Hey, remember ‘Motley Scriveners’?

Scriveners, then and now.
The tools have changed, the problem remains: What comes next?

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I began this art for Scriveners, was interrupted – I don’t recall by what – and never got back to it. I still think a sister site is a good idea, each of us having a personal page to present our work and to discuss anything we care to comment on. An author page to send folks to, before we have a book up on Amazon. A personal showcase with excerpts, art, blog posts. A razzle-dazzle look, if you master the new editor, that has capabilities far beyond the old editor. I haven’t conquered it yet, but I am excited about the possibilities.

My intention for Scriveners is to use it to learn the ropes, then to jazz up my Sly site, that is fine as is, but I know I can improve on it. My grasp of the niceties, add-ons, etc., leaves much to be desired.

My art (above) for Scriveners is banged together, to assess a direction. I love the idea of a back-to-back Maxfield Parrish-style treatment, a writer with a feathered quill in his hand (quill to come, obviously) and a today writer with his computer, both wondering: Crap! What now?

I had meant to use Medium.com as the place to send interested parties to, but Medium doesn’t have a fraction of the potential of the new editor in WordPress. I am certainly not letting Scriveners fade away, never to be a functioning site. Join me or not, it’s up to you.

I have many irons in the fire. On top of that, it’s gardening season. I won’t have anything to show for a while. But it’s going to happen.

If you had a personal page, your own sandbox to play in, what would you do with it?

This will be a marketing tool. Drop links around the web. I say it’s worth a shot. I’m looking at author blogs and artists’ portfolio sites (Behance, etc.) for ideas.

The Motley Scriveners … the name alone is intriguing, don’t you think? If I saw that name, I’d want to check it out.

I’m going to create a front page, and an index page. I’ll tell you when it’s ready to view.

What you think of my image? Is it too … well, comical, maybe? I’d be happy to try again.

I think I’m changing my mind. I think I prefer just the type for the header on the front page. Those two goofballs can go somewhere else.

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