Tell me what you think...
I'm getting a new site made, Laurelsnyder.com. My awesome friend Jeff is doing it. Jeff is one half of halobrite.com and he's a genius.
So my question:
Can I make this site useful as a general author site, for poetry and nonfiction and so on... if I also make it kid friendly?
What you'll see if you follow the link is the basic site, but I'm hoping to add in details from the illustrations to my kiddie-lit. As they arrive. Little people and animals here and there on the page.
But tell me the truth-- as a grownup reader, a poet, an adult... will you still take me seriously?
Will you still respect me in the morning?
Please tell me! The truth!
So my question:
Can I make this site useful as a general author site, for poetry and nonfiction and so on... if I also make it kid friendly?
What you'll see if you follow the link is the basic site, but I'm hoping to add in details from the illustrations to my kiddie-lit. As they arrive. Little people and animals here and there on the page.
But tell me the truth-- as a grownup reader, a poet, an adult... will you still take me seriously?
Will you still respect me in the morning?
Please tell me! The truth!
8 Comments:
The new site is pretty. Kid-friendly does not equal adult-hostile to me, so go ahead.
Thanks!
But really, you'd book a poet for your hip reading series if her website had cartoons on it?
I'd just have a kid-friendly section. Honestly, I think if there are automatically cartoons, it'll ward some people off. Or confuse them at the very least.
Just have a "Kids Over Here" tab, and then no one'll think twice.
-em
I guess that's the answer, but I love the artwork for these books so much... Sigh.
I'm guessing the "cartoons" look more like artwork. I doubt it will look like Walt Disney or anything. Perhaps it depends on if the adult has kids or not.
I'm not crazy about "stuff that moves around" on a web site, just for usability reasons. Otherwise, I like the whole "JK Rowling/fake book or desk" web site look.
I'd say it's best when the "hip" element flees. Reading series or not.
You love the work, so it should be on your site!
Laurel, I'm a first-time visitor here (enjoying my visit, by the way) and thought I'd just say that I like the new site. It's clean and clear.
I have a two-year old daughter, so perhaps I'll check in again when it's time for her to start reading your books...if not before.
peace & blessings---
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