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Throughout my career I’ve been lucky enough to create author websites for some well-known folks. In some cases, I’ve worked directly with the celebrity author and, in other cases, I’ve created a site for a new book release or specific writing project via their publisher. Regardless of who I’m working with, there are some elementsRead more

The best author website design is different for every author.  That’s a tricky way to open this blog post, right?  But even if each author’s webpage design should be tailored to their project & their audience, there are a handful of things that should be kept in mind for ALL author websites. HERE ARE 5Read more

I am an author website designer.  And I imagine like dentists notice people’s teeth, and cobblers notice people’s shoes, I notice people’s websites, especially author websites.  And something that stands out to me more than it should is that people bury the lead on their sites ALL THE TIME. What do I mean by this? Read more

More often than not, my author web design clients hire me when they have a book about to be published.  Sometimes it’s a first book, and sometimes they’re revamping their site after they have a few books under their belt … sometimes they’re self-published, and sometimes they have a publisher … but every so oftenRead more

I regularly have web design clients who either don’t yet have a web host, and need one, or have one they don’t like and want a new one. I make my recommendations available here on this Website Resources page.  It’s two companies, really, Bluehost and SiteGround. But I don’t get into very much about WHYRead more

I love working on children’s book author websites — often there are beautiful illustrations, a sense of humor, and great colors to work with. And while many aspects of creating a website for children’s books are similar to any author or book website, (like providing information about the book & authors, letting people purchase itRead more

Self-published author websites have different needs than websites for authors with traditional publishers.  As a self-published author you might be looking for a traditional publisher, an agent, and/or to create a community of readers interested in your existing & future work.  Or, you might just want to go the indie route because it appeals toRead more

Success … everybody wants it, but few know how to get there easily!  I create author websites for a living, and at the start of each project I work with my clients to gather a bunch of information about what they’re looking to create, and most importantly, why.  This is because knowing what they’re tryingRead more

Many of the author websites I create are for authors who write as a second career.  Sometimes it’s something completely different than how they earn a living and they love that it balances their day job — the financial advisor who writes historic fiction for example.  Other times it’s a segue to retirement and something they’ve wantedRead more

Unlike an author website, which I’ve written about before, a book website features one book (or sometimes a series) and focuses on the world of that book.  Creating a book website allows you to optimize searchability throughout the site for the title & genre, and really allows you to create an immersive experience from top-to-bottom.Read more