First Look: (7/10)
I was presented with a black background and a few white colored text. The images loaded quite slowly but they don't take forever. My first thought on this layout was, "Oh great. Another one of those goth layouts." I find that fine, but I'll explain more in the layout section.
Layout: (17/20)
The layout is cross-browser compatible. Good job.
I'm wondering whether you have a purpose for the space above your weblog entries. Maybe you'll be placing something there? If not, why not move your weblog entries up and lessen the scrolling. The text size is readable on the weblog side, but on the navigation side it may be a bit small for people with eye problems.
I'll talk about your layout image first. It's a picture of someone smoking, and some kind of warning label. The person smoking looks like he/she is holding a small candle with a large flame. Anyways, there are line things on the skin of the person and well, it doesn't look too good. That image looks a bit unfinished also, and maybe you could've added something below it, maybe a brush? The borders around the white "splats" are giving more of the "goth" effect on me. I like how it blends with the whole layout and all, but maybe you could've lessened the border effects. The title isn't that significant. Maybe that's what the white space is for. You could put a site header on it, maybe something like "Sweet-Conceit."
The navigation text is readable, but kind of small, especially for people who have difficulty in reading. Good thing you didn't follow much of the "itty bitty text" trend and decided to make the weblog entry text is readable. If you'd like, you can increase the line height there too.
Overall, it looks good but boring. You could at least another color, or take out the white space above the weblog entries.
Content: (17/20)
The introduction is quick and short and you already welcomed the visitor and explained what they might find in your pages. Good job. I have a suggestion though: you can put the disclaimer link under the site links. Now I'll be reviewing each section. I won't put the errors here though, since there's an error section. I'll just suit myself with suggestions here.
Blog: I'd recommend changing your 'music' and 'mood' text into bold text. And italicizing the song titles is good too. It separates the blog entry from the music and mood things. Changing the format of the blog entry title would also do good. It would separate it from the entire entry, and it catches more attention. I'd suggest a larger font size, and a different font style.
Disclaimer: As it's the first link I see, I'd click it. It's pretty straight to the point and clear. You respect other people's opinions and you expect them to do the same too. I found a couple of errors, but having an errors section, I'll explain about it in that section.
Autobiography: First off, the 'basics' part. You could add an ellipsis at the end of the "...but the one time I tried to drive I almost took out two kids, an SUV, and a mail box" part and add "while driving into the ditch." And what exactly is the meaning of Naziesque? I don't find it in my dictionary, dictionary.com, or even in my word editor. Moving on, the 'five separate parts of me' part would probably be my favorite among the sections. I found no errors, and I like it how you wrote it in the third person. I have a suggestion for the 'favorites' section. Instead of "KoRn's Here to Stay," you could put "Here to Stay by KoRn." But maybe you want the slam book effect huh? Now the 'personal beliefs' section is the one I'll be reviewing. In the second paragraph, or second topic, 'rep' could be replaced with 'reputation.' The 'strange, strange quirks' is interesting too. How about showing what Jewelz looks like? I only see Bob the pot smoking monkey there. In the fourth paragraph, you could rewrite the first sentence as 'I almost hate every main character in a story.' I don't get much of the second sentence and so you can rewrite it as 'The books and stories I favor are the ones where the author has created a thought-provoking lead character.' In the seventh paragraph, you can rewrite it as 'I don't just take a bath in the shower. I also read inside, with my back turned to the shower head so that my book doesn't get wet.' The eighth paragraph could be combined with the seventh one. Or you could omit that and just mention the name of your favorite "bathroom book" in the seventh paragraph.
Original fiction: The "summaries" or "peeks" into the stories are a nice way of letting the reader know what's inside the story. Ratings are also great for people who are affected with certain things. I wouldn't rewrite anything, considering this is original fiction and well, it's yours.
Fanfiction: Same as the comment I gave above, I like how it's been laid out.
Essays: Aww, where have the ratings gone? You put up a note already why you took them out. But you could always add a small note or warning about each essay.
Poems: Compared to the 'fanfiction' section, it's pretty much the same. All that differed is the quote above and the content.
Photos: You could always add a border around each picture. I find the pictures kind of artistic in a way, and I like them.
