Kingdom Pen | Brandon Miller | Activity https://kingdompen.org/members/brandon-miller/activity/ Activity feed for Brandon Miller. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:47:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 8078d5ef3b9341ff39020b23705f0b9f Brandon Miller replied to the topic I Gotta Get Me Some Writing Books in the forum Non-Fiction http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/i-gotta-get-me-some-writing-books/#post-57996 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:21:24 -0500 My absolute favorite is “Go Teen Writers” by Jill Williamson and Stephanie Morrill.  Right now I’m reading “The Art of War for Writers” and I think I like it.  Jeff Gerke’s “Writing Christian Fiction” was pretty grand, so I assume the rest of his are great as well.  (I’ve only heard good things.)

If you’re worldbuilding, “Storyworld First” is a…[Read more]

]]> 51e3d6c8f32b9664f5d73a685a540fa9 Brandon Miller replied to the topic I need writing books! Help! in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/i-need-writing-books-help/#post-52127 Thu, 09 Nov 2017 01:38:34 -0500 Hey so unofficial staff recommendation:

Go Teen Writers is the best big picture craft book I have ever read. I would start with that.

If you are writing speculative fiction, Jill Williamson’s Storyworld First is also a must. (It’s really short and should be read with a notepad near at hand.)

I’ve only read a little of his stuff, but Jeff Gerke…[Read more]

]]> 24684ad7bc9d8aafd51d791258296cb9 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Blog Post Word Count in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/blog-post-word-count/#post-42301 Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:53:52 -0400 2,000 words is a long post, for sure. But I read and enjoy a blog which goes well over that mark nearly every week. The key is keeping the content separated enough visually so that it doesn’t /look/ like it’s that long. And, like @Daeus said, content trumps everything.

]]> 3c58646048b9d082b1bd6328eba97828 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Questions for Writers in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/questions-for-writers/#post-38253 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:50:23 -0400 YIPPEE! 100 Posts!
I just passed 100 posts myself, and it’s super cool. So congratulations!
Questions:
What is your favorite story, why?
What is your favorite Disney/Pixar moment, why?
What fictional character do you most look up to, why?

Congrats again!

]]> 9a5e0c060a2b2efe301dc2132666c7f9 Brandon Miller replied to the topic What do ya'll think about taking breaks? in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-do-yall-think-about-taking-breaks/page/2/#post-38162 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:57:08 -0400 OH YES.
What @ethryndal said. %200.
Make sure you have everything thoroughly documented and laid out so that you can come back to it. I just spent the ENTIRE month of June getting my current project back in my head so that I could outline the second half of it and move on. Don’t do that to yourself. Write everything down (and then put it…[Read more]

]]> 7c2391fd27f50bb711a3d85884b1d5b3 Brandon Miller replied to the topic What do ya'll think about taking breaks? in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-do-yall-think-about-taking-breaks/#post-38063 Tue, 25 Jul 2017 02:45:16 -0400 ‘Sup?

Okay, so here’s my opinion on taking some time off from a novel after you finish it.
WAIT UP.
FINISH IT? YOU FINISHED YOUR FIRST NOVEL! *alltheconfettiandcheersandlotsandlotsofcake* You get the prize.
Okay, now for the helpful (and also important) stuff. My opinion on breaks (just an opinion, but a common and heavily-tested one) YOU…[Read more]

]]> f327444acebce6925985ebb06a8ecb5b Brandon Miller and J.A. Penrose are now friends https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/45090/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 23:08:34 -0400 0 5ea046faab33e27db33ec583631aea6d Brandon Miller replied to the topic The Thread Where I Complain in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-thread-where-i-complain/#post-36406 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 20:23:07 -0400 I know the feel.

