It is becoming more common for writers to talk about their current work in progress on social media and on their websites. There are many reasons to tease a work in progress. You might want to start building a base of readers around a WIP, or you might want to
Your author website will likely change at different phases in your career. In the beginning, you may keep a website for yourself. Maybe you want to feel like a "real writer" or start getting some of your ideas out there. After you've published, it's a good idea to tweak your
One of the really cool things about using WordPress to create your author website is that there are thousands of themes available to get you started. The downside of so much choice is that it can be difficult to find a quality theme that will add to your website (instead
So you've got a shiny new WP theme picked out for your author website. You've customized it with a bit of your own CSS, and it's looking good. Now it's time to get your content lined up and ready to go. Well, actually, we've put the horse before the cart
The Top Ten Things Your Author Website Needs! The Best Themes For Author Websites! Whatever the listicle you just read was, it most likely told you that your author page needs to have an "upcoming events" page. Or what? Your website will shrivel into a black hole where your readers
Once you've published a few books, nailed down the look and feel of your site, and developed your platform, you can take a little breather and sit back to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Or can you? There's always something you can do to continue improving your author site.
An adolescent author site rests somewhere between the free site an unpublished author builds and the professional site of a bestseller. Maybe you have a single book published, or maybe you have a few published but are only now defining your online platform. Below you'll find some things to consider
When I started this blog, I was working with the idea that my readers would know little or nothing about web development. This blog is for authors, not web developers. But having a developer husband, I have picked up bits and pieces of understanding over the years. I am by
Last week I wrote a post about the three phases of an author website: infancy, adolescence, and maturity. I'm excited to explore infant sites a little deeper today because my own site, kojiadae.ink is very much in its infancy. Recap: What Is An Infant Author Site? If you missed last
Whether you have an author website up and running or are thinking of getting started with one, it can be helpful to understand the three main phases of an author site. Just like businesses, websites tend to go through a standard progression from infancy to maturity. Understanding how infancy, adolescence,