New Beginnings
That time when my daughter told me that I needed to update my website.
After she reminded me that I hadn’t updated my website since 2022, I realized that I needed to refresh my writing life. So I spent the majority of my spring break working on updating my site. Here are some things I did to facilitate the process.
01. MY LATEST BOOKThe first thing that I noticed was that my latest release, A Wedding in the Lowcountry, was nowhere to be seen on my site. So I made sure that this lovely story was up front and center.
02. MEDIA MENTIONSI have a lot of wonderful media mentions. Some of those mentions are from my acting life while others are from my writing life. I wanted to have those prominently displayed on the home page, and so I made sure that I did just that!
03. REVIEWS, REVIEWS, REVIEWS!The next thing which I wanted to showcase were reader and industry reviews for my novels. I also wanted that to be on the Home page of my site. So I meticulously gathered all of those reviews and placed them in a scrolling section of my Home page.
Refreshing my website has been an uplifting and healing experience. At first, I thought the task would be daunting, but while I was tweaking and updating everything, I felt motivated and inspired about my creative work!
04. BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS I wanted my website to have the ability to hold all of my books, including the future books that will be published. I made sure that there was a scrolling section on the Home page of the website, as well as on the "Newest Release” page, that easily featured all of my books.
05. SHOP, SHOP, SHOPI also wanted to add a Shop page to my new website. I want readers to be able to purchase signed bookplates for my traditionally published books and/or signed copies of my self-published books. I also have ideas for future merchandise! So now I have that feature on my new site.
06. GOING LIVEFinally, the new site had to go live. There were a few hiccups along the way, however. I have learned a lot about website coding and more technical information than I ever wanted to know. In the end, it served me well because I know how to update my site myself, and I can train others to do so in the future. I’m happy about that.
There you have it: a brief overview of my new online home. I hope that you enjoy it, and I hope that you visit often! Have a lovely week.
Welcome to my blog!
I’m Preslaysa, and I wear many hats – author, teacher, and actress.
I write heartwarming, romantic stories with an Afro-Filipina twist. I love to write hopeful stories about people who face real-life dilemmas and find love in the process. On this blog, I share my musings on the writing and reading life. Oh, and I’m also a planner nerd (so I blog about that too!). If my interests resonate with you, then welcome to my online world!
With Love,
Preslaysa
