first slow, cautious steps toward a new kind of success-and maybe even love.
It seems like a simple task. But it may be the hardest thing she's ever done ...
Includes Deidre's favorite recipes. To read an excerpt, visit Mia's website or blog by clicking on the links above.
NEWS FLASH! TABLE MANNERS, the sequel to my bestselling novel, GOOD THINGS, will be published in 2009. Creative chaos never looked so good!
NEWS FLASH! GOOD THINGS will be published in Germany by Blanvalet/Random House in 2009!
NEWS FLASH! GOOD THINGS is in its third printing and is officially a national bestseller!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


Other writers, moms, fans of romance and chick lit, business owners, successful entrepreneurs, women who run companies with their husbands, homeschool moms, VBACers, golfers, chocoholics, families considering adopting from China, expats who work in China, and other lucky people who get to call Hawaii home. Whew!

Music:

Texas. Aimee Mann. KT Tunstall. Colbie Caillat. John Legend. Dixie Chicks. Imogen Heap. Everything But the Girl. Alanis, Avril, Madonna. Peter Kater. Sarah McLachlan. Gwen Stefani. Indigo Girls.

Movies:

Films by Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee. Sideways. Pretty much anything written or directed by Nancy Meyer and Judd Apatow. I love Diane Keaton. Will Ferrell. I am an avid Matrix fan. Other favorites include Kundun and Babe, as in the pig. Makes perfect sense, doesn't it?

Television:

Lost. Desperate Housewives. Monk. Psych. Tori and Dean Home Sweet Hollywood(I know! I'm embarrassed to admit it, but it's true).

Books:

Ha Jin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Joyce Carol Oates, Flannery O'Connor, Anne Lamott, Elizabeth Berg, Stanley Bing, Dave Barry, Napolean Hill, Mary Hunt, Byron Katie, Deepak Chopra, Caroline Myss, Earl Nightingale, SARK, Ina May Gaskin.

Heroes:

Dag Hammarskjold, Marcus Aurelius, Paramahansa Yogananda, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (a spiritual leader who promotes peace and plays golf? Amazing!). Oh, and all the mothers of the world ... it may be the best job ever (on a bad day I roll my eyes at that one), but it's hard work and we rarely get a break. Where's our Employee of the Year award for that one?!

My Blog

Food That Makes You Go Mmmmm ... The TABLE MANNERS Challenge

I am currently finishing up my manuscript for my third novel, Table Manners, the sequel to Good Things. In a strange twist of fate, it is due to my editor the day before the release of Sweet Life. Whi...
Posted by Mia King on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:36:00 PST

The Great Galley Give-Away! Read On For Your Chance to Win!

I have an amazon.com give-away going on, and wanted my myspace friends to get in on it!My second novel, Sweet Life, will be released September 2, 2008. I have an amazing "Life is Sweet" Hawaiian gift ...
Posted by Mia King on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:54:00 PST

Long Time No Blog

Talk about simplifying your life (thank you, Deidre McIntosh!) ... after a few quiet months of not a lot going on, things are aflutter. First, the good news:1. Novel 2, SWEET LIFE, got a great cover (...
Posted by Mia King on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:46:00 PST

Fresh or Refresh?

For those of you who know my back story, you'll remember The Novel. The Novel was my first novel, a pretty good novel that managed to get agent representation, but apparently lacked author gumption - ...
Posted by Mia King on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:57:00 PST

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 a...
Posted by Mia King on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:24:00 PST

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 t...
Posted by Mia King on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:34:00 PST

You Want Fire? Ill Give You Fire

If I'm going to write about fire this week, you can bet I'm going to write about Pele. No, not Pelé the famous soccer player  Pele, the goddess of fire, lightning, dance,...
Posted by Mia King on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:10:00 PST

Love the Space You're In

We rent. We rent a tidy 3 bedroom, 2 bath house on an acre of land. This house is home to me, my husband, my six year old, my 16 month old. The kids share a room; the third bedroom is our office. It's...
Posted by Mia King on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:26:00 PST

Its a Writers Life For Me

You already know that I've always wanted to be a writer  a published writer, to be specific. And now that I am, I have to say that it's kind of nice. Except for the writing part. I'm kidding, of cour...
Posted by Mia King on Thu, 24 May 2007 12:35:00 PST

First Lines

One of the best tools I've come across to jumpstart your writing is first lines. I was first introduced to it by Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones. It's one of the first exercises, or...
Posted by Mia King on Thu, 10 May 2007 10:23:00 PST