I'm so glad to see these wonderful replies, it is really helping me decide whether to keep my blog or not. I'm going to keep it. And I enjoy doing it, so that was the conclusion my husband and I came to last night too.
I started my blog back in January and called it 'new work' as part of my website. I would post new paintings there and talk about them. Then a couple of months ago I got a blogspot blog but found I couldn't manipulate my photos as much as I liked, so I just put a link on my blogspot to my website and continued blogging on my website.
Last week I switched the blog part of my website from the page I called 'new work' to the homepage. Many people didn't realize I had a blog and I think people just don't take the time to navigate a website, nobody seems to have any time these days! So I figured if I put it right there in front of their faces when they opened my website, they would realize I was blogging and come back again to see what was new. I'm not sure this is the best decision, I used to have a single portrait on my homepage.
So, how best to integrate a website and a blog? There are many ways to do it, I would love to hear comments on the way I'm doing it - the 'blog in your face' method compared to 'blog as link' method, which I had a week ago and can easily go back to.
Alexandra, I read every entry on your blog. I have been to your website a number of times over the past 6 months and I guess I never went to the recent news section, I usually just look at your paintings.
Joan
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