Drum roll please!
Tonight is the official unveiling of my website. You can check it out if you're so inclined at Dawn Rotarangi.
Steady, steady, don't all rush off at once! Somethings bound to get broken with you all crashing through, slamming doors, tipping over the furniture! I built it myself you know. You have to handle it gently or something is likely to come off in your hand!
I'm hoping the search engines can pick it up before Ripples on the Lake is released but it might be a tight run race. The blog started to get picked up within days but that's quite different because you have the weight of Blogger behind you and lots of linking.
Anyway, if you find me writing in a strange stilted fashion full of key words and repeating the book's name every sentence - you'll know what I'm doing!
And thanks to Crabby at Crabby McSlacker's Guide to Fitness and Talia at NZ Reality TV for their feedback today as I did the final tinkering live. The "computer boffins" over at Absolute Write were immensely helpful and guided me through several heart pumping moments when bits were falling off faster than I could nail them back on.
There is still some fine tuning to be done but I think I'm happy for it to be "out there". If anyone should spot any typos, please, please, do let me know.
So, there's bubbly in the frig and a few cream filled apple donuts, help yourself.
Oh! There's no one here. Ah well, where's that cork screw!
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11 comments:
congrats on getting it up and braving the author photo! next, i'd like to see a pix of you smiling as the books sprint out the door faster than a red mini
All blog spots - Thank you!
Talia - Thanks, and thanks for your help. You'll note I've taken some of your ideas on board - some I'm still thinking about - and some I shall completely ignore!
I've blown my cover now. I think I just about had everyone convinced that I was a gorgeous blonde! Now they see the truth!
Faster than a red mini. Now that is fast indeed!
Great website and great info, Dawn. I'm thrilled to see the author photo.
I think it's a great website! (Why am I not surprised?) And of course the bubbly and donuts are, as usual, lovely over here.
I suspect I shall be back for more before too long, as it's always so cozy here.
Leah - Thanks. It certainly is a thrill to get it uploaded. The last couple of days I seem to have been working from daybreak to midnight on it but I'm fairly sure that the code behind it is in robust shape.
And thank you for your little eagle eyes too! Leah is my top typo spotter.
Crabby - With all the action over at your site, I'm amazed you've got time to click your claws let alone visit other sites!
I really like your web site -- nicely done. We have much in common...horses and also one of my professors is part maori from NZ...(I taught high school here to mainly S. Pacific Islanders)
New Zealand is high on our list after finishing up Norway (although I may have to rest a bit!!!)
Thanks for your vote!
Dawn,
Brunettes are great looking also. It is nice to see the real beautiful face behind your witty and wild blog.
Jeff
What a nifty website! You've done a great job. I'm so excited for you! :)
Orion - I hope you do get to visit NZ because you'll love it. The fiords down the South Island are supposed to be very similar to the fiords of Norway. Let me know if you do head our way.
Captain - Shucks! You old charmer you!
Thomma Lyn- Thanks. It feels great to have it done. I feel as if I'm running out of time before the book comes out.
Soooo about that bubbly...
dawn it's great! And so fab to see your cover so big!! Good work, the site is easy to navigate and clear.
Congrats!
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