Learning Curve

So I have a new author website and it's beautiful!  Check out Colleen Faulkner Novels. I've never had a website before, nope, not in all these years, mostly because I know nothing about building/having one. So I hired a great web designer and he created this beautiful website, but what I didn't understand (and Joe Valley just explained to me in a very clear, concise email) is that just because you have an author website, that doesn't mean readers can find you/the website. What???? Basically, it all has to do with Search Engine Optimization. Exactly what that means to me . . . I'll get back to you . . . just as soon as I finish the chapter I'm working on for my new book.

A Writer Hibernates

I have a confession. I know that most people, at least in cooler climates, don't love January and February. I do. As a writer, they're my most prolific months. And probably my most creative. I'm like a bear in hibernation. I can go days without leaving the house where I have my office. I've been known to still be wearing my flannel pj bottoms at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.  I get up in the morning, make my tea, chat with my mom, (also a writer) read my email and then I get to work. My normal writing schedule is Mon-Fri 9-5, but in January and February, I often write on Saturdays and Sundays. I also write into the evening. I can skip meals and my yoga class.  After the hustle and bustle of the holidays, the cold months are my down time, which oddly enough, become my up time. I feel as if I recharge my creative batteries in the winter. While friends and family complain about the lack of sunlight, and bitter days, I secretly wish it would stay dark and cold a little longer. And I could stay inside my cave.