Update Archive July-December 2007
December 2007
12-31-07: Though it is a week late in coming, Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate the holiday! But today is the day for a different kind of celebration, New Years! In honor of the holiday, I will post my resolutions in my blog. Click Sera's Blog in the sidebar to read them! Then, next time this year, we can see if I was able to hold myself to the bargain. ;)
12-15-07: I've added a Banners page to the site. There are currently three banners to choose from, all of which can easily be linked back to Sera-Phyn.com! Right now there are only a few people promoting this site and my books. I need a street (well, internet) team of people to help me spread the word! And, as a thank you, if you link to me, I'll link to you! All you have to do is use the e-mail form on the Contact page to send the webmaster an e-mail with your website information including a link to the specific page on which my banner or link has been posted. More details can be found on the Banners page under the heading Promotion Program. :)
12-09-07: I've updated my site blog! Click Sera's Blog on the side bar to read it! :) Also, I've added an archive of all of the quotes I feature on the front page. Click on the Quote Archive link in the side bar to see it!
12-05-07: The pictures have been changed for the month of December! My FAQ, Books and Projects, and Calendar pages are now decked out for the holidays! Click on the sidebar links to check them out! :D
12-02-07: I have fallen in love with one more thing that sucks away money I don't have. ;) Alltunes.com is a russian run website where you can download music legally (meaning, you pay for it), but it's less than half the price of itunes! They have over 19,000 artists, and, so far, I've only found one band that they don't have in that list. So, even though the process you have to go through to add money to your balance is complex (there's a step by step guide here), the program is worth the hassle.
November 2007
11-28-07: My blogspot blog has been updated with an entry titled Setting: Why it Matters and How to Choose One. You can read it here: http://sera-phyn.blogspot.com
11-22-07: Check out my site blog for Thanksgiving wishes and a new widget from Linkin Park! Happy Turkey Day everyone! :)
11-13-07: I've had a couple of people ask me how my agent search is going, so check out my site Blog page for an update! :D
11-12-07: Sorry for the late update with the quote of the week! I had a crazy weekend and forgot that yesterday was Sunday. I shall work to make sure that it doesn't happen again! :D And don't forget to take a look at my blog, Incandescent! You can view it here: http://sera-phyn.blogspot.com
11-3-07: I've added another question to the On Writing page of my FAQ. It describes my theory of "reading like a writer," what this means, and how to do it. Click on the FAQ tab to check it out! :) I have also updated the pictures on the Books, FAQ, and Calendar pages with this month's theme (Central Park in Winter) and changed the main page quote. And, last but not least, I have a new outside blog hosted by blogspot. You can check it out here: http://sera-phyn.blogspot.com.
11-2-07: I've added a widget that links to my profile on GoodReads.com! With this, you can keep up with what I am currently reading. And I really wanted some kind of graphic on this page somewhere. ;)
EDIT: All right, well, I tried to put a widget on this page, but my website didn't like it at all and the formatting got all screwy. ::sigh:: Well, if I ever start a blog seperate from this webpage, I'll put the widget there. :)
EDIT 2: Yay! It worked! The Good Reads widgit is posted on my Blog page. I'm going to try to figure out how to put it here without it messing up my formatting. We'll see what happens! :D
EDIT 3: I did it! I probably should have just deleted all my other annoying edits of success and failure, but now you can see how hard it was for me to figure out! I fail at HTML, unfortunately. But I figured it out eventually and that's all that matters, right? :D
October 2007
10-25-07: As you probably have noticed, I added a new feature to the main page: the quote of the day! Sometimes these may be famous, sometimes obscure. Sometimes they will be writing related, other times random. Basically, they will be quotes I find interesting in one way or another.
Oh, and by quote of the day I mean quote of the days that are as close together as I can update it. ;)
On second thought, I think I shall make it the quote of the week. This way more people will have a chance to see it before it changes. Ok, so, new plan! I will update the quote every Sunday (no exact time on Sunday, just Sunday) starting November 4th. :D
10-23-07: I've added a new section to my Links page, this one with highly random things I find interesting online. Click the links to see for yourself! I've also added a link to a story by Tobias Wolff called Bullet in the Brain and a story by Ernest Hemmingway called Hills Like White Elephants. If you haven't read these yet, take the time to do that. I highly reccomend both.
10-19-07: I saw a quote today and I thought I would share it. Check out my Blog for the update! :)
10-17-07: I added a link to my profile on a site called GoodReads.com. This is a great site to keep track of books you've read as well as find new ones to read. Check it out here and join up!
10-10-07: I added a link to the Links page that I thought I would share. An article called Sling Your Web was recently published by Writer's Digest. The article gives helpful tips and hints that up and coming authors (or anyone, really) can use to establish a strong online presence. Check it out and see if you learn anything new!
10-4-07: Last night I added some more questions to the FAQ sections (of which there are now three) and also wrote a short biography which can be found on the About Sera page. You may have also noticed some pictures up on the site, namely on the FAQ, the Book, and the Calendar main pages. These are pictures I took in New York in June of this year. Every so often, I might change up the pictures, probably keeping with a theme of some kind. This month's theme is flowers. ;)
September 2007
9-29-07: I kept saying that this will be the last update for a while, but then it isn't. So I'm not going to say it this time. If you click on the FAQ link on the sidebar, you will now see two sub-pages. Lyn has sent me so many good questions that I felt it was time to split them into Fallen specific questions and more general writing advice questions. So, check that out! :)
9-28-07: The FAQ has once again been added to. I think the count is hovering around thirty questions now. I probably should have numbered them... ah, well, what can you do? Hindsight makes fools of us all, I guess. ;) My Links page has been augmented as well with a handful of new authors to check out and a bunch of musicians/composers/bands/etc. for you to peruse at your leisure. Enjoy!
9-27-07: The FAQ now contains twenty-one questions on writing and what has influenced my writing in particular, all asked by Lyn, a recent protege of mine. ;) Also, a small update has been made to my Blog page, so check that out, too! And I find myself growing to like plum...
9-26-07: I was attempting to add a page to my site, but the entire site was eaten instead. So, I've had to start from scratch. I'm using a program that doesn't give me nearly as much control over the layout of the site, but it's more reliable, AND I got a free domain name! One day, when I have the money to pay for webhosting, I might go back to the old design of the site. Unless this one grows on me, of course.