Being a web developer by day, you might think my author website (ericaridley.com) would be the height of up-to-date information. But it’s not. And it’s killing me. But the reason it’s not up-to-date is because I don’t have anything concrete to update. For example, as soon as I have cover art for my book, believe that I’m going to plaster it all over the home page. But until I have that much… is there a point in redoing my site to get rid of all its aspiring-authorness if I’m just going to redo it again in a few months when I get actual information? (I don’t want a blank website…)
What do you think?
Curiously, I happened to visit your website the other day for the first time in years, thanks to the link in Diana’s blog. Actually, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was updated as recently as 1/09. For my money, there’s little point in an interim make-over, unless you’re suddenly getting so many hits that you think you may be doing yourself a disservice.
Speaking of hits, my website averages a big fat goose-egg, for the simple reason that I don’t have one. Looking at yours makes me think I should. How much would you charge for a simple one-pager with a few book cover images and a couple of links to my email and blog?
Oh, and is website one word or two? I used to think it was two – or did I just make that up?
Comment by Bill Clark — March 4, 2009 @ 10:22 am
To be honest, I see “website”, “web site”, “Web site”, “web-site”… I don’t think anybody knows. The important thing is to be consistent. (Which I’m probably not… LOL.)
Comment by Erica Ridley — March 4, 2009 @ 5:42 pm