Nicole M. Miller

Hello, blog. Long time, no see. It’s been what? A little over a year? Gosh, you’ve changed. Me? Oh, you won’t believe everything that’s changed for me in the past year. Where do I even begin? I’m a whole new person. I’m complete. I’m, as Elizabeth Stone said, “forever to have my heart walking outside my body.” What a beautiful gift motherhood is. What a challenge, what an adventure. On December 18, 2015 at 11:19 p.m., we welcomed the sweetest early Christmas gift I’ve ever seen. Before, during, since and for a long time to come — my world has revolved around this darling thing. We lost our beloved Honey right after...

A dear friend asked me a month ago, “You going to Pioneer Nation?” “Say what?” “Chris G’s new conference…” Then she sent me the link: I’d been on the list for World Domination Summit tickets for two years but each time they came up for sale, I didn’t have the spare funds. This time, I had the money — and this was a conference specifically for soloprenuers. This was it. I purchased a ticket within ten minutes of finding the event. The wait for Pioneer Nation to arrive was excruciating. Then, a week out, I caught the nasty cold that was going around. A week out, I thought, would be plenty...

In November, I was asked to speak at the April 5th Faith & Culture Writers Conference, which I had attended the inaugural event back in 2011 and adored it. I couldn’t say “yes” fast enough! Today, the official website and lineup of speakers was unveiled—and seeing my name amongst these incredible writers and industry professionals terrifies and thrills me. If’you’d suggested five years ago that I’d be teaching social media and marketing to writers, I would have laughed in your face. But I’ve come to discover that teaching and coaching is one the things I enjoy most about writer’s conferences. These experiences also led me to create Miller Media Solutions, which addresses...

During a day when I needed a pick-me-up, this blog post from Mashable came up in my Google Reader, and I had to watch the animation short that it described. Need a feel-good moment? Need a bit of a Disney fix? Want to smile? Watch it: This touches on so many things, but oh how it simply made my day. The paper. The Disney magic. The whimsy. Nowadays, would this be a text message instead? A Twitter follow/reply? A chance “friending” on Facebook. Somehow that seems less romantic. As someone who believes in the power of hand-written notes, I hope we never lose the wonder of paper, of chance, of...