By Richard Mize –  The Oklahoman
Published: December 31, 2005

Starting Jan. 7,  Mi-Ling Stone Poole joins the stable of expert columnists in the Real Estate Magazine.

But she’s different. She’s local. With her column, “Ask Mi-Ling, she will answer questions from Oklahomans. She lives in Edmond.

To ask Mi-Ling a question, go to www.mi-ling.com.

She has an interesting and varied background.

The  Minnesota native grew up in the Twin Cities area with many major players in the music business. These friendships solidified her interest in entertainment and inspired her in 1991, to form Exact Image Entertainment Group Inc.

Since the inception of the company, she has negotiated recording and publishing contracts, supplied talent for radio, television and film, booked celebrity speakers and provided music sound tracks for independent films.

Stone Poole also acted as associate producer for “Ninth Street (Independent Film Channel Award Winner), a Kevin Willmott film featuring Martin Sheeen and Isaac Hayes.

After her brother died from lung cancer a few years ago, Stone Poole changed her focus and began writing again. In June 2003, she launched “Mi-Ling’s Comfort Zone, a decorating column that featured homes of local residents as well as the Kansas home of “Oklahoma Hero, Joe Carter.

Her most recent column, “Ask Mi-Ling, debuted in May 2004 in a question-and answer format designed to assist readers with their decorating dilemmas. Stone Poole also produced television and radio tips, which aired on Home & Garden Television and were featured on Citadel radio stations in the Oklahoma City area.

She was a regular weekly guest on “The Joey and Heather Morning Show on Wild 97.9 FM KKWD and the “Jack and Ron Morning Show on Kiss 98.9 FM. Her columns were featured weekly in newspapers throughout the country and were translated into Spanish and published. She has also been a guest on “The Garden Show on WKY Radio offering tips to listeners.

Stone Poole recently finished a children’s story, “The Secret World of Space Monkeys, and a book featuring her funniest and most interesting columns called “Ask Mi-Ling, which she plans to publish.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas and her master’s degree of liberal arts in communications, with an emphasis in public relations, from Oklahoma City  University.