Making Whoopie

I made that graphic myself. Sure, there was some help, but it’s all part of a process which allows the introduction of neophyte design into my body of work. I’m taking the physical side of things a stage further and embarking on a redecoration journey at home, the product of which you will see being reported on my personal blog in the months that follow. However, the layout here could also do with a rethink. It doesn’t really serve my purpose going forward.

Therefore, today is where my Giant Redesign of Awesome begins in earnest.

Once upon a time, I HTML-d my own sites. In the grand scheme of things I have neither time or desire to continue this, and therefore WordPress get to do the job for me. When I picked this theme at end of last year it was always as a temporary measure, and now the time has come to start the search for a layout that will serve my self-publishing aspirations going forward.

I have a phenomenal number of layouts to choose from too. This is no easy task.

Primarily I’m looking for a place that will be able to highlight my poetry and short prose work effectively, that isn’t too gimmicky, and that has a clean look. Whilst everybody else is throwing interactivity and flashing gubbins at readers, what is needed here is simplicity and clarity. I’ve managed to go full minimalist on the personal site, but this space demands a bit more.

I’ve already been sitting and making notes as to which layouts will best serve my needs, with half an eye on long-term development. When this change gets affected (early December, hopefully) then there needs not to be any more changes for a while, because then it’s all about focusing on content and not how the whole thing looks. There’s also a hope it won’t take too long to find the right layout. This wasn’t that, but a compromise so the work didn’t suffer.

Now it is time to make a better decision.

The’re an interim header and logo whilst I faff. This week we’ll get everything up to date for the end of October (short stories, #Narrating2018 and #Soundtracking2018 pages) and then, starting next week, the changes will begin to be affected.

We thank you for your understanding as construction begins.