Two Insecurities for June - IWSG

BLOG TOUR:
Sophie's Thoughts and Fumbles - Ghosts VS Witches (VOTE!)
Patricia Lynne - Medical Examiner Simone Rose Interview

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I'm a survivor!I got my A to Z Survivor T-shirt shortly after last month’s IWSG post. After a theme of natural and manmade disasters, I figured I deserved this. ;) It is really well made and super comfy. You can get yours HERE. Major props to Jeremy Hawkins for creating this!
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Blog Insecurity: 
I got this comment on my blog from an anonymous person:

Dear Fey 

Your site is an enormous help to any aspiring writer, no doubt. But the look of it is an eyesore and an example of a very poor web design. Too many colours, too many different fonts, awful.

I am very proud of my blog, so that comment stung. I’m not a web designer and I like the black background, although I know some people don’t. I won’t be changing that. I did however change the fonts and colors so I’m only using white fonts, all of which are Arial. The green fonts are links and will stay that way because it’s my favorite color. Although it wasn’t mentioned, I cleaned up the sidebars and put all of the awards in my “About Me” page.

A week later, I got another anonymous comment (obviously from the same person) saying, "You need to work on the aesthetics of the pages. I can't believe that you see them as even acceptable, let alone good. They are too busy for any good taste. Can't you do something about it?" 

QUESTION: Is this person BS or is my blog appearance a failure?
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One Star: 
I got my first 1 star review ever. It's on Goodreads and for Ghost of Death. The reader said she couldn't finish it because the story was a cliché, the character's voice was amateurish, and she couldn't figure out why I mentioned senses the ghost couldn't experience.
Does this bother me? Not in the least. This is her opinion. She can have it. I have mine and I am proud of this story. So...now that I have my first 1 star, does that mean I am officially a REAL author? ;)
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Dedication Insecurity:
In April, Ghost of Death came out. In May I realized the dedication is wrong. Half of the dedication I gave my publisher is missing. That is a HUGE bummer. Not only for me (the author), but for the people who deserved a thank you: my beta readers and editor. I don’t ever want them to think I don’t appreciate what they did for Ghost of Death, and I’m afraid they do. I tried contacting my publisher about this error, but I don’t think it’ll be fixed.

 So here is the real, full dedication for Ghost of Death:
To Gina Stoneheart for being such a wonderful friend, and to my mom for coming up with the names of the bar and the drink Jolie loves.
A big thanks also goes out to Crystal Collier, Annalisa Crawford, Sittie Cates, and Jassie S. for beta reading Jolie's story, as well as Lori Graham for seeing the potential the original story had.

 Amazon US / Amazon UK / The Wild Rose Press / NOOK/ KOBO

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Last month I received this gift card holder from Liz A. She hosted a giveaway during A to Z and I was one of the winners. The “C” wasn’t available so I chose “Z.” I thought it was really cute and perfect for completing the Challenge. Check out Liz’s shop HERE.


QUESTIONS: Do you think my blog is an eyesore? Do you remember your first 1 star? Has there even been an error involving one of your dedications or acknowledgments?