Catching Up With Wayfarer’s Diary

Good news!  Since our last update, where we asked you to vote on a cover, the Wren’s Nest Publishing Co. has been moving forward at a clipped pace.

First: in a 4 to 3 vote, Lauren Lee‘s cover was chosen for the journal.  Huzzah!

Congrats to those of you who feel your voices were heard.  To the rest of you: nuts!  And to Lucy Inman: thanks for ensuring it was a tight race!

While you were holding your breath for the cover results, the students:

• chose their favorite 32(!) pieces to include in the journal
• edited them (or didn’t touch them at all, in many cases) to perfection
• created a lovely layout plan for the journal
• became unpleasantly close with InDesign
• had an epic 8-hour meeting that stretched until midnight to finish Wayfarer’s Diary by the deadline

Many a hump has been busted, I tell you what.

The journal will, of course, be sold at the Decatur Book Festival over Labor Day Weekend.  You’ll be able to pick it up at the Wren’s Nest booth, where Lain and I will be camped out, sweaty and drinking beer, or from the editors themselves, who will be hawking their wares around the festival.  I don’t want to spread rumors, but there’s word of a banana costume.  (And, subsequently, a promise of heatstroke.)

Hope to see you there!