As you can see there’s a new layout here. Back to me using blues it seems. I miss the old colour-scheme but I wanted something different.
Anyway, let me know what you think and if anything needs tweaking.
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I need to meet more people.
I was sitting at my computer, like I seem to be doing for the majority of my time these days, mindlessly searching. “Searching for what?” you might ask. Well, my answer is a pretty simple one.
“People.”
For a blogger, I think I’m both insulated and divided. I’m insulated because, well, I don’t “talk” (read: comment) to many other people, and other people don’t talk back. And I’m divided because I hang in three main groups, in three different places. I follow authors on my livejournal, book bloggers via On The Nightstand, and everyone else here at Catherine-Haines.com.
It’s an odd feeling, as sometimes I feel like I am at least two different people, if not three. And that all of them are very lonely. I/We all sit around and lurk on various places. I/We want to comment, but it’s hard to find something that I/we have something to say about.
And I know everyone hates really simple one-liners, those “love the layout!” comments that don’t match the entry. So it’s back to lurking once more.
That’s why I am writing this post. I know you have to give a little to get a little. What I want to get is communication, blogs to read and blogs to comment on, and I suppose communication is what I can offer to give back. But what I would like from you is a starting point.
Who do you follow, who do you read? Those who do know me, who do you think I should follow, that I might like?
Bloggiesta!
Like many others in the blogoverse, I will be taking part in a little thing called Bloggiesta, for both On The Nightstand and Catherine-Haines.com.
What is Bloggiesta? Well, I am actually going to quote the person I found Bloggiesta by, Pam:
What is Bloggiesta? Well it is a special weekend for bloggers from any genre (ie. mommy, movie review, tech, lit, any blog on the planet), to spend some time doing maintenance on our blogs and social networking sites. The post on exactly how to join, and what exactly you need to be doing is located here at Maw Books (the event coordinator). The button you see to the top left is what brands this challenge so make sure to steal that and put it on your blog with your post detailing what it is you need to get done on your blog!
Here are some of the things that I am going to do for Bloggiesta.
For Catherine-Haines.com
Update the writing page to include information about LionheartRedesign the main navigation stripAdd and update links on navigation and on the links page
For On The Nightstand
- Write reviews for:
- Eyes Like Stars
- Prophecy of the Sisters
Fortune’s Folly (or rather, finish that review)
- Update my about and contact/review policy pages.
- Write up that post which explains my coding/styling for the way I set up my posts and reviews (since people have asked)
- Create that template form for my review format.
Edit the background image thing for the ways to subscribe right down in the corner.
General
- Update my long neglected facebook account
- Tidy up my myspace
Update my LJ’s profile pageUpdate the profile and layout for my dreamwidth account
More will probably pop into my head between now and Friday the 19th. So question is, will you be taking part in Bloggiesta?