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Time may change me…

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Hey, remember those ‘under construction’ gifs that used to be all over GeoCities? I kind of miss those days.

It’s time for a few changes around here. Nothing too dramatic right away—I’m starting with some cosmetic changes and we’ll see where I go from there—but it’s probably going to take a couple of days (… or weeks) before everything works (and looks) the way I want it to. I’ve been trying to choose between two only-slightly-different themes for at least a week, and I can’t imagine I’m going to get less fussy about it as I go.

So, if you’re looking around and anything seems to be broken… I’ll get to it soon. Promise. If this post is still pinned to the top of the blog, I’m not finished yet. (And of course, none of this is going to matter if you’re reading this via RSS or the WordPress reader. You can wait until I’m done to check out the finished product. I’ll let you know when it’s ready.)

Rosehips in the snow. Photo by Reghan Skerry.

A brief scheduling note.

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Things are going to be slow around here for the next two weeks. Regularly scheduled programming (snapshots, inspired) will continue as usual, and I’m not disappearing entirely, but I won’t be around very much, and there probably won’t be any posts outside the regular ones.

I’ll be back on January 7. In the meantime, Happy Holidays if you celebrate! I hope you have a fantastic few weeks!

A quick update to prove I haven’t abandoned you.

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Things have been… scattered around here for the last couple of weeks, I know. Sorry about that. I’ve been battling a cold, and on a bit of a mini-vacation, but that’s not an excuse, just an explanation.

I’m going to try to get back on track in the next few days. The regular posts that I missed (September’s sketchbook, the last two reboot updates) aren’t going to happen; I’ll just roll them into the next ones. I’m hoping to have my first NaNo prep update for you this weekend (no later than Monday, promise), and the next issue of the newsletter will go out on the 7th, as planned.

Introducing “Postcards”

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I’ve been hinting at a couple of projects I’m working on behind the scenes, and it’s finally time to announce the first one:

I’m launching a newsletter!

If you already subscribe to the blog via email, this is different. It will include links to my best blog posts, but other than that it will be entirely new: exclusive updates on the projects I’m working on (including sneak-peeks), early announcements, and occasional surprises.

(If you do subscribe to the blog, nothing about that will change. You’ll continue to receive all posts as usual, and you will not be automatically signed up for the newsletter.)

The newsletter will go out twice a month: there will be a photography-related issue on the 7th, and a fiction-focussed issue on the 21st. (If I have a particularly big announcement to make, that might merit its own email, but those will have to be very special circumstances.) That’s it. I will never spam you, I promise.

If you’re only interested in my fiction—or my photography—that’s cool. I understand completely. You can choose to receive only the writing-related or photo-related updates, and change those preferences at any time.

If you’d like to subscribe (and I hope you will!), here’s the sign-up form. (I’ll be adding links to the site over the next week or so.)

The first issue of ‘Postcards from Reghan Skerry’ goes out next week!

100 Days of Black & White: Day 58 | Reghan Skerry

Portfolio Update: Florals in B&W

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There’s a new project in the Portfolio!

The biggest surprise of my current photo project has been how much I love taking pictures of plants and flowers in black and white. Flowers are one of my favourite subjects anyway (especially this time of year!), but I thought it might get boring without colour. It hasn’t.

I expect I’ll be adding to this particular gallery as the summer goes on, but for now I couldn’t resist putting my favourite photos in one place. Enjoy!

2017 Project365 #355 (version 2) | Reghan Skerry

Happy Holidays!

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Whatever you celebrate (even if that’s just a few days off), I hope it’s a good one.

I’m going to be taking a bit of a break from the blog and most social media until 2 January. I’ll still be on Instagram, and my last(!) two Project 365 posts will arrive on schedule, but that’s all. (I’ll be checking email occasionally, but I’m not likely to respond until after the new year, unless I decide it’s an absolute emergency.)

It’s time to take a step back, enjoy the holidays, and then spend some time figuring out what comes next.

See you in 2018!

Things are gonna be weird for a little while. Sorry about that.

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I’m moving the site to a new host (more on that in a few days, probably), which means a new design (which is good!) and potential weirdness (which is… not).

I already know that some of the photos haven’t made the trip, and I’m working on fixing that. I know that some of the links are broken, and… well. When I find them, I’ll fix them.

In the meantime, it’s going to be a few days before everything is running smoothly around here. If you stumble onto anything that seems terribly broken, please let me know in the comments! I might know about it, but if I don’t, I want to.

Thanks!

A note on the 2016 Weekly Photo Project 

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So, I know that I haven’t been keeping up with the “weekly” part of the project. That’s mostly just me being lazy and unmotivated, and I apologize.

I do plan to get back on track with the project within the next week or so, but it might be a while before I get back to posting the photos. Over the last few days, my computer has developed a weird graphics glitch, and I’ve finally accepted the fact that, whatever it is, it’s beyond my ability to diagnose and fix. Since a graphics issue makes it really difficult to edit photos (or edit them well, at least), that part is going to have to wait until I get the computer problem sorted. (I’m hoping that it’s an easy and inexpensive fix, but I have a feeling that I might be looking at a new machine sooner than I’d planned.)

In the meantime, non-photo project posts will continue as usual (I hope), and I’ll still be on Instagram and Twitter (though I’ll be sticking with iPhone photos for now).

[UPDATE (19 August 2016): The new machine has arrived, and I’ve (mostly) finished setting things up the way I want them. But I’m not quite there yet, so it’s still going to be a few days before everything’s back on track. Soon!]

Welcome to the new reghanskerry.com!

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It’s ready! A day early!

Let’s call this a “soft launch,” shall we? Not everything is quite ready to go yet, and I know I’m going to be making some changes—major and minor—over the next few weeks, as I figure out the best way to organize some things. (I very nearly changed the entire site structure two days ago, but I think I’m happy with things the way they are. For now.) But… I think I’m ready to share it. Or, if I don’t do it now, I never will.

In the meantime, take a look around. If you have any thoughts on the new design, or if you run into any problems, please let me know.

Happy New Year!

Out of Office

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I’m off to Montréal for the weekend!

I’ve got a couple of posts scheduled to go live while I’m away, so there shouldn’t be too much difference around here. If you email me, I’ll probably see it, but unless it’s really important, I won’t respond until sometime next week.

In the meantime, I’m going to try to update both Twitter and Instagram with some regularity while I’m away, so if you want to see what I’m up to, those are the places to do it.