Design in Mind...

I've been thinking about a redesign for my website. It's been a while, and there are a lot of new techniques I could exploit on the site, as well as some I could get rid of. I want the revision to communicate three things: I write, my works are SF/Fantasy, and my works are erotica. That's a big order.

So far, the only website I've found that I really liked so far of all the professionals' out there is William Gibsons. All the rest are so raw and, well, unsophisticated-looking; either that, or they're actually run by publishing houses with money to burn because the authors are serious names. And even then they don't do a good job.

Part of the problem is that I'm not a very visual person. I can analyze a really good site and show you what works and what doesn't, but I can't take that practical knowledge and turn it around creatively, which is very frustrating. It's one of the reasons I've always worked with a visual designer and been an interface person, the guy who hooks up the back end to the pretty pictures. It's a good job, but not the most prominent of visual arts.