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New Logo, DIY-style

1/30/2013

 
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Got some signings, conferences, and visits coming up, and I've been pondering how to come up with some stickers for signed bookplates, and notecards with my info for thank-you notes, and other random suches.

Nothing was really working for me. I mean, "let Vistaprint design you a logo"? Blech.

I like personal. I like imperfect. I also like free.

And then, eureka!

My writing group pal John Claude Bemis already dubbed me J-Cube, even though technically I think the equation would be

3(j)

rather than

(j) to the third power.

Anyhoo.

If you have ever met me, you know I likey a good DIY (remind me to tell you the worm farm story).

My general attitude is, "Why not give it a try? What could go wrong?" (Remind me to tell you the deck roof story.)

So -- voila! My new logo, brought to you by a Pink Pearl eraser and my trusty exacto knife:

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Me likey. What do you think?

If you use the interwebs, listen to this. (I'm small but I'm bossy.)

1/19/2013

 
It's been a year since the internet community rose up and defeated SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act). Takeaways:

1. We won. In a day. And if we hadn't, I prolly could be prosecuted for posting this video on this here blog.

2. We lost a brilliant, generous, principled person with the suicide of Aaron Swartz.

3. We need to stay vigilant.

4. I need to blog more, since this is only like the fourth or fifth post since I ranted about SOPA last year.

5. Congress STILL doesn't get it. For more on that, check out the podcast below the jump.


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2012 Cybils Award Finalist! Young Adult fiction.

1/8/2013

 
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    As exciting as a 4 AM phone call from the Nobel Prize committee!
    "The Theory of Everything" is among the chosen few - it's one of seven 2012 Cybil Awards finalist in young adult fiction.
    So, so delighted and humbled to share the honor with such great authors. I've got my reading list!


"Johnson deftly blends humor and grief in this story of a teenager’s struggles to make sense of her best friend's death. The witty chapter drawings (designed by Johnson) and main character Sarah’s pitch-perfect voice make The Theory of Everything compulsively readable, but the underlying veins of emotions—confusion, grief and even hope—keep this from feeling like lighter fare. Teens will understand Sarah’s desire to keep the world at bay with her “snarkbox,” but it’s the moments when Sarah puts aside the snark to truly face life that will leave a lasting impression. With a cast of characters that includes a tame possum, a wonder dog, and a maybe-creepy-maybe-misunderstood Christmas tree farmer, The Theory of Everything keeps readers guessing—and laughing—and crying—to the last page."

-- Kendall Kulper, Blogging for YA


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  • My Books
    • Believarexic
    • The Theory of Everything >
      • A Teoria de Tudo
      • Mi Teoría de Todo
      • La theorie du grand tout
    • This Girl is Different >
      • Esta Chica es Diferente
      • Cette fille est différente
      • 이 소녀는 다른 것입니다
      • Eve sieht es anders
      • Ova djevojka je drukčija
  • Writerly Things I Do
    • Writing (My Creative Space)
    • And I Read a Lot
    • Speeches & School Visits
    • Book Harvest
    • The Brown Bookshelf's Declaration in Support of Children
    • Adverb Fight Club
    • Little Free Library
    • Indies First
    • Authors for Library E-Books
  • Blog
  • About Me
    • Bio
    • Short Bio
    • Believarexic Radio Interview
    • Frequently Asked Questions >
      • How to be an Author
      • 'This Girl' Discussion Questions
    • Favorites by Decade
    • Post-Concussion Syndrome
    • 50 Random Facts About Me
    • Favorite Quotes
    • Paintings
    • Happy Dances
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