web site design upgrading.

Still looking around at other editor's websites. One of the best designs is Alaska writer/editor Sarah Gonzales. Clean, professional, artistic without being too pretentious. You can tell she also did web design in the past. Thinking about how I can incorporate some of the design principles I'm seeing without being too derivative. Cutting down on putting too much information upfront, and upping visuals seems to be part of the key. But the more I look around, the less satisfied I am with my initial, dated design.