Welcome to the new New Author

You may not have noticed but I did a little cleaning around here. I think I scrubbed a little too hard because I washed away the old template completely. Well, that might not be the complete and honest truth. Actually the other template was beginning to show problems and acting up. I thought, since the one year anniversary of the site was coming up, that I would just do a major overhaul. What you see now is the result of that journey. I invite you all to take a look around and leave me feedback about the new layout. Some of the things carried over from the old layout and some did not. I would like to point out a few things such as the top link bar. I added links to some of the other social networks I am on and invite all of you to add me to your list of friends. Also, how do you like the new twitter update/join widget above this article? That was one of the things that drew me to this layout. I do need your opinion though; at the bottom of this article you will see cool buttons to the social networks like Digg, Twitter, and Facebook and so on. Beside that you will see the text 'caring is sharing.' This is part of the template and I can't decide if I like it or not. I like the 'read more' because it pulls the eyes so you will click on it and read the remainder of the article. I'm not done with this site as of yet but I have made good progress. Before I forget, I lost all the links on my old template (that being the main reason I did the overhaul). I don't want anyone thinking I deleted them on purpose because I did not. With that said if you would like to have your site added to the New Author blog roll please leave me a message. If you would like to add the New Author to your site...feel free and I really do appreciate it.

Now for some great, exciting, and wonderful news for this Friday; I have registered for the 2009 Muse conference. My courses are set and I'm ready to go. I believe I will have lots of material for articles for all of us when the conference is done. The great news...I was also awarded a slot during a pitch session with a senior editor from a publishing company! Yes, I am very excited and a little nervous. This, as you may have guessed, has me doing a lot of homework and research on pitch sessions and this publishing company. I plan to be as prepared as I possibly can be. Good or bad I will share the experience with you afterwards.

I will leave you now with a little something to help your mind ease into the weekend. With fall and winter on our doorstep do you find it easier to write as compared to spring and summer?

Happy writing and have a safe weekend.