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getting the nod from The Don

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Having read all of his books, it looks like I’m getting some reciprocation from Donald Miller.  Well maybe that’s not entirely true.  "The Don", as I like to call him, author of Blue Like Jazz and Searching For God Knows What, et al, has started a website called Burnside Writers Collective which gives voice to writers needing an "alternative to franchise faith".

This Burnside website recently accepted one of my articles and posted it this week.  (Ha-ha!) 

Check out the article here…  (It’s a revised version of a story I previously posted on the yeti-speak.)

So maybe, just maybe, The Don will actually read something I wrote instead of the more typical vice versa.  (Well, ok, he probably never reads this site even though his name is on it) but at the very least, someone that The Don knows personally will have read my work.  That’s a good start.

(Special thanks to Christa for initiating this submission.  I would not have attempted it on my own. She has confidence in me even when I don’t have confidence in myself…)

7 responses to “getting the nod from The Don”

  1. Ellen B. Avatar
    Ellen B.

    Congratulations on being published! I was convicted reading this the 2nd time. Maybe I should of just basked in my memory of reading it…but then I’d lose the opportunity to shed some more of my fears that keep me from showing hospitality to strangers.

  2. yeti Avatar
    yeti

    ELB,
    thanks for the note.

    you should always quit when you are ahead. i added an extra dose of “conviction” in the revision (haha). what’s really bad is the responsibility you feel to the content when you are the one who WROTE it. that’s bad news.

  3. boaz Avatar
    boaz

    Dude, if it is any consolation…I read your stuff more than I read that Don guys stuff. I am still wondering when you are going to put out the Annals of Kalimpong Spanky?

  4. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    This is so cool and such an accomplishment! Todd, I think you are one of the most gifted writers I’ve ever known. Keep using your gift to glorify Him. Sincere blessings on you! (PS-your wife is awesome! and she’s not alone in having confidence in you!)

  5. yeti Avatar
    yeti

    thanks, folks.

    i appreciate your compliments.

    art, not sure about the ETA on the K-Spank chronicles, but it’s not a bad idea… 🙂

    laura, thanks for the vote of confidence. we got the packet btw, thanks for sending that on to us.

  6. John Pattison Avatar
    John Pattison

    Todd,

    Yours was a beautifully written article. I hope that you continue to submit to the Writers Collective.

    I have a friend who has worked in the past (and will work in the future) with a minority group in the Xinjiang province. I directed him to your article; I think he’ll love it.

    Thanks again for your piece.

    John Pattison
    BWC Books Editor

  7. yeti Avatar
    yeti

    john,

    thanks for your comment. xinjiang is our next door neighbor to the west. we know some folks out there as well.

    i’ll do my best to submit more articles to the collective. this one felt particularly inspired, so we’ll see how it goes…

    todd

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