Rebrand, Reinvent, Revamp

There’s nothing quite as fun as a good ol’ fashioned rebranding. I absolutely love reinventing myself to keep things fresh and exciting. Considering how fast the world is moving — fast food, fast fashion, and now A.I. — and how attention spans are getting shorter … well, it’s probably for the best to adapt and make things more compelling on my website.

Rebranding …

So, chances are you haven’t had a moment to poke around yet. That’s cool. You can do that later … In the meantime, let me quickly tell you what’s changed:

• Streamline – My website used to be a bit difficult to navigate but not anymore. 🙂 Initially, I had hoped to make it interactive with a lot of extras for readers to discover, however, it was just too difficult to maintain and was slowing down the site.
• Consistent branding – My previous “look” left me uninspired and, truth be told, it wasn’t me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nobody’s fault but my own (I am, after all, running my own website). This new “look”, however, is Monique Snyman in all her glory. The colors are true to who I am (a brightly colored horror show that can pass in the real world as “normal”) and the way the site is set up is a better representation of how I hope my brain will function in the future. 😀

I am also well aware that many readers may wonder how often this blog will be added to … Look, life happens and I can’t promise consistent posting X amount of times a week because I am a mom, wife, and I have a 9 to 5 job. What I can promise you is that I will keep this website A.I. free no matter what. What you see on my website is a representation of who I am throughout the years — the good, the bad, and the ugly. And the only things I ever took off were pictures of my daughter when it became apparent what people use A.I. for nowadays. So, yeah … You’re welcome to take that however you want.

Reinventing Myself on a Larger Scale

It’s not just the website that’s gotten an overhaul. 😉 I’m busy revamping my social media profiles too and although it’s a working progress, I have a vision (and a long to-do list) that’s slowly being implemented. Thank God for my insomnia, scheduling apps, and my very supportive husband, otherwise none of this would have happened. LOL!

On a more personal level, I have been doing a lot of inner-healing and soul-searching lately. Whether I’ll ever be able to open up about the hell these past 3 years have been, I don’t know, but I’m working through it and I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. 🙂 Yay! As for the outside … Well, I’m a little older, (hopefully) a little wiser, but I’m still the one and only silly, dark-humored, slightly odd and often scary Monique Snyman.

Revamping My Writing

Not to jinx myself, but I’m writing again. I have been for the past few months, actually. It’s going slow, but it’s going and I’m thankful for that. What am I working on? Well, after a not-so-lovely situation where my laptop literally burned out and I couldn’t save anything on my hard drive, I lost several half-finished manuscripts. Amongst them was the third book in The Night Weaver series, which I’ve finally rewritten to where it was. At the end of the day, everything happens for a reason, and I think the new version of that story is so much better than the previously version. I’m hoping to finish it by the end of the year.

I haven’t restarted on Dark Country’s sequel (yet), but it will be written soon.

I’m hoping that this new, improved me will be apparent in my writing, too. I’ve grown a lot as a person since the last time I wrote, so here’s to showing you what I’ve learned during my absence.

And that’s it for now. 🙂 Let me know what you think about the new look of the site!

Enjoy the rest of your day!