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The XKCD Digital Lifespan Chart in Context, v1.2

A three-asterisk and seven-word update of my original XKCD Digital Lifespan Chart in Context…

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Physical or Digital: The Fundamental Challenge of Modern Collection Development

Something to share from the writing side!

Delighted to announce the publication of Contemporary Issues in Collection Management, in which I had the privilege of co-writing the opening chapter…

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Jane Austen’s Sir Charles Grandison

Delighted to share my latest Juvenilia Press design project, Jane Austen’s Sir Charles Grandison, that she began writing when she was 16 and completed at age 24 with the help of her niece Anna.

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The XKCD Digital Lifespan Chart in Context

Inspired by the things I was learning in library school about special collections and the history of the book…

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Mermaid SeaSystems Logo

Mermaid SeaSystems is a biotechnology firm using genomics technology to solve problems in natural and built water environments.

We worked with their Operations Manager and the company Founder / Chief Technology Officer to develop their new corporate logo.

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Art From The Unknown

In a moment that speaks to one of our three core principles in life – Make Things – I made some things, submitted pictures of those things, am getting recognized for those things!

My dystopian altered book series has been included in the 2021 Art from the Unknown virtual exhibit, featuring pieces based on three ‘classic’ dystopian novels – Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell’s 1984, and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World…

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The Beautifull Cassandra

I’ve now been designing books for the Juvenilia Press for over twenty-five years, and it continues to be a high point in my design life. And so I am delighted to share my latest Juvenilia Press project, hot off the presses, The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen, with illustrations and afterwords by Juliet McMaster.

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Early Writings by Margaret Atwood

Published and launched in November 2020, Early Writings by Margaret Atwood is the latest Atwood collection from the Juvenilia Press for which I had the opportunity to do the cover and interior design…

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Small Press Saturdays: The Juvenilia Press

A post over at the Butterflies & Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities & Rarities!

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Video: An Introduction to Altered Books

A post over at the Butterflies & Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities & Rarities!

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Video: The Book as Object, Sculpture, & Performance

A post over at the Butterflies & Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities & Rarities!

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Who needs books when…

A new post over at the Butterflies & Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities & Rarities!

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#14daysofkokokopelli

I am part of a choir family known, for at least a little bit longer, as the Kokopelli Choir Association. As part of our looking forward to the fall, we started the #14daysofkokopelli campaign on social media…

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Reboot

So the Black Riders blog has returned…

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Is Big Brother watching?

A new post over at the Butterflies & Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities & Rarities!

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Spark Unnecessary

A new post over at the Butterflies & Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities & Rarities!

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Introducing the Butterflies and Aliens Library

My friend Stacey Kondla and I have finally decided to do a thing! We are delighted to announce the launch of the Butterflies and Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities and Rarities, a new website and blog through which we hope to spread some of our love of all things bookish!

We’re excited to start the new year with something new. Let us know what you think!

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Something Bookish Visual Identity Project

Something Bookish is the new editing and manuscript consulting company founded by my friend Stacey Kondla. She needed a logo, business card, and website, so we developed an icon comprised of the tools of her trade: pen, manuscript, and reading glasses. This is what we came up with…

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How to Accidentally Help Save a Heritage Building

So back in September 2016, I did a Pecha Kucha presentation where I talked about helping to save McDougall Church in downtown Edmonton from sale and possible demolition…

the mental mulch pile