Blogging tools. There are a number of them out there. I have received a few requests from people wanting to know what I use to write this blog. For the most part, I use the editor built into WordPress. It works well, auto saves drafts and obviously, makes publishing entries a breeze.
However, when I am working on something, like an episode of The Bleeding Rose, I use another wonderful tool. It’s called Dark Room (http://they.misled.us/dark-room). It’s a clone of the Whiteroom (http://hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom) application for the Mac. It allows you to block out your entire screen so that the only thing you are looking at is the text you are working on. It’s a great tool and I do use it when I encounter the writer’s block from time to time.
Another tool that I will use every now and again is the blogging feature in digg. If you don’t already have a digg account, head over to http://www.digg.com and set one up. It’s useful in keeping up to date on what’s hot on the web as well as giving peeps to your favorite blog. When you submit a digg or digg an item, you can blog your dugg item right there.
There are a number of blogging tools out there that make blogging fun and productive. What tools do you use?
October 18th, 2008 at 10:25 am
I’ve used ecto for years to post both to personal blogs and more recently to my Eve blog. I like being able to organize my thoughts even when I’m not connected [which happens way to often] and not worry about something happening after I hit “publish”. On the other hand, I probably write 1/3 to 1/2 of my posts right in the WordPress editor.
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October 18th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I have ecto as well, it’s a good application, however, for most of my posts, I am simply using the built in editor. When I am not near a network with internet access, it’s Darkroom or notepad.
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