"Art Garden" Update -- the short version

[capri0mni]

This last Saturday was the 42nd Art Garden (and yes, when the MC announced that, my mind did flash to HHGttG, thankyouverymuch -- what did you expect? ;-)). I tried to post a review on Sunday, but there was a glitch on LJ's end, and it told me to try later. And in the meantime, I lost the post. So now, is the shorter version of the short version I was going to post.

I hope you'll forgive my ego while I post about just my part in the whole thing. I'll post a review of the other writers later.

When we got there, the hostess/mc was very appologetic... she forgot to list me on some of the programs. And on the those where I was listed, the title given was "A drabble" instead of: "100 WORDS. EXACTLY (not including this title)." So, she asked me to explain what a drabble was in an off-the-cuff intro. I am really glad I asked around about the history of the drabble before I got there, therefore (thanks for the link to that webpage pedanther!). This off-the-cuff palaver also took the edge off my nervousness, I think, and led to a better reading all around.

Afterward, several people came up to me and said they wanted to try their hand at drabbles, too... so yay!

I also printed up a bunch of brochures (15) for my custom story-writing gig, and had some takers. And a librarian at the local public library agreed to put the rest out on display on a table or something, there... And the hostess/mc/editor said I should really get my own webpage up for myself, so people could find me through Google).

So -- um... any hints on that idea? How does one set up a webpage like that?

Comments

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you had a good time! Glad you're home safely. :)

Don't you get a free homepage with AOL? I think they're pretty much plug & play; you just type in the info, pick a color scheme, and you're ready to go. Rather like LJ, now that I think of it. :)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

I tried to do an aol webpage a while ago, actually. It was okay, I guess. I took it down after a while for some reason I can't remember, but the reason involved technical and incompatibility issues.

Besides, I read somewhere that aol deliberately set up blocks between it an lj, somehow, because they may want to offer their own journal service, someday....

Oh, well...

[pedanther]

The first step is to work out what you want out of your web site. What will you put on it? Will it be just straight web pages, or will there be fancy things with forms and dynamic content? How much are you prepared to pay to avoid have other peoples' advertisments plastered all over it? etc.