I don’t write traditional resolutions anymore, but I do give myself a personal watchword for the year. Last year’s was Time, as in think carefully about how I spend my time. This year, I’m thinking of Grace, as in a disposition to show kindness or compassion.
And I make writing/career goals. This year, my least favorite goal is updating my website.
I like my website (www.lynnlovegreen.com), and Wix makes it fairly easy to work with. I know authors are “supposed to” update or refresh their websites on a regular basis, and I agree it’s an excellent idea. Good so far. But the choices are overwhelming to me. Should I create a new theme, or does the old one still fit my author brand? Are the pages or sections in the best order? Should I drop one, or add another page? Or tweak my social media links? Where do I even start?
I confess this is one of my 2023 goals that I dragged over to 2024. One of these days, I need to stop procrastinating and just dig into it. Right now, it’s on the to-do list. Maybe I’ll get around to it before the snow melts? 😉
Do you have any goals you keep putting off? Or do you have any website advice for me? Please drop a line in the comments.
Lynn Lovegreen has lived in Alaska for most of her life. After twenty years in the classroom, she retired to make more time for writing. She enjoys her friends and family, reading, and volunteering for her local library. Her young adult historical romance is set in Alaska, a great place for drama, romance, and independent characters. See her website at www.lynnlovegreen.com.
4 comments:
Lynn,
I like the one word concentrate for the year resolution/goal.
Writing is where i put my goals also. so far my website is good.
What a really nice word you have chosen: 'grace'.
Happy New Year!
Diana
Lynn, "Grace" is one of my words for aging as in "Aging with grace." Easier said than done for me.
Website advice? I'd ask my readers. I did that for book covers. Although I love my series book covers, I see so many authors redoing their covers in order to boost sales. I asked folks on FB and on my mailing list what they thought of the covers. No one said they needed to be changed.
There is a difference between keeping websites updated (adding new books, uploading a blog post, etc.) and overhauling it. I just looked at it and here is my input:
1. I love your Land Acknowledgement being on the Home Page and #1.
2. You have a blog. You could add if you wanted to a link to your RTG blog page so these would also show up.
3. It looks current to me as in active.
4. I don't understand the image on the upper right of the home page ... looks like a hat with two hearts? Had to put my glasses on to make sure I saw what it was.
5. Maybe trite but to have an image of Mt. Denali would have warmed my heart. But then I love snowy mountains. They feed my soul.
6. I found the flower backdrop a bit busy. However if it was muted more, I wouldn't know what it was and that would be a distraction because I'd try to figure it out. Backgrounds are sooooo challenging.
Hope these comments help. Overall it is a great website. Simple, clean, clear. It covers the topics well. I'm not sure what you'd take out and what you'd add. Oh and your pop-up to sign up for your newsletter works! I Really Do Not like them so...but it wasn't in the first 5 seconds. I'd been there a bit so yours was not really annoying.
Thanks, Diana and Judith!
The logo is a gold pan with heart nuggets. ;-)
Hi Lynn,
I don't think you need to overhaul your website, either. I like Judith and Diana's comments. I can't really tell what the hat-like object Judith mentions is - maybe a gold pan holding two hearts? That's the only thing I'd think about changing. Great post!
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