My current book is having all the same problems… so I did something crazy last weekend. I printed it off and read it. Like it was a novel and stuff. On paper.
Sure, it has issues. Lots of them. But I found that sitting in my reading corner with actual paper in my hands was encouraging to me in and of itself. Also, reading…[Read more]

]]> 35542e79b82090bb57d3f24f08b445b2 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/beginners-tips-for-writing-science-fiction/page/3/#post-34280 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 03:58:31 -0400 @mark-kamibaya I was just rephrasing what you said. All the points go to you. 😛

]]> 41a80bf34aaab8dd48613f23306b7de5 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/beginners-tips-for-writing-science-fiction/page/2/#post-34257 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:24:30 -0400 I have been tagged.
Again.
Which is fantastic, because even though I don’t find a lot of time to spend here, this is the topic I want to spend it in. Also, I think that my lack of actually showing up for this discussion has made me into something of a legend. (@Mark-Kamibaya “master of science fiction” Thanks, that’s really sweet of you but…[Read more]

]]> 0d038fd0923b703b80336833a375cfb4 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Word-sharing! in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/word-sharing/#post-34086 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 02:23:43 -0400
Just that. Good clean laughs.

]]> 2268b92e6b8fa490a5d13620271e4363 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Writing Websites in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writing-websites/#post-33401 Thu, 18 May 2017 12:49:00 -0400 I honestly haven’t spent a lot of time on the website, but the Go Teen Writers book was amazing, so In would check that out if I were you. Other than that, my favorites are forgingofstories.blogspot.com and woodlandquill.com (Which may or may not be my own blog. # shamelessselfpromotion). Also, I’ve just started following…[Read more]

]]> e5b248345bdfa832a1e45e3712ed59d0 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Balancing Dialogue and Description in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/balancing-dialogue-and-description/#post-33282 Tue, 16 May 2017 13:24:40 -0400 @Holly-Nelson-Gray
Hahahahahahahaha. Did someone say something about balance?
Lolno. I cannot express how bad I am at this. All the same, here is the little advice I have:
Use dialogue beats instead of tags. Beats always describe an action of one of the speakers, and look like this in a sentence: “What?” Wesley gasped. “No way!” They are to the…[Read more]

]]> 7ef96c1c3c8abae5c319bd4a5c6f7271 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/beginners-tips-for-writing-science-fiction/#post-33197 Sun, 14 May 2017 05:16:51 -0400 So… I have been tagged.
I would love to share a bunch of great “how to write sci fi” info with you… but I have two issues:
1. I really don’t know much. I didn’t spend a lot of time in the genre until a couple of years ago and I’m still playing catch up. Yes, I write it… but not terribly well. Not yet.
2. What little I do know I just put…[Read more]

]]> d167743b06c9de1f8fbaacc043dfee71 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Blogs: What Would You Like to See More of? in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/blogs-what-would-you-like-to-see-more-of/#post-33196 Sun, 14 May 2017 04:11:32 -0400 @that_writer_girl_99
Yes, you did just make Brandon’s day, thank you very much! I’m glad I can pretend to be helpful and actually pull it off.

Also, Nadine Brandes’ blog (and newsletter) are fantastic. Check them out. (But you know that, don’t you Rolena…)

]]> 35b63c11c5a5e9688a66dee1885c5ee4 Brandon Miller replied to the topic To blog or not to blog in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#post-32646 Sun, 07 May 2017 03:24:31 -0400 @graciegirl
(Okay, weird tech things. It says I’ve already posted, but I can’t see it so I’m posing again…)

Okay, so I’m tired and I’ve been sitting in front of my computer all day so words are going to sound harsh… just know that and take all of the following with a grain of salt. 😉

1. In a word… no. I know Daeus said yes, but… he…[Read more]

]]> c1358bcb532d261a42dc2d904675f7bc Brandon Miller replied to the topic To blog or not to blog in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#post-32642 Sun, 07 May 2017 03:10:20 -0400 @graicegirl
Okay, so I’m tired and I’ve been sitting in front of my computer all day so words are going to sound harsh… just know that and take all of the following with a grain of salt. 😉

