Made hasty edits to my site to, y'know, mention the shiny new contract. A total rehaul's probably necessary, though. Advice abounds on what authors' sites should look like or include, and although these guidelines are commonsensical, I've already ignored a bunch. At some point I'll sit down and do something about it — soon, because as I go along my merry way on the Web, it's silly not to mention the site when it's relevant (on romance reading loops or paranormal review blogs), and right now it's in a somewhat embarrassing state. You could never guess that I do some web dev at my day job, which is exactly why I hate spending free time doing such work. But while writing might be for sheer pleasure, publishing is a business.
Self-promotion scares me. Before my meditation retreat, my instructor warned the group of us that some people became deeply anxious about the prospect of being silent for so long. Whereas my reaction was, I don't have to talk to people? Awesome!
But even awesomer would be to have someone new come to enjoy my writing. And yes, I am proud of my work; why not let as many people as possible see it?