I think that I am more or less up and running on this my first web site. There are still a huge number of things I need to learn before I can brag very much. For the last year or so I have been signing on for blogs at a number of free blogging sites. Each time I was initially enthused, but then quickly became disenchanted.
I guess one of the reasons for my disenchantment is my personality. I am not much of a writer and almost everything I write undergoes a great deal of editing. I rewrite much more than I write sometimes. More importantly, I really get a kick out of knowing and controlling things. So just being able to write is not quite enough for me. I want to see behind the interface and learn a little about how it is done and control my own blog. The free blogging sites don’t allow much of that, so finally a few weeks ago, I got my own domain, signed up for hosting and here I am. I am actually spending some money.
Now I have been posting here for a while and I am not totally satisfied with the editor built into WordPress. I wanted to see if there was something that suited my style better than it does. I have spent the last week checking out the various client packages for editing a blog. Once again I am trying free software before deciding to spend my kids inheritance on another toy. After a lot of reading, I downloaded and tried several editors and have given them up.
Today I downloaded Windows Live Writer and am writing this post using it. My initial reaction is positive, but we will see if I like the results.
What??? We have an inheritence??? I thought all we were going to inherit were your Visa and Mastercard bills??