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FIRST....
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| I'm a survivor! |
I got my A to Z Survivor T-shirt shortly
after last month’s IWSG post. After a theme of natural and manmade disasters, I
figured I deserved this. ;) It is really well made and super comfy. You can get
yours HERE. Major props to Jeremy Hawkins for creating this!
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Blog Insecurity:
I got this comment
on my blog from an anonymous person:
Dear Fey
Your site is an enormous help to any aspiring writer, no doubt. But the look of it is an eyesore and an example of a very poor web design. Too many colours, too many different fonts, awful.
I am very proud of my blog, so that comment stung. I’m not a web designer and I like the black
background, although I know some people don’t. I won’t be changing that. I did
however change the fonts and colors so I’m only using white fonts, all of which
are Arial. The green fonts are links and will stay that way because it’s my
favorite color. Although it wasn’t mentioned, I cleaned up the sidebars
and put all of the awards in my “About Me” page.
A week later, I got another anonymous comment (obviously from the same person) saying, "You need to work on the aesthetics of the pages. I can't believe that you see them as even acceptable, let alone good. They are too busy for any good taste. Can't you do something about it?"
QUESTION: Is this person BS or is my blog appearance a failure?
Update: I removed the book background because a couple of people with widescreen laptops said it was too overpowering. I'm still trying new things....
A week later, I got another anonymous comment (obviously from the same person) saying, "You need to work on the aesthetics of the pages. I can't believe that you see them as even acceptable, let alone good. They are too busy for any good taste. Can't you do something about it?"
QUESTION: Is this person BS or is my blog appearance a failure?
Update: I removed the book background because a couple of people with widescreen laptops said it was too overpowering. I'm still trying new things....
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Dedication Insecurity:
In April, Ghost of
Death came out. In May I realized the dedication is wrong. Half of the
dedication I gave my publisher is missing. That is a HUGE bummer. Not only for
me (the author), but for the people who deserved a thank you: my beta readers and editor. I don’t
ever want them to think I don’t appreciate what they did for Ghost of Death, and I’m afraid they do.
I tried contacting my publisher about this error, but I don’t think it’ll be
fixed.
So
here is the real, full dedication for Ghost
of Death:
To
Gina Stoneheart for being such a wonderful friend, and to my mom for coming up
with the names of the bar and the drink Jolie loves.
A
big thanks also goes out to Crystal Collier, Annalisa Crawford, Sittie Cates,
and Jassie S. for beta reading Jolie's story, as well as Lori Graham for seeing
the potential the original story had.
Amazon US / Amazon UK / The
Wild Rose Press / NOOK
/ KOBO
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Last month I received
this gift card holder from Liz A. She hosted a giveaway during A to Z and I was
one of the winners. The “C” wasn’t available so I chose “Z.” I thought it was
really cute and perfect for completing the Challenge. Check out Liz’s shop
HERE.
QUESTIONS: Do you think my blog is an eyesore? Has there even been an
error involving one of your dedications or acknowledgments?
