Shadowguard » Miscellaneous http://www.alinamorgan.com the official website of Alina Morgan Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Excuse the dust… http://www.alinamorgan.com/2009/03/10/excuse-the-dust/ http://www.alinamorgan.com/2009/03/10/excuse-the-dust/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:06:52 +0000 Nonny http://www.nonnymorgan.com/?p=325 I’ve re-themed the website yet again, because I found the old design a bit hard to navigate. While I liked it aesthetically, navigation is more important. ;)

A few things are out of whack, like that there’s a second “Home” link I’ll need Morgan to get rid of because it seems to be hard-coded into the theme, along with a second “Meta” box. Overall though, everything is viewable and working fine!

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Also, I’ve gotten 99% of the stuff from the old emdrake.com moved over to the new site. I’ve got two articles to put up, then I’m done. (The only reason they haven’t been put up yet is because they have connected/sub articles, and I’m not sure how I want to handle that in Wordpress.) Which means I then get to figure out what I want to put up for new content.

On the off-chance that someone might actually have an opinion on this *grins*, is there anything you’d like to see on the site?

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Eventually, I intend to get something custom commissioned, but we don’t have the money for that right now. So I found this theme for Wordpress and asked Morgan to make a few modifications. Namely, the drop-down bars. He worked at it all last night to get it set up for me. Much love for my male. :)

Yup, that means my blog and my website are now–well, not quite one, but take a look at http://www.emdrake.com and you’ll see what I mean. (If you’ve visited recently, you may need to clear your cache.) I’m still working on converting a lot of stuff over from the static HTML pages to Wordpress pages… so please excuse the dust while I get everything sorted out. ;)

This also means that my blog URL has changed. Right now, the male has it set up to forward, so if you’re visiting http://nonny.windsofstorm.net/wordpress or getting a feed from there, it should work for awhile longer. That’s not going to be permanent, though, so please: UPDATE YOUR LINKS TO http://www.emdrake.com/blog.

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Seriously. This is, like, the third time it’s happened. I’m beginning to think this might be the Powers That Be giving me a hint whapping me upside the head with a clue-x-4. :twisted:

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(Then again, it’s not like I wasn’t submitting crap that was worse back when I was a teen, either, so….)

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  • $200 Amazon gift certificate
  • Signed copy of Slave to Sensation
  • New Zealand goodies chosen by Singh
  • ARC of Christine Feehan’s October 31 release: Conspiracy Game

You can read about the experiment here and you can download the code that you need to participate here.

SLAVE TO SENSATION
Nalini Singh
Berkley / September 2006

Slave to Sensation

Welcome to a future where emotion is a crime and powers of the mind clash brutally against those of the heart.

Sascha Duncan is one of the Psy, a psychic race that has cut off its emotions in an effort to prevent murderous insanity. Those who feel are punished by having their brains wiped clean, their personalities and memories destroyed.

Lucas Hunter is a Changeling, a shapeshifter who craves sensation, lives for touch. When their separate worlds collide in the serial murders of Changeling women, Lucas and Sascha must remain bound to their identities…or sacrifice everything for a taste of darkest temptation.

Excerpt

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Both well worth checking out.  :)

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  • Book in a Week! I’m running a writing challenge this week over at Romance Divas. Basically, the way it goes, you figure out a goal for this week, write/edit your butt off, and check in for cheers and booyahs. ;) More info here.
  • Lucy Monroe is holding a Blog Party the entire week, with lots of nifty prizes. There’s lots of cool topics — and all you have to do to be entered in the contests is comment!

Have fun! :D

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