Plot Monkeys

I’ve always been very resistant to change. I think it’s part of my Virgo personality. I like things orderly, predictable, and stable. When something changes, it throws my world all out of whack until I get used to the change and settle back into a routine and then I’m happy again. Just ask Carly – she’s the spontaneous one in our friendship and I’m the practical one who has to think things through (which takes time!), and sometimes we drive each other nuts with that part of our personalities. But, we also balance one another in this aspect, too – I’m sometimes successful in stopping Carly from doing something spontaneous that she might regret later, and she prods me to be adventurous and do things outside of that comfort zone I cling to.

So, today’s topic is about CHANGE. I’m excited to announce that after five years of having the same website design, I’ve finally given myself a new (and very overdue) website look. (Just as a comparison, Carly changes her website design every two years ). It took me a very long time to finally decide on this new look of mine – at least a year of searching for exactly what I wanted because I knew it would probably be another five years before I even thought about changing it again! But, now that I’ve made the change, I’m thrilled with the design and truly couldn’t be happier with what my webmistress and I came up with.

For those of you who didn’t see my website before the change, or maybe have forgotten what it looked like, it was orange and red with flames on the side of the page. And I LOVED that website design, and I still do. It suited the hot Temptation and Blaze books I wrote, and I really did have a hard time giving it up.

But after publishing over 30 Harlequin books, I started writing single titles, and Berkley has given me a gorgeous new look with my Wilde books that is much more sensual and sophisticated than what those flames imply, and I knew that I needed to update my website design to reflect the type of books I’m now writing. In fact, for those of you waiting for Joel Wilde’s story, here’s a peek at his cover:

See what I mean? It’s that just a gorgeous and sensual cover and really captures who the characters are. I really do love it!

Anyway, now back to my old and new website design discussion and making that dreaded change. For those of you who want to check out the old look with the flames to compare, here is a link to the website design. It’s no longer a “working website”, but this link will give you a good idea of what those flames looked like. You can check it out here: OLD DESIGN

And now, the official unveiling of my NEW DESIGN.

Sometimes, change is good. Very good.

While you’re at my new website you can read an excerpt for my story in the BAD BOYS WITH RED ROSES anthology (out next week!), and read an excerpt for Joel’s story in BORN TO BE WILDE. You can check out my “About Janelle” page and read some fun Q&A’s and check out some new pictures I’ve posted. Oh, and you can enter my monthly giveaway contest, too. But be sure to come back here when you’re done so you can tell me what you think of my new look, and answer today’s blog question:

What type of personality do you have when it comes to change? Do you love spontaneity and change (like Carly), or do you prefer things to remain the same and predictable (like me?).