JD Elder: Journals, Logs & Puzzle Books
Songwriting notebooks for people with ideas. Office humor for people with meetings. Holiday books for people with lists. Word puzzles for everyone. Every one of these JD Elder books is a 6 x 9 paperback, and every one is available on Amazon. This page contains affiliate links, so I may earn a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you.
Music
Setlists: A Gig Log for Working Musicians
Every gig’s got a story. This log tracks what actually happened: who you played with, what you got paid, and which songs came out that night. Sixty shows, two pages each, plus a master “Songs We’ve Played” list for settling the “didn’t we already play that one?” argument. Built for bar bands, wedding bands, cover bands, and solo acts. 128 pages.
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Song Ideas: A Songwriting Notebook with Chords and Riffs
For songwriters who think in riffs and chords as much as words. Forty song ideas, three pages each: a musical page for tempo, style, mood, chord boxes, and two tab staffs, then two full pages for the lyrics to take shape. Includes an idea index up front. 124 pages.
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Lyrics: A Songwriting Notebook with Prompts for 40 Songs
A notebook for lyric writers who scribble, cross things out, and start over. Forty songs, three pages each, with a writing prompt on the first page of every song, wide-spaced lines, and an index to find any song fast. A good gift for a musician friend. 124 pages.
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Setlists, Song Ideas, and Lyrics are companion books and make a matching 6 x 9 set.
Work & Office Humor
Corporate Burn Book: A Confidential Log of Workplace Grievances
For anyone who has clenched their jaw through a “quick question” or watched a coworker microwave fish at 9 a.m. More than 100 incident report templates with checkboxes for classic corporate crimes like reply-all abuse. Petty, confidential, and absolutely not HR-approved. 136 pages.
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Meetings: A Log for Calendar Invites That Could Have Been an Email
Some meetings are necessary. This book is for the rest. Log 250 meetings, two per page: time wasted, who organized it, how many were invited versus how many needed to be there, and what actually got resolved. Then add up the damage. A solid gag gift for white elephant swaps, Secret Santa, and retirement parties. 136 pages.
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Buzzword Bingo: 100 Cards for Surviving Meetings
Bring a card to your next meeting and mark each square the second you hear “circle back” or “per my last email.” Five in a row wins. Just don’t shout it. 100 cards across 10 meeting themes, a free-space joke on every card, a 56-entry buzzword dictionary (“what they said, what they meant”), and house rules for running an office league. 114 pages.
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Holiday
Santa’s Little Black Book: Christmas List & Gift Budget Tracker
Santa keeps a list. Now you can too. Fifty people, two pages each: a profile page (likes, sizes, what you gave last year) and a gift tracker with Bought, Wrapped, and Given boxes. Naughty or Nice checkboxes, space for pets, and a master list of every person’s budget and spending so January isn’t a surprise. 122 pages.
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Christmas Unscramble & Find: 50 Word Scramble & Word Search Puzzles
Scramble. Search. Sip cocoa. Fifty two-page puzzles that work two ways: unscramble 12 jumbled holiday words, then hunt them down in a 15 x 15 word search. Ten themed chapters, 600 holiday words, a “Did You Know?” fun fact under every puzzle, and a full answer key. 108 pages.
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