Dragon Study Guide

Published by bryan | June 6th, 2008 @ 9:48 am | Filed under Belmont Foundation

Author Larry Shallenberger is teaming up with the Belmont Foundation to write a study guide for To Own a Dragon. You can read some of his thoughts on the book here.

Donald Miller on Sports

Published by bryan | June 3rd, 2008 @ 10:00 am | Filed under site news

As Don prepares for the start of his cross-country bicycle ride later this week, he was kind enough to answer some sports-related questions over at Prayers For Blowouts. Click on over to read what Don’s favorite sports movie is, why he dislikes the Chicago Bears, and why he wants to go back in time to punch someone in the face.

Twitter

Published by bryan | May 8th, 2008 @ 1:20 pm | Filed under site news

If you’re the twittering type, you can subscribe to Don’s Twitter to make sure you don’t miss any blog updates, like the one he just posted. Speaking of twitter, if you’d like to follow my twitter (that’s me - bryan), here you go.

the BLJM

Published by bryan | May 6th, 2008 @ 3:40 pm | Filed under movie news

Somehow I had missed this Christianity Today piece on the Blue Like Jazz Movie. Lots of good info in here.

bikes and websites

Published by bryan | May 2nd, 2008 @ 8:14 am | Filed under site news

We told you a few weeks ago that Don would be riding his bicycle cross-country to raise money for the Blood:Water Mission. What we didn’t tell you was that he’ll be doing it while juggling rabid hamsters. That’s because he won’t be juggling rabid hamsters. That’s why we didn’t tell you that. Here’s an update from the Don…

A Bit Screwy

Published by bryan | April 28th, 2008 @ 12:41 pm | Filed under weblog reviews

From time to time we like to highlight some of the “not-so-positive” reviews of Don’s writing that we come across. It never hurts to think through a differing opinion and consider an opposing viewpoint.

For that reason we highlight Carrie’s recent review of Blue Like Jazz. On her blog, ReadingtoKnow, she discusses some of the many issues she had with BLJ,

“Granted, this is Miller’s own opinion of the world and, I remind you, he did not back up his thoughts with scripture or even try to defend them. He merely stated who he was and how he thought. The problem is that his “diary” was published and people latched on to it and indentified [sic] with it. But when you indentify with something you typically start to change behaviors/thoughts/feelings to engage with the familiar. Which is a problem when someone’s thoughts are a bit screwy and not exactly on target.”

There’s some discussion of her thoughts going on in the comments to the post. If you decide to jump in and participate, please do so with respect and grace as you’re representing us…

andrew peterson and story

Published by bryan | April 23rd, 2008 @ 10:01 am | Filed under site news

According to this blog entry over at The Rabbit Room, Andrew Peterson had to fill in for Derek Webb earlier this month at the Habitat for Hope event in Tennessee. It was a serendipitous moment, according to Andrew, because he was able to listen to Don speak on a topic he himself has been thinking a lot about lately.

That [story] was the subject of Don’s talk was fortuitous because on the three hour drive to Memphis for the show I had a lot of time to think about Story, partly because of a great phone conversation during the drive with a writer friend of mine, and partly because I’m in the thick of book two of the Wingfeather Saga. Story as an art form has always fascinated me, and now that I’m cutting through the brush of my second book I’m even more fascinated (and more than a little intimidated) by it.

You can read the whole post here. And be sure to check out Andy’s music if you’ve never had the pleasure.

New Way to Submit A Question to Don

Published by bryan | April 10th, 2008 @ 11:09 am | Filed under Ask Don a Question

Hey everyone,

I have revamped the way that we handle fan questions here at donmillerfans.net to make it easier for everyone involved*.

Here’s how it will work.

You can submit a question to Don by sending your questions to:

donmillerfans-at-gmail-dot-com

I’ll collect all of the questions that come in and send some of the best queries over to Don every once in a while so that he can respond to them.

Remember, leaving a comment on this site WILL NOT send a message directly to Don, they all come to me, Bryan. For those of you who’d like to contact Don directly, please check out the Contact Page at his Website. There you’ll find info for Booking, Excerpts, and Publicity, as well as a note from Don regarding fan mail.

*The reason Don hadn’t answered fan questions in a while was my fault due to the way I had things set up. I apologize to everyone who was expecting a response and never received one. Don truly appreciates your support, and is looking forward to putting a new book into your hands next year.

Newsletter

Published by bryan | March 24th, 2008 @ 11:01 am | Filed under journal entries

Don posted the following blurb on his site last week:

We’re about to send out our first ever newsletter from this site. You can sign up for the newsletter by clicking the little newspaper to the right. The first issue will have some photos of my recent visit to Las Vegas with Steve Taylor and Ben Pearson where we took a course on screenwriting and worked a bit on the Blue Like Jazz movie we hope to start filming here in Portland in May. And next month I’ll be talking about the team I’ll be joining to ride our bikes across America in support of Bloodwater Mission’s 1000 Wells Project. If you’ve not signed up for the newsletter, do so today and you’ll be kept up to date.

Don

Don Miller and Derek Webb

Published by bryan | March 20th, 2008 @ 11:54 am | Filed under speaking

A few years ago I made a trip down to Birmingham, AL to hear Derek Webb play and Don Miller speak. It was a great evening, and I’m excited to announce that it’s going to happen again.

Here’s the Info: April 12th, 2008 - 8:00pm; Cordove, TN - Hope Presbyterian Church

Tickets are $20 and $25 at the door and group tickets are available at $17 for 15 more.

Tickets are available for sale at Family Christian Stores and Lifeway Stores and online through www.thinkhope.org

They are looking for local churches and groups to help promote the event and get word out there. They have 11×17 posters and 5.5” cards that are available to hand out. Any help in plugging this event it would be greatly appreciated. They can deliver the posters and post cards to you to hand out, if you are interested.

They are also on FACEBOOK…so you can invite all our Memphis area Friends via the Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9950330811

For more info on Habitat for Hope, the cause that this event is supporting, click here.