Thank you for your welcome message. I’m glad you bookmarked my wild wondering blog. I have a nascent new site that is about Tarot Readings for Writers. When it will be properly conjured/comleted is a mystery. As the knower of how to make websites manifests is either elusive, reclusive, or a Hermit with just enough Emperor and Tower to make creating fun; and continuity in completion of the new Tarot of Writers web site in need of a Tarot Reading. (wry grin)

One quest ion I quite like asking the cards is ‘what might I have overlooked today, that symbolizes an important thread/nuance/character revelation, etc. in the novel I am writing now?

I just selected the Ace of Swords. Segueing back into my novel that takes place in a magickal Library. This one is being pure pleasure to write.

Thank you again,

Journey well,

Laurel

http://www.symbolicbridging.com/
http://www.aislingnano.wordpress.com/
http://web.me.com/alchemymercury/SymbolicBridging/tarot.html

I’ll email you, Laurel. Very nice meeting you here, by the way. It was lonely in here all by myself…and they closed the bar down. lol

Cheers!

Cheryl

Thanks so much for responding to my post. Your suggestions feel wise. I am going to think along the lines you are suggesting. I will e-mail you after I’ve given this a bit more thought to clarify my focus. My novle are not directly related to what I offer on my current web-site, which is SymbolicBridging.com

Much to muse on, thank you again.

Namaste
Laurel@symbolicbridging.com

I can’t speak for Leah, of course, but like you I posted a couple of questions after the cut-off. I’m sure Leah is super busy and I have no idea if she’ll pop by again any time soon. So it might be you and I in here for awhile. lol

You happen to be asking a question that I think I can help you with, and I’d be happy to. As well as being a fulltime author, I’m also a book marketing coach. I kind of fell into it naturally because of my desire to help other writers and because my last publisher promoted me to his other authors. I have a former background in sales, marketing, promotion and motivational speaking (and I used to design websites for small businesses). I love sharing what I’ve learned and I’ve spoken at a couple of conferences in Canada and the US.

So I hope you don’t mind if I jump in and give you my 2 cents worth.

I’d recommend you separate your interests from your writing if they don’t meld naturally. The new age/spiritual areas could be combined very easily in one website. If your novel has a similar theme, then it would fit well on that site. Just make it more the primary focus of your website, with a “My other interests” kind of link perhaps. Many of your readers will enjoy getting to know you through your interests.

However, if your novel falls into a genre category that’s very different from the new age/spiritualism, you may want to have a separate website for that–ideally with the domain name being your author name. You can always link your websites together. If you need any info on domains and websites, feel free to email me at cherylktardif@shaw.ca. I can give you some basic info for free. Or if you’d just like to brainstorm. I’ve been told I come up with great ideas.

If you send me the URL to your site, I’d be happy to give you some feedback.

Tracey and Leah, I hope it’s okay that I jump in on this question. One of my personal goals for the past 7 years has been to give back to other writers when I can, but I don’t want to tread on anyone’s toes.

All the best to you all.

Cheryl
http://www.shamelessbookpromoter.com

I enjoy learning from what you posted, and this thread. It may be too late for questions, but in case it is not- I’m not sure what to do.

My name is Laurel Kahaner. I have blogs and am involved in writing sites where I’ve used the name of Aisling, Larken, Drea…..and more. I teach Yoga, Astrology, Meditation, Tarot, etc. Initially I kept all these differentiations/Sub-texts/personas of who I am, separate.

Now I am getting ready to pitch one of my novels, and I don’t want my presence on the internet to be so diffuse or confounding. Initially I quite liked the freedom of exploring. Now I want to focus, but even my site is quite diffuse. Any thoughts on how I might, a step at a time, create a more integrated/focused presence for my novels?

Thank you,

Namaste

Laurel