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Update: Sidebar Revamp & Writing Progress

Some of you may have noticed, I finally updated my sidebar on the blog a bit. About time, I know. I’ve added the August eBook release covers and tried to do a little cosmetic fixing here and there. I also reinstated the progress bars for two current WIPs (Works In Progress).

DRAGON STORM is the next Dragon Knights novel. I decided on the title – finally – a week or two ago. As you can see from the meter, the book is almost done. Just a little polishing and finishing off of final scenes and I’ll be ready to submit it to my editor at Samhain.

The meter currently called “Zombie Novel” is tracking my first paranormal military romance (with zombies) for Kensington Brava. The working title is ONCE BITTEN, TWICE DEAD, but that was too long to fit on one line in the sidebar.

On the website side, I’ve also added a preliminary sort of “announcement” page on my site for the new series. I’m tentatively calling the whole series Guardians of the Dark, but that could also change. Still, I was sick of waiting and wanted to put something up there now, so I’m running with this until I find out otherwise. You can find the page here.

I’m also tinkering with my website again. I’m considering going to a 1000 pixel wide main section that would have two sidebars – one on the right and one on the left – but I’m not certain it will work out or not. I’m also worried about compatibility. I know most of us have widescreens nowadays but I am aware that some people are still using older systems and I’d hate to make my site difficult for them. Any opinions?

I also need to find a way to sort of segregate the kinkier menage books from the more traditional m/f stories. I haven’t sorted out how to do that yet and am still looking for a solution. Again, any ideas would be welcome!

It’s going to be a long couple of months of non-stop writing to meet my new deadlines. I’ll also be reinventing my website, I hope. Wish me luck!

December Newsletter is Up!

	December Newsletter from Bianca D’Arc Now Available! Click Here
Davin’s Quest In Print Dec. 30, 2008 from Samhain Publishing Pre-Order from Amazon Which man will Callie choose – the warrior or the alien? Or can she have both?	Highlights Holiday Wishes TWO New Contests Free Desktop Wallpaper and much more! All in our fabulous December Newsletter!

Blogging Uphill

It’s been a rough road, so far, trying to get this new blog up and running. What’s even worse is that I’m hearing my old readers can’t find the new blog. And of course, with no way to post anything to the old Blogger location, it’s hard for me to redirect them.

I’ve also not been able to reconstruct my blogroll. I’ll be working on that over the next week or so, so if anyone wants to trade blog links, please email me at BIANCADARC AT GMAIL.COM with your link and how you want it listed. I’ll gladly trade with other authors, readers, and related topical blogs!

The blog contest is still ongoing – the low turn-out is what’s telling me people are having trouble finding my blog – so be sure to enter! Chances are very good, since so few have entered to this point.

Thanks to those of you who did take the time to find my new blog. You’re very much appreciated!!!

More Website Graphical Madness

After a lot of trial and error (mostly error), I’ve changed the graphics on the paranormal section of my website to be more like the new graphics I installed a week or two ago on both the Dragon Knights section and the FutureWorlds section. Basically there’s less header (only 200 pixels tall) and more graphical links within the header to cut down on space usage at the tops of all the pages.

I tried 4 or 5 different designs for this and settled on the least objectionable one. I’m not entirely satisfied with it art-wise, but then, I never am. LOL. It’s good for now and if I manage to create some art that I like better, it’ll most likely be changing again. I’m funny that way.

The new header is a combination of two 3d renders I did recently. The left side is sort of vampy with a couple in a gothic cathedral-like setting, complete with dark stained glass windows. The right side is a girl holding a magical ball of light in her hand, surrounded by werecreatures in a forest. I wanted something that would work for all my paranormal tales so I could use one header throughout the section instead of the 5 different headers I had before. I think this works, for the most part, but I’d love to hear what you all think! Go on over and take a look at the new art, and let me know your opinion, okay?

Email is Down!

If you’re trying to get in touch with me, I’ve been unable to login to my email provider since yesterday. Seems like the computer gods have decided to play with me. Oh, joy.

If you need to talk to me, please use my gmail account – biancadarc at gmail dot com.

I Could Cry

Yes, it’s true. Blogger ate my blog. A year or two of blogging is now lost. I’d decided to stick with Blogger a few months back when they did the upgrade because it allowed me more freedom to customize and I figured it was pretty safe to keep my blog there, considering spammers and storage issues, etc. Well, I guess I was wrong.

So I’m starting all over. Please bear with me while I learn how to work this WordPress thing. I’ll have to re-input all my customizations and figure out just how to do it, so chances are this blog will look a little ragged for a while until I figure out what I’m doing. (If there’s anyone out there who can offer advice on how to work WordPress features like how to save posts in advance of actually posting them, and how to add graphics into the sidebar, please let me know!)

In the meantime, hang tight. It’s bound to be a bit bumpy before I figure this all out, so please bear with me and thanks for your patience.

Bianca

New Blog/Old Blog

This is the dividing line between new content and my old blog from Blogger. Blogger ate my blog and won’t let me import things in their entirety, so I’m going to be cutting/pasting what little I can from the last few weeks as best I can. I don’t know if this will work. I don’t know if the images will come through or if the do, if they’ll stay, since they’re still hosted on Blogger.

Unfortunately, I can’t transport over any of the comments since I’m doing this by hand. All in all, this is a big mess. Thanks for bearing with me while I figure it out.