{"id":26,"date":"2012-12-04T23:45:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T23:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karenmacklin.com\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2016-03-10T22:56:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T22:56:03","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aidanoflynn.com\/KarenMacklin-Test\/writing-bio\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karen\u00a0has co-authored two non-fiction books for young adults,\u00a0Indie Girl<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Crap<\/em>.
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Indie Girl:\u00a0<\/em>From Starting a Band to Launching a Fashion Company, Nine Ways to Turn Your Creative Talent into Reality\u00a0(2008)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Karen Macklin and Arne Johnson<\/em><\/p>\n

A fun and comprehensive guide for young women,\u00a0Indie Girl\u00a0contains all of the information you\u2019ll need to start independent creative ventures, like dance companies, rock bands, art galleries, fashion companies, and more. Includes quotes from teen and professional artists, and technical and creative advice from pros.<\/p>\n

Press for\u00a0Indie Girl<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Stop Wishing and start doing. This engaging and female-friendly guide outlines game plans for any budding “scene girl,” from publishing a zine or filming a TV show to creating an art exhibit or holding a poetry slam. Girls rock!”\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0Alternative Press magazine<\/p>\n

“A feisty guide for teens to bring their creative impulses to fruition.” \u2013\u00a0School Library Journal<\/em>, August 2008<\/p>\n

“Indie Girl<\/em>\u00a0has all of the information you need to take an idea and transform it into a reality.” \u2013\u00a0Kiki<\/em>\u00a0magazine<\/p>\n

“Arne Johnson and Karen Macklin have created a do-it-yourself guide that will help channel your creative prowess into projects.” \u2013Seventeen<\/em>\u00a0magazine<\/p>\n

“Jam-packed with insider tips and quotes from teenage and professional artists,\u00a0Indie Girl<\/em>\u00a0will both challenge and inspire you to do something out of the ordinary this summer.” \u2013\u00a0Seventeen<\/em>\u00a0magazine<\/p>\n

“The coolest how-to book we\u2019ve seen in a long time.” \u2013 Relatemag.com<\/p>\n

“Johnson and Macklin know a thing or two about independent media and have drafted a confident and inspiring work that just may accomplish what it has set out to do.”\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0Ink 19<\/em>\u00a0magazine<\/p>\n

“This must-read can help any girl who\u2019s doubting her project idea turn the idea into a success … with lots of passion and hard work, of course!” \u2013\u00a0Sweet Designs Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Crap:\u00a0<\/em>How to deal with annoying teachers, bosses, backstabbers, and other stuff that stinks (2009)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Karen Macklin, Erin Elisabeth Conley, and Jake Miller<\/em><\/p>\n

A funny guide for teens about how to avoid crap, deal with it, and flush it out of your life. Includes quotes by noted crap-coping experts, from Homer Simpson to Kurt Vonnegut, and little-known facts about\u2014you guessed it\u2014actual crap.<\/p>\n

Press for\u00a0Crap<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“In a market overflowing with self-help guides,\u00a0Crap<\/em>\u00a0takes the \u201cbull\u201d by the horns and equips kids with better coping mechanisms than feeling sorry for themselves or blaming the world. In a very cool way, it tells readers that they are responsible for how they feel.”\u00a0\u2013Technorati.com<\/em><\/p>\n

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“Simple, pithy pearls of wisdom about dealing with all kinds of crap in one\u2019s life are offset with the authors\u2019 quirky humor. Readers will also appreciate the random insertions of facts about the actual \u201cnumber 2\u2033, a twist that helps put it all into perspective.”\u00a0\u2013Readers on the Subway<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karen\u00a0has co-authored two non-fiction books for young adults,\u00a0Indie Girl\u00a0and\u00a0Crap. Indie Girl:\u00a0From Starting a Band to Launching a Fashion Company, Nine Ways to Turn Your Creative Talent into Reality\u00a0(2008) by Karen Macklin and Arne Johnson A fun and comprehensive guide for young women,\u00a0Indie Girl\u00a0contains all of the information you\u2019ll need to start independent creative ventures, like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1024,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_writing.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aidanoflynn.com\/KarenMacklin-Test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aidanoflynn.com\/KarenMacklin-Test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aidanoflynn.com\/KarenMacklin-Test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aidanoflynn.com\/KarenMacklin-Test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aidanoflynn.com\/KarenMacklin-Test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.aidanoflynn.com\/KarenMacklin-Test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1185,"href":"https:\/\/www.aidanoflynn.com\/KarenMacklin-Test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/1185"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aidanoflynn.com\/KarenMacklin-Test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aidanoflynn.com\/KarenMacklin-Test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}