Site: The third paragraph could be rewritten. 'After conflict with...' should have an 'a' between after and conflict. And what did Jewelz buy you? Maybe state that she bought you a domain. And the words italicized are probably the words of Jewelz. You could rewrite that as, '"I don't know what the hell to get you for Christmas, and this way I could get a host and not have to care about whether or not I was actually doing something with my site," Jewelz said' and add that before the 'After a...' sentence. Sweet Conceit and Obsidian Rhapsody should be capitalized.
Hosting: There's nothing I found that needs to be rewritten.
Listed at: I don't think the reviews could go in this section. Review sites are different from listings and so you couldn't be actually 'listed' at a review site.
Layouts: 'Past and current layouts.' You mean you have more than one current layout? The 'current' part there is useless too. There is no screencap or information about the current layout. All I see is a list of the past layouts. You could also add what program you used to make the layouts and some credits.
Credits: In the paragraphs, except the first one, why only one break? If you're going to add a break, make it two so that it looks neat and the paragraph/sentence after is separated from the first sentence. You should capitalize the websites' names, like what you did in the 'Hives Hosting' link.
Overall, there are a lot of content but I'd have to say there isn't much entertainment in them. Adding uncommon tutorials, resources, or more is a great suggestion if you'd like to get more hits.
Organisation: (9/10)
The sidebar is organized, and so is the content area. Nothing to be done here, but you could list the "corroborating witnesses" in vertical order so that it doesn't look so scrunched and squished together.
Errors: (7/10)
As I mentioned in the content section, I found several errors.
Disclamer: 'If you disagree, tough' should be 'If you disagree, though' and add the next sentence into it. 'If you disagree, though, you can post a comment on my blog about the offending issue' is how it should be.
Autobiography: I mentioned one already in the content section. It's the one about the 'driving' sentences. The John Grisham book title should be enclosed in quotation marks.
I'm going to skip past the works that you did.
Site: I mentioned the errors in the content section, but I'd like to emphasize on changing the paragraph about your conflict with your hostess. And always remember to capitalize 'Sweet-Conceit.'
Hosting: The colon in the 'None of this: ...' sentence should be taken out and 'this' should be replaced with 'the.'
Listed at: 'Read my review of this review here!' should be 'Read my site's review by this review site here!'
Credits: No errors found.
Apply: I am going to say it again: capitalize your site/domain name. It's a proper noun, and the rule is that you should capitalize the first letter of the proper noun. In this case, it should be 'Sweet-Conceit,' or ' Sweet-Conceit.net.' And it's accessible, not accessable. You could rewrite a part of that sentence as, '...link Sweet-Conceit on a visible and easily accessible page.'
Coding: (4/5)
You have the Uptown Reviews link up on the Listed at page, and it's easily accessible. On the Site page you mentioned that the site is coded in valid XHTML and in valid CSS. I checked the validation and it is valid XHTML. Change the statement about your CSS being valid. The CSS has a couple of errors though. Color hex codes contain 3 or 6 digits. '00000' isn't correct. That error was found in the hr line. I'd also recommend using the LoVe HAte method on listing the link formatting. A:link comes first, and then A:visited, and then A:hover and A:active comes last.
Graphics: (/10)
-- section does not count as you do not provide graphics --
There are no freeware or linkware graphics on your site and so I have nothing to review on here. If I'd review the layout images, they're already reviewed in the layout section. But the layout images don't show off your talent that much. I'd suggest having a free graphics section or at least show more of graphics in the site.
Unique: (4/5)
I like this site because it is supported by your writing talent and ability to make decent graphics. Nowadays, sites come with short descriptions, few content, and blog entries that aren't worth reading. Your content is the support and that is unique now. That gives points for you.
Overall: (5/7)
Overall, your site is interesting but is just supported by your writing. I like it that you focused on your content, but I'd say you can focus on your design also. The design is quite boring but you have the ability to make decent stuff. You can add more color or don't just slap brushes or grunge-like text onto an image. Visitors look for things to do on the site. They won't just be reading your writings. Your content is already good enough, but you can always add more. You could count on me returning to your site to read your blog entries, and some of your fiction.
People said quality is better than quantity. You've crossed the quality mark, now you need to cross the quantity mark too.
Bonus: (2/3)
I'll give bonus points because of your writing skills...nothing else.
