I've finally gathered all my websites under just one, 6a1.fd7.myftpupload.com, so I'm no longer scattered all over the place. It's a great feeling being so organized. I used AuthorFriendly, a browser-based content management system that I helped develop, that makes it easy for people who don't know HTML or DreamWeaver or FrontPage or WordPress installations to update their own sites. It works pretty much like a blog.
I put a link to my Twitter updates and FaceBook widget on the page so I can update my status right from my own website. Still, I've had this TypePad blog for so long now that I hesitate to move it over to AuthorFriendly just yet — I'd probably lose a lot of links that make my site come up on the first google page when people search for "women motorcycle travel" and other keywords. There's probably a widget that will let me put my TypePad blog on a page of my website. That's next!
All of my dispatches – American Borders, China Road, Indian Sunset, Italian Lessons, Around the Adriatic, and Alps to Atlas – are now available in the Journeys section of my site, and there's a Contact form too, so I'll never miss an email from you — use the form and you won't get caught in my spam filter.
Also check out the Press Room for audio and video podcasts I've done the past few years. Some notable recent shows include:
- November 17, 2009: Episode 120 Side Stand Up Radio, Carla King and Joanne Donn host an all San Francisco cast live at BMW Motorcycle San Francisco (click to download MP3 audio)
- October 20, 2009: Episode 116 Side Stand Up Radio interviewing Doug Bingham, Griffith Park Sidecar Rally (click to download MP3 audio)
- September
22, 2009: Episode 122 Side Stand Up Radio interviewing Cristine
Sommer-Simmons about her book The American Motorcycle Girls: 1900 to
1950 (click to download MP3 audio) - August 25, 2009: Side Stand Up Radio talking with Tom about my Alps to the Atlas journey from Austria to Morocco's Sahara Desert (click to listen to the MP3 audio)
- March 24, 2009: Side Stand Up (MP3) on blogging, travel writing and self-publishing
Enjoy – and let me know how you like it!
Best,
Carla
