I'm thinking of pulling the plug on this blog.
OK, OK, stop cheering. It's not as good as it sounds.
I recently discovered posterous, a new blogging platform that works like a dream. It combines all the best bits of blogger, tumblr, wordpress et al. with none of the annoying stuff... and best of all, it's the most user-friendly platform ever. Seriously, it took me about an hour in the week before Christmas to upload two pages of PJANG to my wordpress, pfaffing about with resizing and editing html and a site that kept crashing and not allowing me to do what I wanted.
Last week I discovered posterous, and having heard how easy it was, I decided to give it a try... by making the entirety of PJANG #1 available to read online. It took me about 15 minutes to upload all three strips and the results are... well, see for yourself.
I was so impressed that I decided I'd move my whole wordpress site across there... but then I started thinking, maybe I should move Sunset Over Slawit too. This old blog's been feeling a bit tired of late... maybe a new home is just what it needs.
I have some reservations though. I regularly receive between 100 and 150 individual hits a day (which I'm pretty pleased with... but don't ask me who all these readers are, since only about six of them ever leave a comment)... would I lose that silent majority if I moved? Would I have to start again from scratch? Does it really matter?
Then there's the question of splitting up the blog. I know there are people who only come here to read my music posts or top tens. Or my comics stuff. Or my short stories (thank you). Perhaps I should host a separate blog for each? And another just for personal nonsense. And another for ephemera? Or is it better just to keep on bundling everything together in one? Do I even still need a writing blog and an "everything else" blog anymore? Should I just bring it all together under one roof where it can live together in harmony?
I'm still puzzling this one out... though obviously your thoughts would be welcome. Whatever happens, a change is gonna come.
In the meantime, in case you haven't already, READ PJANG #1 FREE HERE. Then please tell your friends. Especially if they're the sort who think People Just Ain't No Good.
