diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
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+// Package scribble is a tiny JSON database
+package scribble
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/jcelliott/lumber"
+)
+
+// Version is the current version of the project
+const Version = "1.1"
+
+// New creates a new scribble database at the desired directory location, and
+// returns a *Driver to then use for interacting with the database
+func New(dir string, options *Options) (*Driver, error) {
+
+	//
+	dir = filepath.Clean(dir)
+
+	// create default options
+	opts := Options{}
+
+	// if options are passed in, use those
+	if options != nil {
+		opts = *options
+	}
+
+	// if no logger is provided, create a default
+	if opts.Logger == nil {
+		opts.Logger = lumber.NewConsoleLogger(lumber.INFO)
+	}
+
+	//
+	driver := Driver{
+		dir:     dir,
+		mutexes: make(map[string]*sync.Mutex),
+		log:     opts.Logger,
+	}
+
+	// if the database already exists, just use it
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dir); err == nil {
+		opts.Logger.Debug("Using '%s' (database already exists)\n", dir)
+		return &driver, nil
+	}
+
+	// if the database doesn't exist create it
+	opts.Logger.Debug("Creating scribble database at '%s'...\n", dir)
+	return &driver, os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755)
+}
diff --git a/io.go b/io.go
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+// Package scribble is a tiny JSON database
+package scribble
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// stat checks for dir, if path isn't a directory check to see if it's a file
+func stat(path string) (fi os.FileInfo, err error) {
+	if fi, err = os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		fi, err = os.Stat(path + ".json")
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// getOrCreateMutex creates a new collection specific mutex any time a collection
+// is being modfied to avoid unsafe operations
+func (d *Driver) getOrCreateMutex(collection string) *sync.Mutex {
+	// create mutex
+	d.mutex.Lock()
+	defer d.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	// if the mutex doesn't exist make it
+	m, ok := d.mutexes[collection]
+	if !ok {
+		m = &sync.Mutex{}
+		d.mutexes[collection] = m
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
diff --git a/read.go b/read.go
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+++ b/read.go
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+// Package scribble is a tiny JSON database
+package scribble
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// Read a record from the database
+func (d *Driver) Read(collection, resource string, v interface{}) error {
+	// ensure there is a place to save record
+	if collection == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Missing collection - no place to save record!")
+	}
+
+	// ensure there is a resource (name) to save record as
+	if resource == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Missing resource - unable to save record (no name)!")
+	}
+
+	// create full path to record and check to see if file exists
+	record := filepath.Join(d.dir, collection, resource)
+	if _, err := stat(record); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// read record from database
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(record + ".json")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// unmarshal data
+	return json.Unmarshal(b, &v)
+}
+
+// ReadAll records from a collection; this is returned as a slice of strings because
+// there is no way of knowing what type the record is.
+func (d *Driver) ReadAll(collection string) ([]string, error) {
+	// ensure there is a collection to read
+	if collection == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Missing collection - unable to record location!")
+	}
+
+	// create full path to collection and check to see if directory exists
+	dir := filepath.Join(d.dir, collection)
+	if _, err := stat(dir); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// read all the files in the transaction.Collection; an error here just means
+	// the collection is either empty or doesn't exist
+	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(dir)
+
+	// the files read from the database
+	var records []string
+
+	// iterate over each of the files, attempting to read the file. If successful
+	// append the files to the collection of read files
+	for _, file := range files {
+		b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, file.Name()))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// append read file
+		records = append(records, string(b))
+	}
+
+	// unmarhsal the read files as a comma delimeted byte array
+	return records, nil
+}
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
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+// Package scribble is a tiny JSON database
+package scribble
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type (
+	// Logger is a generic logger interface
+	Logger interface {
+		Fatal(string, ...interface{})
+		Error(string, ...interface{})
+		Warn(string, ...interface{})
+		Info(string, ...interface{})
+		Debug(string, ...interface{})
+		Trace(string, ...interface{})
+	}
+
+	// Driver is what is used to interact with the scribble database. It runs
+	// transactions, and provides log output
+	Driver struct {
+		mutex   sync.Mutex
+		mutexes map[string]*sync.Mutex
+		dir     string // the directory where scribble will create the database
+		log     Logger // the logger scribble will log to
+	}
+
+	// Options uses for specification of working golang-scribble
+	Options struct {
+		Logger // the logger scribble will use (configurable)
+	}
+)
diff --git a/write.go b/write.go
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+++ b/write.go
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+// Package scribble is a tiny JSON database
+package scribble
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// Write locks the database and attempts to write the record to the database under
+// the [collection] specified with the [resource] name given
+func (d *Driver) Write(collection, resource string, v interface{}) error {
+	// ensure there is a place to save record
+	if collection == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Missing collection - no place to save record!")
+	}
+
+	// ensure there is a resource (name) to save record as
+	if resource == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Missing resource - unable to save record (no name)!")
+	}
+
+	// create mutex on collection
+	mutex := d.getOrCreateMutex(collection)
+	mutex.Lock()
+	defer mutex.Unlock()
+
+	// create full paths to collection, final resource file, and temp file
+	dir := filepath.Join(d.dir, collection)
+	fnlPath := filepath.Join(dir, resource+".json")
+	tmpPath := fnlPath + ".tmp"
+
+	// create collection directory
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// marshal input
+	b, err := json.MarshalIndent(v, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// write marshaled data to the temp file
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(tmpPath, b, 0644); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// move final file into place
+	return os.Rename(tmpPath, fnlPath)
+}
+
+// Delete locks that database and then attempts to remove the collection/resource
+// specified by [path]
+func (d *Driver) Delete(collection, resource string) error {
+	// create full path to resource
+	path := filepath.Join(collection, resource)
+
+	// create mutex
+	mutex := d.getOrCreateMutex(collection)
+	mutex.Lock()
+	defer mutex.Unlock()
+
+	// create full path to directory
+	dir := filepath.Join(d.dir, path)
+	switch fi, err := stat(dir); {
+	// if fi is nil or error is not nil return
+	case fi == nil, err != nil:
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to find file or directory named %v\n", path)
+
+	// remove directory and all contents
+	case fi.Mode().IsDir():
+		return os.RemoveAll(dir)
+
+	// remove file
+	case fi.Mode().IsRegular():
+		return os.RemoveAll(dir + ".json")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}