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Jay Lake’s New Site

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My latest client project is complete. Jay Lake, a SF/F author published by Tor Books, and winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Author approached me with a desire to have a personal website that would be easy to maintain, incorporate his podcast, and allow him to crosspost blog content to his LiveJournal. For a design, Jay wanted something with a decayed industrial feel, imitating some of his photography and invoking the feel of some of his fiction.

This is a standard WordPress set up with about a dozen various plugins installed from Latest Comments to podcasting enclosures. No real problems presented themselves in its construction. Jay was a delight to work with and the site went very smoothly. These are the kinds of sites that I love to make.

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06-09-2008

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[...] Jeremiah Tolbert has finished designing Jay Lake’s new site, and man, is it shiny! [...]

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About Me

Hi! My name is Jeremiah Tolbert, but you can call me Jeremy. I am a fantasy and science fiction writer, photographer, and web designer living in Northern Colorado. I am currently starting a new job and cannot take freelance work at this time. Drop me a line if you have any questions or comments. I love hearing from new people and I now have a lot more time to chat.

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