If you do anything at all while you’re internet visiting this site, check out the entry title by clicking the date! Yay!
I hunched over the table today and sketched out a volcano so I could change up the aesthetic of the blog a little and ta-da! Here we are. Besides the addition of a hand-drawn volcano, the bio section has been slightly modified and the novels section will tell you everything you already know about Cracked Up to Be. I realise novels is actually a false plural at the moment but that’s okay! I also realise the new picture in the bio section might give people the false impression I’m from Australia but that’s okay too!
I feel it all adds an element of mystery.
So this layout change might have you questioning what volcanoes have to do with writing for young adults. The answer is EVERYTHING, duh. I am very pleased my site now reflects this. And before any know-it-alls email me about this: the volcano above IS an accurate depiction of an active volcano. It’s a widely known fact they spew lava and hearts, so there. If you’ve never seen this phenomenon, you’re probably not cool enough. Sorry to say.
sdfkljsdf, I want to watch Supervolcano so bad right now.
In other, more important news, as C.K. Kelly Martin pointed out, yesterday was International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Check out her thoughtful blog entry about it for some sobering statistics on and resources for this issue.
In other, less important news, I guess I am a big huge fan of Tegan & Sara now. It really is the most surprising personal musical development of the year.
THEY HAVE ENCHANTED ME WITH THEIR SIREN SONGS.
Courtney,
Love the new look and features–works like a web page.
Lost my template today (even though I downloaded it) and spent about three hours trying to rebuild it.
I only wanted it to snow on Summer Friend, but flash animation had other, evil plans for me. Adding the flash zeroed out the blog somehow and the saved template didn’t upload properly.
Yes, yes, and the timers over the oven were beeping and people were all like, Hey the beepers are going off! You comin’ out of there–these beepers, you know, going off and stuff. You coming’ out of there?
Thanks for the link, Courtney!
I didn’t know about volcanoes spewing hearts along with lava but now that you point it out that makes perfect sense.
As for Tegan & Sara, lately I’ve had Back in Your Head stuck in my brain *alot*. Great song but it’s kinda making me crazy. I think I need some kind of antidote…
Layout design is always very riveting suff!
Danette: Thank you! And acck re: zeroing out Summer Friend. That had to be totally frustrating. I HATE code in that sense… sometimes it only takes one little thing and kerplooey!
C.K.: Thank YOU for writing such a great entry on the topic. Ooh Back in Your Head–I got totally hooked on that song and then I listened to it like… too many times in a few days and now it’s the song I skip on the album. I think the only cure for it is to get hooked on another song. And then you’re in an endless loop of mental song cycling, but!
Brad: Indeed!
OH, YOU! :) Thanks GTG. God, I am all flustered (in the good way) at getting a b-day shout-out on your blog. Also, I am glad to know, in case I ever encounter an erupting volcano, that they spew hearts as well as lava. You are just full of useful information.
I feel like a complete doofus commenting twice on the same subject, but I wanted to specifically say the new hyperlinks look great. The smeared typewritten effect gives the words an edgy look, and I like the hot colors behind them.
I like the volcano sketch. The pencil rendering complements the site quite well.
Yes, the temporary loosing of Summer Friends was alarming! I was just trying to add falling snow! But all is well now, so moving on . . .
Now I have to comment to make a spelling correction–losing, not loosing!
Lori: ONE DAY, we will go to a volcano and see it spew hearts and lava. There is double the chance of seeing this phenomenom since we are so amazingly cool.
Danette: Don’t feel like a doofus!! Thank you so much!! I was hoping they did the job but I wasn’t sure and now I feel a lot better about them.
Perhaps the snow was evil snow, set on causing template havoc??