1. In a word… no. I know Daeus said yes, but… he wrong. (Okay, I think this probably varies on a person-to-person basis, but here’s my opinion.)…[Read more]

]]> 3495bcc27aae53859741596beb93442a Brandon Miller replied to the topic To blog or not to blog in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#post-32642 Sun, 07 May 2017 03:10:20 -0400 Okay, so I’m tired and I’ve been sitting in front of my computer all day so words are going to sound harsh… just know that and take all of the following with a grain of salt. 😉

1. In a word… no. I know Daeus said yes, but… he wrong. (Okay, I think this probably varies on a person-to-person basis, but here’s my opinion.) No. Writing…[Read more]

]]> 0b89cd8494f91a9e293eff06589ccc78 Brandon Miller replied to the topic 2017 Christian Writers Conference in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/2017-christian-writers-conference/#post-29963 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 03:25:56 -0400 I’m planning to be there! It sounds like fun!

]]> 92bf9cf487ef460293e55b99fe06f22e Brandon Miller replied to the topic Finished! in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/finished/#post-29871 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:10:39 -0400 Congratulations on finishing your outline! I wish I was that far along on my WIP. Outlining is /hard/ business! Way hard. So yes, you are finished! No pat on the back required. You da bomb.
I write extended outlines, with lots of little details and all sorts of stuff that I completely ignore when I start writing. Don’t ask me why or how.…[Read more]

]]> 42857f41e30d4d87e03cc327abc1ffcb Brandon Miller replied to the topic Writers Score Results in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writers-score-results/page/2/#post-25063 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:17:17 -0500 @sierra-r

Nice! I got a 65.

]]> 8e45fc776abef31a10879889eb749213 Brandon Miller posted an update: Wow. Life is crazy, am I right? And would someone tell […] https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/32215/ Wed, 28 Dec 2016 22:39:37 -0500 Wow. Life is crazy, am I right? And would someone tell Christmas to stick around for a while next time he comes around to visit? Thanks.

]]> 1 4237a19253eb8342e674e7c677697f55 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Writing as a Christian in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writing-as-a-christian/#post-23345 Wed, 28 Dec 2016 03:07:00 -0500 Look at that, I have been called! Thanks @christi-eaton for the shout out! (but Christi, you know how this works. I wrote that article forever ago! It’s not fresh on my mind. 😛 )

@Audrey-Caylin, (This might all be a little late, but maybe it will help…) so actually I haven’t been able to shake the topic out of my head… so I’ve still got…[Read more]

]]> bbc339752e4318651b929d380dbec1ad Brandon Miller replied to the topic Writing as a Christian in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writing-as-a-christian/#post-23345 Wed, 28 Dec 2016 03:07:00 -0500 Ha, I have been called! Thanks @christi-eaton for the shout out! (but Christi, you know how this works. I wrote that article forever ago! It’s not fresh on my mind. 😛 )

Okay @Audrey-Caylin, so actually I haven’t been able to shake the topic out of my head… so I’ve still got some thoughts. First of all, I stand by what I said in my recent…[Read more]

]]> bdc30472b3514057ca90310ee09a101c Brandon Miller and Rolena Hatfield are now friends https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/29856/ Mon, 14 Nov 2016 17:14:01 -0500 0 8799519e3539825c770d0f2b777af7be Brandon Miller posted a new activity comment https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/29353/#acomment-29385 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 22:27:34 -0500 Yes, let’s do that. We need it. (Like always…)

In reply to - Greta posted an update Election day is today (you probably already knew that, unless you’ve been living in a hole in the ground 😉 ). Let’s take the time to pray for our country today. Thy will be done, Lord. < […] ]]> b89824b9b57caf3686af7e2be17ee86a Brandon Miller replied to the topic Look Who's Finally Introducing Herself in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/look-whos-finally-introducing-herself/page/4/#post-20252 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 01:13:58 -0400 @Christi-Eaton
It’s a free country, you can sing whatever you want.

