13Aug, 2009

A Million Miles Tour. We Now Have Widgets, and Tickets

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A long time ago I put a message in a bottle and threw it into the ocean. Not unlike that Police song, I woke up and there were a hundred-thousand bottles washed upon my shore. That message was Blue Like Jazz, and I honestly didn’t expect anybody to actually read it. Since then, those of us who think the way we do haven’t had much of a chance to get together. I think that is one of the things I’m most excited about in regards to the Million Miles Tour. I do hope to see you on the road. Tickets are now available in select cities, and the other cities should be online soon. Would you spread the word by telling your friends? You can cut and paste this widget onto your own site using the “get and share” button at the bottom. All you do is copy the code like a YouTube video. And you can also post it on your facebook, or tweet about it.

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10Aug, 2009

Publisher’s Weekly Reviews A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

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I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a truly positive review of a book from Publisher’s Weekly. They can be a bit snobby about books. And even their review of Million Miles is fairly safe. But I’ll take “funny as hell.” Here is their review. It will print in next week’s issue: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Own Life Donald Miller. Thomas Nelson, $19.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7852-1306-2

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06Aug, 2009

Twestions Answered

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I get great questions via twitter nearly every day, and I’d love to be able to answer all of them. But that’s hard to do in 140 characters, and even harder walking through an airport or bagging dog poo at the park. So every so often I’ll just fire off an answer on the blog. Here’s the first, and it’s especially applicable today, since I’m writing: Twestion: christopherbmac@donmilleris How smooth is the transition from writing one book to another? Do U ever find yourself wanting to write for the previous book? Answer: About as easy as turning around a train. Some writers can switch gears easily, but I’m not there yet. I’m convinced it’s a skill I can learn, but I’ve not learned it yet. I wrapped up the final pass of Million Miles about two weeks ago, and have since been editing To Own a Dragon for it’s new release (June, 2010) as Rogue Elephants and Real Men. I passed through the book changing some phrasing here and there (I was surprised at how clean the book actually was) and am now attempting to write a couple more important chapters to add to the book. And that isn’t easy. Each [...]

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03Aug, 2009

My Plumber’s Name is Judas

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Recently I purchased a new garbage disposal for my kitchen sink as the old one sounded like I’d dropped a watch in it. I got a referral from a friend for a good plumber, a man who happened to be a Christian, and I called him for an estimate. I called around and his price seemed fair so I made an appointment. The plumber, I will call him Judas, came over with the new disposal and installed it in under an hour. As far as plumbing goes, he was a master craftsman. I was very pleased with his work. And he was polite and kind and even made good conversation, explaining to me how my pipes worked. But here is why I was upset with my plumber: He did not share the gospel of Jesus with me. He was a Christian plumber posing as a non-christian plumber. Perhaps he was trying to be “relevant” or something, I don’t know. So I confronted him. I opened my checkbook but didn’t write the check. I asked him how, as a Christian, he could leave the gospel out of his work? He made some excuse about being a plumber, about being a craftsman [...]

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