Why things have been so quiet
You might have noticed that my website was looking pretty dead. That's because I've been part of the beta test group for the new website software being developed by the Authors Guild. Given that no one has invented a thirty-six hour day (although with Daylight Savings Time, I feel like I'm having a thirty-six hour day. It's dark when I drag myself out of bed; it's bright and sunny when I should be getting sleepy. My body is on the sun's clock.), all of the time I previously used to keep up my old website was devoted to playing with and redesigning the new.
I'm happy to say that, with some flaws we're working
on, my redesigned site is now live. Although it has a few new bells and whistles, the main changes will be for the person who maintains the website (that is, yours truly).
I'll be adding a journal. It will look suspiciously
like a blog, but I'm not really a blog sort of person (Horrors! Bring out the stocks and throw rotten tomatoes at her!), so I'm calling it a journal. And it will probably not even look like a journal. Basically, it will be whatever I want it to be, except that's the definition of a blog, and it isn't a blog. Confused? Good. So am I.
You might notice that the Guestbook is gone. I will
continue to post bits of what readers send me on my Bookshelf page. Speaking of what readers send me, the Contact page is a new item that should make e-mailing me easier.
The Newsletter function is still a bit iffy. In fact,
I've received only one of my test newsletters that I've sent to myself. So, if you are just now reading this and you have been signed up to receive my newsletters and didn't receive this one or are receiving it for a second time, it's something we're working on.