@kate-flournoy
Well played.

]]> 96385e11a95e333a420e4f8b95aa1514 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Look Who's Finally Introducing Herself in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/look-whos-finally-introducing-herself/page/4/#post-20252 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 01:13:58 -0400 @Christi-Eaton
It’s a free country, you can sing whatever you want.

@kate flournoy
Well played.

]]> bb28e7a22713f9b9a01b2482acf58990 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Writers' Corner #3 in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writers-corner-3/page/12/#post-20187 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 02:25:03 -0400 @aella
Nice work meeting your goal yesterday. I hope today went as well.
And I don’t know that I could call what I did at midnight ‘writing’ but it was fun. 😀

]]> e1ecbe7d8dd8bd00d22586020c834bef Brandon Miller replied to the topic Look Who's Finally Introducing Herself in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/look-whos-finally-introducing-herself/page/3/#post-20186 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 02:22:04 -0400 @the-bean
Actually, the idea of getting to see all this happening is just encouraging me… although I appear to have lost an ally. Come on @christi-eaton

]]> 91e5d28969e0e2b2e3170a044665badc Brandon Miller replied to the topic It's Time for War. ~NaNoWriMo'16~ in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/its-time-for-war-nanowrimo16/page/5/#post-20185 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 02:20:38 -0400 @aella
Something around 6,000… but I knew that my first two days would be my best. Schedule and things.

]]> 51f9d817e06605771d2ecd983f3dce90 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Writers' Corner #3 in the forum General Writing Discussions http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writers-corner-3/page/10/#post-20095 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 21:00:51 -0400 I started at midnight last night. I don’t know why, I guess I saw a (stupid) opportunity and took it. But it felt good to wake up this morning and be already off to the races! And after a long day of Calc class, scholarship essays, and assorted math homeworks, I’m more than ready to get back to it. 😀

]]> 5e36ea7bc477b66649969d510c36bd17 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Look Who's Finally Introducing Herself in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/look-whos-finally-introducing-herself/page/2/#post-20094 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:58:46 -0400 @Sierra-R Come on, you’re no fun. No fun at all. 😛

]]> 0c7b5b5b156c0f5164591145b6acb359 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Before you hear it from DeGraaf... in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/before-you-hear-it-from-degraaf/page/4/#post-20092 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:47:33 -0400 @winter-rose
Cool! Good luck!

]]> b6c8eef92d649be5654bd386c8a6c85d Brandon Miller replied to the topic Before you hear it from DeGraaf... in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/before-you-hear-it-from-degraaf/page/4/#post-20043 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 23:17:44 -0400 @winter-rose
you?

]]> 15ccd68636f0cf073e0eaa4aa23f5fbe Brandon Miller replied to the topic Before you hear it from DeGraaf... in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/before-you-hear-it-from-degraaf/page/4/#post-20043 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 23:17:44 -0400 @winter-rose
Outliner.
50,000, at least. Hopefully more, but I need a W to go 3-0. 😀

]]> 23e7dcd6d4b2b44314ac1ad90a93c3b7 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Before you hear it from DeGraaf... in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/before-you-hear-it-from-degraaf/page/4/#post-20042 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 23:17:31 -0400 @winter-rose
Outliner. 😀
50,000, at least. Hopefully more, but I need a W to go 3-0. 😀

]]> 3bb95d1582f18483b89923f11a4c45f5 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Look Who's Finally Introducing Herself in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/look-whos-finally-introducing-herself/page/2/#post-20029 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 21:14:31 -0400 @dragon-snapper
We’ve got a plan for you too. Don’t worry.
Commence Operation BlackArrow.

