Mitzi Miller Wants Us All To Dream Big

For anyone who wants to follow their dream, Mitzi Miller encourages everyone to start immediately. "Start now!" she emphasizes. "The world has changed so much from two years ago, we don't even know what is going to happen tomorrow." As someone who is encouraging everyone to pursue their dream and live their best life to the fullest, Miller is speaking from experience. Celebrating her 10 year liver transplant recipient anniversary on June 30, 2008, Miller, 32, is happy to be alive. "I am so blessed to be living and working in my career," she says excitedly. "I never planned life beyond 10 years because recipients are not supposed live beyond that time. I am so lucky and grateful and I wouldn't take this experience back nor wish it on anyone," she continues.

Miller does wish that people would live without fear. "living without fear, that is what makes successful people, they never let fear stop them," she says. Once again living and speaking from experience her fearlessness helped her land her dream job. "I was working in sales and marketing for nine months, and it was not for me." One night she saw Amy Barnett, who was Managing Editor of Honey Magazine, outside of a night club. Miller used her humor and intelligence to convince Barnett, author of Get Yours, to give her a chance. "Two weeks later I was an intern at Honey Magazine, I moved up to Entertainment Editor and won and NABJ award for an article Killing Me Softly," she says. In 2003 Miller was on staff at Jane Magazine and writing critically acclaimed books. Her most recent book Hotlanta written with Denene Millner, was published this spring. It is a series set in Atlanta targeted toward teen readers.

With all her success Miller realizes that she is still learning and growing as a writer. "I want to take some classes because learning is a great way to improve your craft it is also important to be able to accept criticism and help." Her advice for those who want to follow their dreams is simply never give up. "It is important to do something toward your goal. Everyone gets up and is still striving to get somewhere. The majority of people that we look up to are still hustling, so never give up. Everyday is a new opportunity to start over."

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