 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: 
Me likey. What do you think?
 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." |