IVP - Strangely Dim - Goodbye Summer, Hello Rebecca

Goodbye Summer, Hello Rebecca

Summer is winding down, and for all our efforts at escape, it seems we're still here. One of the nice things about working for InterVarsity Press is that, because we're part of the movement known as InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, which operates on an academic calendar, fall doesn't seem like an end so much as a beginning. The fall brings with it a burst of renewed creativity, starting with the blank slate of acquisitions for each editor and culminating in the late-October annual all-company meeting, where we come thisclose to a group hug.

We're feeling that burst of energy here at Strangely Dim in part because we've got a new contributor: Rebecca Larson, our friend and IVP's web editor. Among other things, Rebecca writes the Likewise Notebook, a semiregular e-mail update on the comings, goings and writings of authors in our Likewise line. (You can sign up for it here.) She also tweets and friends and engages in various other online re-verb-erations on behalf of IVP. In her spare time she occasionally designs nifty book covers (like this and this). I had the honor of DJing Rebecca's wedding reception, which I managed to ruin by playing the wrong track as she stepped to the dance floor with her dad. Apparently he's not as big a fan of hip hop (or ska or grunge metal or whatever it was that I played) as I might have imagined.

Rebecca is insightful and creative, and a whiz at Mad Libs. I hope you'll enjoy getting to know her in all her strange dimness.

Posted by Dave Zimmerman at August 18, 2009 8:14 AM