It’s officially been an official week. Which means that not much writing has been accomplished (except for last night when I skipped the Superbowl and pounded out 10 pages of my WIP). But that’s okay, right? At least that’s what I’m telling myself. I’ve wrapped up a major project, and I’m feeling some pressure lift from my shoulders. Who knew this ( Read more... )

In the words of Sweeny Todd, "At last, my arm is complete!"

Okay, so he was a deranged Englishman with a marked indifference to cannibalism, and I am a writer for the youths with a penchant for post-its, but I think we speak with common enthusiasm when it comes to the tools of our trade.

www.jessicaleader.com


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I now have the official ok to announce my audio deal with Audible and Brilliance: they will be bringing you the audio version of Three Rivers Rising approximately the same time as the hard cover. Audible does the downloadable version and Brilliance does the discs.

How about a website: www.jamerichards.com Lucky for me, my parents spelled my name ( Read more... )

Okay, I promise that I'll decide soon. Until then, I'd really appreciate comments. I'm putting the links to the two I'm thinking about going with. None of the links work yet, but whichever one I choose (if I go with either) will serve as the springboard for the rest of the site. I really appreciate it :)

Whiteboard Design (this one is more ( Read more... )

For those who stayed late in the recent Tenners/bloggers chat, I asked what people thought made a good author's website. Khy of Frenetic Reader has just written up a great post in reply: http://freneticreader.blogspot.com/2009/07/author-websites.html. ( Read more... )

It's (a)live! http://lauramanivong.com is live ( Read more... )

I got the almost-final version and the okay-to-share last night.


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After months of design and prep and all the crap that goes into putting together a website (that's a lot of STUFF you guys), my friend/designer Eric and I just took www.annajarzab.com live last night! There are some issues, but we're fixing them. If you see anything that's not: 

• The weird code and picture problems on the About Anna page in IE 6
• The ( Read more... )

So. After spending the day messing around, I now have a new website: http://trishdoller.com. It's pointing to the blog for now, but when I have a book to promote (one day soon, I hope!) I'll come up with a new design.

I think I have most of the kinks worked out of my new website. I would sure appreciate any feedback you guys feel like you can give. I'm at erinbow.com