Ellen D. Miller | Updates

Dumpster Dilemma published, new project in the works

Ellen D. Miller — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Dumpster Dilemma was started in the fall of 2025 and finally finished in April of 2026. One of the stop-and-start books that finally took hold early this year, so I could wrap it up and finish it. That's how the writing sometimes goes.

The current project is on its third start. It is also taking place in Marston, Missouri. I'm hoping it will go a bit more smoothly than the Dumpster Dilemma did. Thinking that if all goes well, it could be completed in December 2026 or January 2027.

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Dumpster Dilemma

Ellen D. Miller — Mon, 8 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I've taken a break after writing A Place of Peace. Today, I’m getting ready to start working again by starting chapter two of the new Marston Mystery, with the future of Maddison and Alex from Keeping the Peace continuing.

This book won’t be thirty-some chapters like my last novel. I think I’m done with the procedural-type suspense novels. The small-town mysteries are a simpler kind of fun and less stressful for me to write. It is my retirement hobby, and I need to enjoy it and not consider it hard work. Plus, smaller books are easier to keep at a lower price for readers.

There will be occasional updates on how things are working.

Now, I’m headed back to Marston, MO, to see what the gang is up to.

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New book available

Ellen D. Miller — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The ebook version of A Place of Peace is now available on Amazon. The print copy is still under review, but should be up by the weekend.

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Book progressing

Ellen D. Miller — Fri, 9 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The newest book, tentatively titled Millington, is progressing. Currently, the first draft is about half done. Hope by summer's end it will be published.

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New book in the works

Ellen D. Miller — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A suspense and mystery with just a hint of romance is being worked on. I'm only in Chapter 9, and changes happen, and that hint might become something more. That's one of those options I gave myself in the planning stages.

The book has no title yet, but that will come. And probably change at least once before publication.

So goes my writing life. Be blessed my friends. - Ellen

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New Published novel on Amazon

Ellen D. Miller — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Previously named He Took Them All, the book now named Hope Hangs On, was published on Dec. 19, 2024 by H.K. Marsh.

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From me to you

Ellen D. Miller — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

All Ellen D. Miller ebooks on Amazon will be free from Oct. 15 to Oct. 17.

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New project

Ellen D. Miller — Thu, 5 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I am working on a new novel, He Took Them. The book centers around an eight-year-old girl found abandoned in a village in Missouri and the people trying to keep her safe and determine what has happened to her and her family. - H.K. Marsh

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