Twisted Fairytale

I finally figured out how to download the photos from my booksigning onto my computer. CBear and I bought a new Canon Powershot Digital camera to prepare for Peanut’s arrival and as digitally savvy as I like to think I am, I’ve never owned a digital camera so I was clueless. I read the manual and think I pretty much have the hang of it. The pictures come out beautiful and there are so many settings! It’s very exciting.

Of course, I absolutely hate how I came out in most of the pictures. I look so puffy! *blah* But, I do have something I really want to share with you. At my first book signing, it was an endless stream of books and people coming and going. This time, I had a few people sit and chat, ask me questions, etc. I even got to do a reading! This was absolutely my favorite part of the event. So here it is! *Side note: ignore the funny faces I tend to make. I’m way overanimated.*

In celebration of two successful book signings I’ve decided to do a little something special on my blog. I’m going to post two deleted scenes from Dark Hollywood Nights! So check back in tomorrow for post #1 and then Thursday for post #2. Those who read and enjoy, leave me a little comment and I’ll enter you into a raffle to win a goodie envelope, including booksmarks, business cards, and magnets.

Finally! After several hours of fidgeting with WordPress I can proudly present the new theme!

It’s been tweaked an indefinite amount of times and when I uploaded it, it wouldn’t allow me to see the blog posts individually or to make comments. It kept telling me there was a fatal error.

This made me want to pull my hair out. You see, although I’m pretty handy with basic HTML and can work with stylesheets and such, I know NOTHING about php. When I look at some of the theme sheets, it’s like looking at a completely foreign language. Nothing registers as familiar and I just want to cry. Ha ha. But, I didn’t (I swear). Instead, I took the time to finally upgrade WordPress.

Believe it or not, as of this morning I was still using version 2.2.1 or something equally ancient. I backed up my posts in every possible way I knew how and then closed my eyes and hit upgrade. Then, suprisingly, it was done! And my theme worked! And the new dashboard was all strange and different and kind of orangeish with brown and blue. Everything looked new and overwhelming. I took a few minutes to get familiar with the new format, grinned when I noticed I could upgrade my plugins as well so they would work, and then voila! Here I am.

I’m thrilled. Let’s hope I face no problems in the long run. I’d hate to revert back to an older version. For now, let’s enjoy my new blog home.