Launched my husband's online memoir today.
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- ideaist0
So much + on QBN when a lady is revealed, huh boys?
- Pretty sure his name is Brandon.duckseason
- It is indeed, but if it helps to think I'm a pretty girl, so be it!autonoma
- Excuse my ignorance; -27 in Canada and winter isolation has set it... : )ideaist
- Yes, all the vastness of Canada is the same temperature, right now.ETM
- jteore agrees with this statementlambsy
- I was thinking the same, idealist.instrmntl
- ukit20
Well done, it's a very well designed and thought out format...not to be crass but would almost make a nice "theme" for writers, etc.
- autonoma0
Just published Chapter 3: All That Glitters — https://amemoirproject.com/all-t…
... complete with this stranger-than-fiction photo:
- autonoma0
@mathinc - This is actually very good to hear. Knowing that you have a difficult time reading long-form articles in the browser (and believe me, I know we're fighting a losing battle with this), but how can I make it easier for you?
- If you can turn off my IM programs, stop my email from popping up and soothe our baby then I think you're good!mathinc
- K. How about just a loop of white noise when you open the site?autonoma
- haha :)mikotondria3
- autonoma0
Jonathan Hoefler just tweeted about it and it's exploding. My face hurts from smiling.
- mathinc0
@autonoma - I guess it depends on what your primary goal is with this -- If it's the content or the vessel. But I'm sure you're right that getting people to sit still long enough to actually read the content is going to be your biggest task. If the content is the priority then giving the user easy ways to move the story to a tablet or phone would be a great step. But then again that would compromise the gorgeous site. If the site is the priority then you'll always have competition for the readers attention.. in that case the only thing I can really think of would be short chapters.
- autonoma0
Launched the latest chapter last night — Chapter 1: Rude Awakenings
- autonoma0
Well, I don't think it needs parallax. It's about the content, not the candy.
- autonoma0
https://amemoirproject.com/her-m…
We’re now on Chapter 5: Her Majesty, with one of my favorite covers thus far:
- autonoma0
Yeah, this first chapter is one of the longest. I currently have a Readability widget at the bottom of the chapter pages for sending to Readability or your Kindle. Most have their own tools for sending to their preferred device or tool, so I don't want to be presumptuous, or add a 36 different buttons to the posts.
I plan on putting together an ebook when it's all done and selling it for a small price. Considered making each chapter an ebook file, but I thought that might be overkill.
- prophetone0
nice job, love it
- autonoma0
Launched Chapter 9: Quarter After this week: https://amemoirproject.com/chapt…
- autonoma0
If you get the hankerin', please vote: http://www.awwwards.com/best-web…
- bogue0
goood god this is nice. I don't have the time to read quite yet but the design is gorgeous.
- dibec0
very very cool.
- autonoma0
Which online galleries are people posting sites to these days? I'd love to get as much traffic to this site as possible. Really wanna get some attention on his stories.
- Siteinspire? Feel like this is something I'd see on there. All those other sites - CSSAwards etc.duckseason
- 2nd siteinspireDaithi
- Yeah, submitted there already. Thanks!autonoma
- mathinc0
Just saved it on my iPad with Pocket.. will read later. Site is gorgeous!
- eoin0
Very lovely, well done.
- robotron3k0
Kilgore?? really now...
:)- Yes, Kilgore! What, you don't believe it's real? It's painfully real: https://maps.google.…autonoma
- Kilgore is just like the other 1200 Texas towns; bars, churches, sex shops, repeat...robotron3k
- Very true.autonoma
- jk, I'm just givin' your husbands podunk town a hard time...robotron3k
- btw, "nobody really escapes Kilgore Texas"robotron3k
- Kill Gore!dbloc