So, I found a post today on LifeHacker about blogging tools that make the process less painful. Even though I’ve never found blogging painful, I know inserting links and pictures can be frustrating at times, so I read through it. In the comments, there were a million and one people praising Windows Live Writer.

I should first of all say - in my defence - I am a naturally curious person. I like trying new things, and if there is a popular computer program that I haven’t tried, I will download it and see what the fuss is all about. Because generally, popular computer programs are awesome computer programs, yes?

I tell you this so you understand how I came to be writing this post on Windows Live Writer, a Microsoft creation. At the risk of sounding like a corporate drone, I really like this program. It shows me how my paragraphs will look on my blog, and I LIKE even paragraphs; I’m a little pedantic about them being the same length.

Using the default Wordpress editor is great, don’t get me wrong. Often though, I would type up a post and my beautifully crafted paragraphs (don’t laugh!) would be uneven. The horrors, seriously. And at first, I would go and try to edit them, with varying levels of success. After a while though, I couldn’t be bothered.

At the back of my mind, it always annoyed me, though. Like having an absolutely gorgeous dress, that makes you look and feel beautiful, but there’s that one part about it that you don’t quite like. A seam, or maybe the straps aren’t quite as thin as you’d like. Or maybe the hem doesn’t flow as well as you’d like.

Or maybe I’m just a little anal about things like paragraph length. Entirely possible.