Au Revoir

Au Revoir

Starting today, “the-not-it-girl” is officially on a blogging staycation. I can’t say for certain, but I predict that the next time we meet will most likely be on Monday, August 2, on my new platform.

There is a lot to do between now and then.

The idea to take a staycation came to me when my favorite blogger mentioned that she is taking off the rest of July to update HER site. I can’t wait to revisit her site in August to see how she improved on perfection. It’s easy to improve this site, but hers? Hard to imagine.

So enjoy July, readers, because you know how August is. July is a slow saunter through the airport to your gate, and August is stepping onto the moving walkway. Suddenly, you’re boarding.

And suddenly, it’s Labor Day.

So what can you expect from my new website? We are still in development, but I’ll tell you what I can:

• There will be a new URL, as I’ve mentioned, and this new URL will be the new theme of my blog. The theme will tie into my book, my speaking, my teaching, my coaching and my non-profit (eventually). You’ll see. I’m sorry I can’t reveal my new domain name, but my designer hasn’t bought it yet, and you know, people tend to ruin stuff. Not YOU, I know you wouldn’t, but maybe the guy that sends me the comments suggesting certain brands of lube cream. He seems shifty.
• Logging onto “the-not-it-girl.com” will still bring you to my new domain. My website designer is really smart.
• The logo is beautiful, wait until you see it. And color, and graphics, and eventually, video. I will have a Youtube channel. Glory Be.
• I am still “The (Not) It Girl.” Never forget that. She’s where I began.
• Now about tone. My tone will need to be more impersonal with this new site. This is where much of my hard work will come, because I like to speak intimately with people. The intimate stuff will still be in there, but you might have to dig for it.
• I will have a book club on my site, and again, this will tie in with all aspects of my theme. If you like Reese Witherspoon’s book club, you might not like mine, because hers sucks, and mine won’t. Whoever told Reese Witherspoon she has good taste in books was obviously on her payroll. Now she has the most famous book club after Oprah’s in the country, and she is promoting literary drivel. Hm, maybe this attitude is why I have gotten thrown out of every book club I have ever joined. Anyway, the book club will take a center spot on my website, is my passion-project, and will work as a non-profit all over the country. Eventually.
• And eventually, there will also be free stuff- free video, downloadables, courses, classes, books, etc. Make sure you get on my email list so you can say you were part of it from the ground up. Ignore it at your peril.

I am not physically going away, as previously planned, so my writing sabbatical will take place here at home. The reasons why are so long and varied it would take too long to explain. But as I’ve posted before, sometimes home is where the work and music need to be.

Right now, here is where I need to be.

So I bid you adieu until August, when we will meet again on a new venue. Thank you for hanging out with me for the past year and listening to my rantings.

I’ve loved every minute.