Welcome to International Fake Journal Month 2013!

What is IFJM?
Please read the page "What Is IFJM" for details.
Learn the difference between Faux, Fake, and Fake Historical Journals.

2019 IFJM Celebration
IFJM has been suspended indefinitely. Please read the pinned post about this below.

Participants who Post Their Journals
A list of 2018 participants who are posting their fake journals this year will appear near the top of the right side bar of this blog around April 6. Lists of participants who posted their pages in 2010 through 2017 appear lower in the same column. Please pay them a visit and check out their fake journals.

View a Couple of Roz's Past Fake Journals
Roz's 2009 fake journal takes place in an alternate Twin Cites, where disease has killed the human and bird populations. (It ends up being an upbeat tale of friendship.) Watch a video flip through of Roz's 2009 fake journal here.

Read an explanation of Roz's insanely complex 2011 fake journal.

Tips on Keeping a Fake Journal
Click on "tips" in the category cloud.

Remember, "Life's so short, why live only one?"


Monday, April 1, 2013

2013 International Fake Journal Month Begins TODAY

Left: The button for the 2013 IFJM celebration. (Maybe, more details to come.) Click on the image to view an enlargement.

Welcome to International Fake Journal Month 2013!


Today's the day to jump into your daily fake journaling. If you don't understand what all the fuss and bother is, take a few moments to look at the introductory links at the top of the blog. Read the "Tips" category for selections on how to pick a journal to work in and how to hone your idea for your character and your project into something manageable within the constraints of your life!

Then jump in.

I'll have more to say about my own 2013 fake journal in a few days (at least by the end of the week). This year my journal isn't scan-able (that's a long story and you'll hear about that soon enough) so I'm going to have to take photos and process those, and so it goes. A little more labor intensive than what I like to do for fake journal month, but I think the plan is an interesting one this year.

As to the illustration in this post—that's definitely the illustration on this year's button, or it will be when they arrive. The slogan may change. I had a super chaotic week when prepping the button files and screwed up. I didn't put on my "new-er" slogan (I was going to save this one for next year). When the buttons arrive in the mail I'll let you know what's going on. (I wrote a little about the confusion for this year's button on Roz Wound Up. Basically it was a case of too much stress, not enough sleep!)

In the meantime you can get a button by helping me with the interactive aspect of my 2013 fake journal. You can read about all that at this link.

Eventually you'll be able to order a button—which means you can get a free button, but I have to charge for the postage and package I send them in. I can't tell you what that's going to be yet since the buttons haven't arrived and been weighed for postage. I'll update you as soon as possible.

Update on the Interactive Aspect of My 2013 Fake Journal

For reasons which will be made clear soon enough, my use of the interactive materials I asked you to send me changed slightly as I prepared for this year's celebration.

Because of that everyone who sent me materials as requested in my "Interactive" post, and which I received on or before March 29, 2013 is getting a button. (I'm not trying to be secretive, and since you're all being rewarded I doubt you'll complain.) There wasn't any way around this.

I'm still hoping that others will send in small paper items as requested.

Those of you who sent something in so that it would reach me by that date will get a button mailed out as soon as the buttons arrive (which if I didn't totally mess up means they will go out next week, but if I messed up the buttons then you'll have to wait a bit). I'm telling you this because one particular correspondent sent many packets of scraps hoping to win a daily drawing and get a button. (Dana, you're getting a button, you don't need to send anything else!)

Entries received from April 1 on will be in the regular daily drawing.

You'll see the how and why of all this when you see the first introduction to my 2013 journal.

That leads me to one last bit of "paperwork." Someone in El Paso, Texas sent me a sewing related item.  There was NO RETURN ADDRESS, and NO NOTE inside the envelope. If you are that mystery correspondent and you would like to claim your button please send me your postal address in an email to rozjournalrat@gmail.com. In the email tell me what sewing related thing it was that you sent me (so I know it's really you, because of course I'm going to be inundated with requests for buttons from the residents of El Paso!) I'd love to get a button to you.

Now get busy. And don't forget to let me know a link to where you are posting your fake journal so that I can add it to the 2013 list of participants.

You don't have to post your journal to participate in IFJM 2013. You can do your work privately.

I hope that either way you do participate!

8 comments:

Dana said...

HA! ...another case of "be careful what you wish for".

I have sooooo many scraps that I took this as a wonderful opportunity to lighten my load! (barely made a dent.) Please feel free to pass anything unused on to another unsuspecting visual journaler.

Roz Stendahl said...

Dana, it was actually rather amazing because not only the stuff that you sent but that others sent was easily used (in the way you'll see as we go along and people even seemed to be working with colors I was using. It was a little freaky, but fun. Thank you for your many offerings!

I don't recall if you said you were participating this year, but if you are I hope you have a great month in your fake journal. If not—then in your real journal.

Thanks.

Green Morning said...

Hey Roz!
I just wanted to let you know that I will be participating this year.
I think I will continue posting on my "fake blog", just like in 2011.
Here is the link: fakegreenjournal1.blogspot.com

Have a fake April! :)

Anne M Bray said...

I've started -- The Digital Catwalk on SpyGirl. All entries can be found under this link: http://spygirl-amb.blogspot.com/search/label/ifjm%202013

Michelle Himes said...

Roz, I started my new fake journal yesterday. I sent you an email with the link, but I'm posting it here also.
www.michellesfakejournalblog.blogspot.com

Dana said...

No way would I miss it! I haven't set up a blog but here's the link to my Flickr set.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/burrda2k/sets/72157633149681319/with/8615331814/

Roz Stendahl said...

Green Morning I went to your link but your posts are from 2011 so I don't see where you are posting a 2013 fake journal. Please send me a link that goes to a first post for that and I'll get you on the participants list in the right hand column.
Thanks for joining in.
Roz

Roz Stendahl said...

Dana, Anne, and Michelle, so glad you are participating again and I have put your names on the list of 2013 participants in the right hand column!!! I'm looking forward to seeing what you're up to. Thanks for joining in.