I finally did something I've been meaning to do for almost a year - I updated this site. A great deal of the information was wildly out of date, so it needed doing even though I'm a lazy bastard who cringes sometimes at the minutiae of things like that. However, being a professional means doing the little things, and the site was beginning to get stale.
First, I updated the "About Me" section...at least a little. I haven't lived in Hawaii for over a year now, so claiming such made me look like a douche. Kansas may not be anywhere near as exotic as the South Pacific, but it's truthful. I loved living on Oahu, though, and my wife misses it dearly. At the same time, the picture accompanying my profile is three years old now(the "baby" in the picture is rapidly approaching the age of four), so updating that still remains. I'll get to it sometime during the holidays.
Additionally, I updated the "RD Meyer's Novels" page. It said I've completed six novels, although I've completed nine. I also updated the status on several, including the publication date of Akeldama(May 18, 2017). I know both fans of the site want to know accurate information on how to get my work.
Finally, I updated a woefully out of date blogroll, and I may still prune it some. Several blogs haven't been active in more than a year, while others moved to different URLs. There were even a couple that have long since shut down. Anything over a year without an update, with the exception of my wife's CF blog, have been removed. After all, if those bloggers don't care enough to update their sites, why should you?
Yes, all of this seems mundane, but I've gotten a couple of notes about the currency of my site, and I finally got the proper motivation to do something about it. I've gotta keep working, and hopefully the next update won't be yet another year in the making.
First, I updated the "About Me" section...at least a little. I haven't lived in Hawaii for over a year now, so claiming such made me look like a douche. Kansas may not be anywhere near as exotic as the South Pacific, but it's truthful. I loved living on Oahu, though, and my wife misses it dearly. At the same time, the picture accompanying my profile is three years old now(the "baby" in the picture is rapidly approaching the age of four), so updating that still remains. I'll get to it sometime during the holidays.
Additionally, I updated the "RD Meyer's Novels" page. It said I've completed six novels, although I've completed nine. I also updated the status on several, including the publication date of Akeldama(May 18, 2017). I know both fans of the site want to know accurate information on how to get my work.
Finally, I updated a woefully out of date blogroll, and I may still prune it some. Several blogs haven't been active in more than a year, while others moved to different URLs. There were even a couple that have long since shut down. Anything over a year without an update, with the exception of my wife's CF blog, have been removed. After all, if those bloggers don't care enough to update their sites, why should you?
Yes, all of this seems mundane, but I've gotten a couple of notes about the currency of my site, and I finally got the proper motivation to do something about it. I've gotta keep working, and hopefully the next update won't be yet another year in the making.
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