Website updates pending, FAQ help requested.

So we've been working for a while now -- and by 'we,' I mean taraoshea and porpentine -- at giving my website a total overhaul. Because of the way my brain works (which is not like your Earth brains), this means Tara designs the new graphics and layout, Chris implements them, and then I start doing the new site text, because I can't 'see' where the new text should go until I have the old text in place on the shiny new layout. So poor Chris is going to do a huge amount of heavy lifting and then immediately get hammered with textual updates. Feel for him.

In an effort to keep him from killing me, I figure I should start prepping some of the text now, while I still have a little wiggle room. So I present to you...

What goes into my FAQ?

Obviously, there needs to be a section on filk, as well as the absolutely required section on writing. What do you want to see there? What makes sense? What have you always wanted to know, but been afraid to ask? What have you put into your own FAQs?

Help me keep Chris from killing me.

Beautiful things, coming Monday.

The world needs to contain beautiful things. They make people happy, they make the world better, and sometimes, they can inspire us in amazing ways. And if you happen to be someone like me, periodically, 'the world needs beautiful things' actually means 'I need beautiful things.' It's just a thing, y'know? A beautiful one.

Sometimes, people recognize the lack of beautiful things in the world, and they decide to go forth and make there be more beauty. I consider this awesome. Not everything has to be pretty in this life, but it's good to have folks out there balancing out the ugliness by making a few things that are lovely for the sake of, well, just plain being lovely.

If we're really lucky, sometimes these people decide that they should go ahead and share their pretty things with the world. Because the awesome is just too much to contain. And that's the point of this post.

chimera_fancies is the sale journal of Mia, whom you may hear me mention now and again; she reads for me, advises me, and generally rocks my tiny world. But also? She makes beautiful things, recycling old books and bits of fairy tales into entirely unique wearable art. She started doing this earlier in the year, and her pendant sales have become one of the high point events that I look forward to with utter glee. Every piece is unique, and while not every piece sings to every person, they all seem to sing to someone.

If you're intrigued, you're also in luck, because there's a sale coming this Monday -- yes, Labor Day -- at noon Pacific time. You should be aware that the term 'feeding frenzy' isn't entirely out of line when describing one of Mia's sales; pictures of the pendants will be posted Sunday for people to browse through, but once bidding starts, if you want something specific, I recommend being poised and ready.

The pendants are individual, lovely, and incredibly sturdy -- I've put mine through the washing machine, and while I don't recommend it, it hasn't hurt them yet. Also, Lilly adores them, too, and steals them constantly.

chimera_fancies!