Hi Xyliacs! Remember, this week we kick off the Wednesday update schedule with a Monday tease page!
Please help me in giving Kez a big round of applause for the site update! Despite being amazingly busy with graduate work, Kez found the time to get the site all spruced up. And- something I forgot to mention- if you haven’t been to Kez’s webcomic, War of Winds lately, there is a beautiful cameo featuring none other than Xylia and Claude! You have to check this out! http://warofwinds.com/comic.php?comic_id=328
Remember to come back Wednesday for the new page!
Watch for a very cool animated Keenspot ad by Canterrain and Julia too!
———————–XYLIATALES NEWS!!————————
I’ve been working very hard on the Xyliatales first edition of Book 1- getting the pages set up is a bit time consuming- some of the earlier pages needed a bit of reworking. But I’m excited to say that the Prologue and 1st chapter are done and ready to go! I’m shooting for mid February availability!
——————BARB NEWS & NOTES—————–
The first regular week in January was a bit of a challenge around here. Iowa was plunged into a frustratingly cold snap where temperatures never really got above -2F and the winds made it much colder. Then we were blessed with another seven inches of snow, so in the midst of this Arctic blast- more snow moving. -.- But the coming week promises to be a relief- might even get above freezing! Hooray!
My hip is still pretty painful, so I’ve had to limit what I do in the gym, but I discovered that the reclining bikes don’t hurt to use! Now I just need to get to swimming like I say I’m going to. It will get better.
After an awesome opening basketball game where she scored 14 points, later in the week, Miss E managed to sprain her ankle pretty bad in gym. We were worried it might have broken since she hurt it -snap-. But, fortunately she is recovering quickly. ICE ICE ICE!! Thank you to all my friends who said a prayer and a kind word for her speedy recovery.
I’ve been getting a bit more active in the music scene- sitting in on a song or two. Here’s me trying to figure out how to play guitar, while my pal Rosie B rocks on the keys.
——————–XYLIA GOODY BAG——————
Hugs,
~B
January 11th, 2010 at 6:16 am
Omg, it are green!
It feels… more spacious, somehow. Nice! Allthough I can’t find the vote-button… Am I blind (could very well be the case), or is it gone?
January 11th, 2010 at 7:22 am
Wow, the new site looks fantastic! Lovin’ it!
January 11th, 2010 at 7:57 am
Hey strange Ian! Thank you for the heads up- I did miss that. I’m hoping to get back into regular TWC updates- the banner will be in the blog section.
Thank you Lora! Kez is teh bomb, isn’t she?!!
January 11th, 2010 at 10:31 am
See, what Barb is forgetting to mention here is that SHE made new design. I just implemented it. Credit where credit is due, Barb!
January 11th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Whatev, Kezzink! ^_^ Kez is ALWAYS teh bomb!!
January 11th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
I like the new site. Green is beautiful!
January 12th, 2010 at 8:53 am
I agree, the site is beautiful, but I noticed recently that for some reason the home-page comic isn’t visible on any of the browsers I use (google chrome, firefox), except for internet explorer. I generally use chrome for all my web surfing, so I first noticed it there. It’s not a huge inconvenience, but when I noticed it wasn’t working on firefox too I thought I’d let you know in case you wanted to look into your coding or something.
Really though, fantastic story, and the new layout is very pretty.
January 12th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
@anon: STILL? Good grief. I’ve looked and re-looked at the code, I’ve tested on dozens of computers. I cannot find any issue on this site’s end. I’m sorry, but that’s all there is to it. Kez is at a loss. It happens! I apologize for the inconvenience. D: