Brand New Flickr Group!

Hi all...there have been a lot of people in our Facebook group wishing we had a Flickr group as well...and now we do!  Don't know why it took me so long...

It's right here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/artists-journal-workshop/  and please feel free to join us there...I'm lonely all by myself!

And of course if you're not a member of our Facebook group and would like to be, just click the link above...it's very active!

The book is in, at Amazon!

Well , cool, it appears the book got to Amazon and is being shipped out earlier than they had expected!  Rachel Kopel on our open Facebook group just announced it, and I'm excited to hear what you all think. 

This spread, part of the "Designing Your Pages" section, shows a couple of mine up top, with friends and blog co-authors Nina Johansson, Pam Johnson Brickell and Ellen Burkett arranged at the bottom.  As you can see, the book is just FULL of ideas on designing pages (the top entry in our poll at right!)

This spread is on memory pages...my grandmother's necklace and a childhood toy, plus blog co-author Vicky Williamson's visit to grandchildren and Roz Stendahl's "Daily Dots," her daily project sketching her beloved dog.

Here are a couple of representative spreads, but I'd recommend you go to Amazon and click "Look inside!"  LOTS more...

Meanwhile, I just got off the phone with Nicole Miller, North Light's terrific new fine arts publicist who has so many ideas my head is spinning.  How about a podcast?  Webinar?  Interview?  Babble babble...

Having kept journals for 40+ years, and being completely committed to the benefits, creatively, personally, and even spiritually, I can't tell you how delighted I am! 

Some of the books on journaling written 30-50 years ago are being reissued...tells you something, doesn't it!  (We'll do some reviews as we get the chance...)

New book in Kindle edition!

Well this is interesting! You can get the new book on Kindle, right NOW--one of my students is reading it (bound copies are still a week or two out.) I'm not knowledgeable about these things, but looks like it's available for iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, PC and Mac, AND they let you read the first chapter free. Cool!

Has anyone tried it that way?  Any idea how it looks?  I gather it's not color on her Kindle...and it NEEDS color, with all that lovely art from our contributors!

Still not the actual cover, but you can pre-order the book...

And since people have been telling me they've done just that, I figured I might as well let you see what's on Amazon now!  Authors don't design their own covers, generally speaking, so I don't really know what will end up on the cover...but whatever it is will give you a flavor of what's inside!  With so many terrific artists involved you can't go wrong, can you?

You can find the book at this link Artist's Journal Workshop: Creating Your Life in Words and Pictures as well as B & N, etc.--but it won't be out until June.  We ALL have to be patient!