Website improvements are coming. What do you think?

[seanan_mcguire]

By now, many of you will have had a chance to go browse around my website (www.seananmcguire.com), and may have noticed that it's currently oriented fairly heavily towards my musical activities. All the current content is going to remain online -- you'll still be able to access the songbook, view details on my CDs, and more -- but we're in the

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[vaspider]

Text-only or otherwise copyright-ok LJ or AIM icons for songs or books.
Ditto wallpapers.
An 'inspired by' page for user-submitted content.

[seanan_mcguire]

Very cool.

The only problem with the 'inspired by' page is that whole 'fanfic is of the devil' thing that American copyright has going on. So art, jewelry, poetry, all good, but anything more solid, only okay if it happens in an RP forum.

People = weird.

[vaspider]

Well, I meant more fan art and desktops, but I am of two minds on that. I know of a couple of authors who've embraced their fannish base (as opposed to their fanbase) and have done well by it. (Cory Doctorow comes to mind.)

Certainly, a topic of conversation for the agent, no?

[seanan_mcguire]

Because I don't have a camera.

You can also search by phrases. I'll talk to Chris about alphabetizing, but it may not be available with our code base. I can't post vocal arrangements, because NO ONE ON THIS PLANET is crazy enough to actually do that much free sheet music for me. Sadly.

On the WIP page...that's both a 'yes' and a 'no'. There are a lot of details about WIPs that really can't be released until they become less 'WIP' and more 'committed to publisher X'. But I'll definitely get pages up for the major projects, starting with Toby.

[seanan_mcguire]

*gives you a pony*

[lwood]

Sample chapters to help flog books?

More art?

I would argue in favor of a forum, but be aware that, just like spam e-mail, there's a lot of botnet action in forums right now. The Westria forum was getting several bot signups a day before I implemented an arithmetic test to weed them out --now automated signups fail, but the semi-automated ones that actually involve a human at any point still need dealing with.

-- Lorrie

[seanan_mcguire]

Once we can have sample chapters, absolutely.

I'm going to get a 'With Friends Like These...' archive, especially since I'm currently working on a series called 'Seanan's Guide to Writing', which is disturbing as all hell.

We'll definitely screen for bots. You've had good forum experiences? We're strongly leaning in that direction...

[lwood]

Sure, I've got experience in both the technical and social sides of forum-wrangling--but if there's any real size to deal with, I'll have to appoint some help from among your fan base. ;)

-- Lorrie

[tezmilleroz]

Go on - at least post one photo of Lilly ;-)

Have a lovely day! :-)

Just for you!

[seanan_mcguire]

Re: Just for you!

[vaspider]

You need to get a digital camera, woman. Srsly.

They've come down a lot in price of late. o.O