(OH SNAP! I did it again. 😛 )

]]> be45a2108c16dedd2babf13aa74b64ce Brandon Miller replied to the topic Look Who's Finally Introducing Herself in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/look-whos-finally-introducing-herself/page/2/#post-20028 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 21:12:43 -0400 @Cristi-Eaton
Yeah, but finding new codenames is fun, right?

@gretald
You protest, and thus the first part of our plan is a success. Thanks for the help! 😉

]]> 6f5f5b7e9b590f93f14bf71b908d1ff5 Brandon Miller and Sierra are now friends https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/28661/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:14:21 -0400 0 39b1e4c4b7c169f01d281012d9568188 Brandon Miller and Christine Eaton are now friends https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/28657/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:01:00 -0400 0 5184ae335087ca64c5849ca263f0c8b4 Brandon Miller posted an update: Who's excited for NaNoWriMo? https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/28656/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:49:16 -0400 Who’s excited for NaNoWriMo?

]]> 0 86e1ad71d8e0c134fe45a189d54905a9 Brandon Miller's profile was updated https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/28655/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:48:47 -0400 0 00b457df32b62b3fa43af1731516cbef Brandon Miller replied to the topic Before you hear it from DeGraaf... in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/before-you-hear-it-from-degraaf/page/3/#post-19996 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:46:18 -0400 @winter-rose
Hi!
Scared away by the craziness? lol. It’s not my first rodeo. And the strange words are great. (Okay, maybe not but still funny.)
Yeah, I’m NaNoing. SUPER excited. You?
(I sure hoped I wasn’t the only one. 😛 #noob)

]]> 0bf51a371d3b0558ad818d6ff1f192b5 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Look Who's Finally Introducing Herself in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/look-whos-finally-introducing-herself/#post-19995 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:41:38 -0400 @sierra-r
Hello! I guess this means we’re all present and accounted for! (yay us.) Go writing team, right?

@christi-eaton Yep, I guess this is us. Now maybe we can start operation forum-takeover. (Super cool codename, right? :P)

]]> 20f1a12d817591d62089f61ebe10a1af Brandon Miller replied to the topic Before you hear it from DeGraaf... in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/before-you-hear-it-from-degraaf/page/3/#post-19868 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 20:40:29 -0400 @Daeus that’s good to know. 😛

@anne-of-lothlorien Thanks for the welcome and that’s all good to know! I’m working on all of the books. And none of them. For NaNo I’m going to try and finish a Sci-fi I started a while ago called Beta Sun. We’ll see.

]]> 42831d6ac37504ac8e03cd251259812e Brandon Miller replied to the topic Before you hear it from DeGraaf... in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/before-you-hear-it-from-degraaf/page/2/#post-19588 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 02:11:53 -0400 @BlueJay That sounds like a LOT of work. I say if people don’t want their handle to be their username, then I’m just not gonna tag them. 😛 *nods*

]]> 3383c64ac07dbcccf2b24d2d761cb32e Brandon Miller's profile was updated https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/28235/ Wed, 19 Oct 2016 23:38:06 -0400 0 e482439019a680b21adcedc199a9acba Brandon Miller replied to the topic Before you hear it from DeGraaf... in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/before-you-hear-it-from-degraaf/page/2/#post-19565 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 23:30:46 -0400 Also, my success tagging people has been /really/ spotty. How’s that run on this corner of the internets?

]]> aa90201a8bc4b78c0311368aefdb16b0 Brandon Miller replied to the topic Before you hear it from DeGraaf... in the forum Start HERE http://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/before-you-hear-it-from-degraaf/page/2/#post-19564 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 23:30:02 -0400 @hope-ann
Hello again! Yes, Harrison Ford is the best. We’ve got another one of his one the shelf over there… can’t wait to watch it! 😀

@emma-flournoy
I’m afraid Ohio isn’t the part of the midwest from which I come. I’m Nebraska born and bred.

@kate-flournoy
Wait a second… did I just type the name ‘flournoy’ twice? That’s not one I see…[Read more]

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