We had amazing success with our hidden manuscript campaign. I’ve received compliments on it, but the truth is I stole it from Derek Webb. Thanks Derek! The longest anybody had to wait was about ten minutes, and the shortest was when I said I was in front of the White House and somebody was there in about thirty seconds (they had been tipped off by an earlier hint.) All in all, you guys did great, and it won’t be the last time we play a game like this. So here is the grand finale. We are hiding the remaining manuscripts all over the country at the exact same time! That’s right, we are hitting thirteen cities at once. So here is the list of locations, and if there is one near you, stop reading this and go get it. Good luck! 8 Regina St. N. — Unit 5, Waterloo, ON 12175 Network Blvd., Ste. 150, San Antonio, TX 300 S. Main St., Royal Oak, MI 7400 N. Wickham Rd., Melbourne, FL 1505 Wealthy SE, Grand Rapids MI 2743 Emerson St., Abbotsford, BC 5836 Northwest Expressway, Warr Acres, OK 73132 234 East Main Street, Dallastown, PA 17313 820 West Spring Creek [...]
You can now embed the first thirty pages of A Million Mils on your website. Just visit this site, and embed the code like you would a YouTube video. You can also put it on your Facebook page. Thanks for all the help spreading the word. The book will be shipping from Amazon and Barnes within a very few days, and will be at your local bookstore within a couple weeks. Here we go! A Million Miles In A Thousand Years by Donald Miller
A couple weeks ago I sat down with Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers. Michael has posted the interview on his blog, and I thought I’d re-post it here. Feel free to embed the code on your blog, too. It’s a three-part interview, so I’ll post the rest of it as Michael posts it on his site. You can learn more about Mike here. Thanks Mike.
Mentoring Spotlight – Ben and Dennis from The Mentoring Project on Vimeo. The Mentoring Project is providing mentors for fatherless boys through local churches. We have programs in about seven churches in Portland, but around 200 on a waiting list. Besides being a blast, mentoring changes lives. The infrastructure is there, and the mentors are there, we just want to provide the resources and training to change an entire generation through these important relationships. This video focuses on one of our Hero Mentors, Ben, and his mentee, Dennis. Two great guys! Feel free to share their story on your blog, or on Facebook. Thanks everybody, and thanks Ben and Dennis. You guys rock. The mentoring relationship between Ben and Dennis began about 6 months ago when Ben began hanging out at an after school program in SE Portland. After being at the school for a while, Ben thought it would be fun to build a model car with one of the students. The program coordinator then mentioned that Dennis liked to build things. That next week, Ben and Dennis met. There was an instant connection. Although Ben and Dennis have done many fun activities together, it is the confidence with [...]
When I was writing Searching, the book was always called “Our Circus of Redemption.” It never had another name, until the last minute. The idea for the name Searching for God Knows What began floating around late in the game, and I dismissed it immediately. I knew what the name of the book was, and we’d designed a cover and were going to press. But just before we printed the book, I got an e-mail convincing me to change the title. It was a passionate e-mail from a Vice President at Thomas Nelson. Who’s to know if the book would have done better under another title. It’s hard to argue with it’s success. However, the book has always been called Circus, in my mind. We even printed the old circus cover, with the new title on it….Anyway, now we are redesigning the cover. I like these covers more. And I may write another book expanding on lifeboat theory, and I’ll call that book Our Circus of Redemption for sure. That said, which one of these covers do you like best? • Option one is in the lower right (Roller Coaster) • Option two is in the center (Wagon Wheel) • [...]
