diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Revision history for lumberjack
 
+## 1.0.0.0 -- 2020-12-20
+
+  * No longer Beta, so major version is now 1.0, although functionality
+    has not changed other than the addition of the `|#` operator.
+
+  * Added the `|#` convenience infix operator.
+
 ## 0.1.0.3 -- 2020-11-30
 
 * Bump prettyprinter upper-bound to allow versions in the 1.7.x range.
diff --git a/lumberjack.cabal b/lumberjack.cabal
--- a/lumberjack.cabal
+++ b/lumberjack.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
 name:                lumberjack
-version:             0.1.0.3
+version:             1.0.0.0
 synopsis:            Trek through your code forest and make logs
 description:         This is a logging facility.  Yes, there are many, and this is the one
                      with a beard, wearing flannel and boots, that gets the job done.  It's
diff --git a/src/Lumberjack.hs b/src/Lumberjack.hs
--- a/src/Lumberjack.hs
+++ b/src/Lumberjack.hs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
   , cvtLogMessageToANSITermText
     -- * Helpers and convenience functions
     -- $helpers
+  , (|#)
   , logFunctionCall, logFunctionCallM
   , logProgress, logProgressM
   , tshow
@@ -241,6 +242,18 @@
 -- then be updated.
 msgWith :: LogMessage
 msgWith = mempty
+
+
+-- | This operator is a convenient infix operator for logging a Text
+-- message.  This is especially useful when used in conjunction with
+-- the 'OverloadedStrings' language pragma:
+--
+--   >>> warning|# "This is your last warning"
+--   >>> error|# "Failure has occurred"
+
+(|#) :: (LogMessage -> a) -> Text -> a
+o |# t = o (msgWith { logText = t })
+infixr 0 |#
 
 
 -- | Add the current timestamp to the LogMessage being logged