To My Followers...

Hey, guys. I know it has been a while since you have seen any activity here, but the reason is because I am moving my blogging activities over to Wordpress. I am in the process of setting everything up over there now, but it will be quite some time before it's ready to go. I have a lot of options to peruse, and I have a lot of pieces to go through to make sure that the pieces I am posting are the best that they can be.

I am moving over for two reasons.

First, the features that Wordpress provide make it easier to archive my work outside of the blog, and that is really what I want to use this blogspace for, as a business card of sorts, a place I can refer people to when they ask what it is I write. While I could just start copying and pasting all of my best work onto this blog, it looks far more attractive and much more organized on Wordpress.

Also, by forcing me to separate my writing into categories, it might even start some actual blogging on its own. As you can see from my blog description here, the writing I do is pretty varied, which is not ideal for a blog. A good blog is very focused, and whenever a subscriber comes around, he or she expects to see a post that is similar to what has come before it. If you subscribe to a blog about snowboarding, coming in one afternoon and finding a post about the Academy Awards would throw you off completely.

But when I was creating my blog, I found myself having a difficult time picking one avenue to pursue. I have many interests, and most of them are fleeting. But with Wordpress's options for categories, it would be very simple to start little micro-blogs. These will be very focused pieces, and they will connect with each other thematically and stylistically. And, again, each will be posted in its own category. That way, I can keep an ongoing blog without ever feel like it is getting stale or repetitive.

I am not posting the URL yet, because there is still a bit of work to be done over there. But when it is ready, you will be the first to know.

What are your thoughts on the move? Are their deeper features to Blogger that I am not aware of that would allow the vision I have for my blog? Has anyone else used Wordpress, and not been as impressed? Or, has anyone used Wordpress and be willing to guide me through some of the features I might not be aware off? Sound off below.