Anonymous asked: How did you set up your own website for The Property of Hate?
I asked for help! A friend put me in touch with their friend (who is now my friend) called Felix, a wizard who runs a little company called Mustache Web Solutions- we discussed the project, and basically I did all the layout and described what I needed him to program, and he did the rest, and does! He maintains the website for a very reasonable annual fee including all the brain bending stuff about web hosts and things like that, and any time I need a new web page putting in or something edited then I can get in touch with him and he’ll sort it out. He’s a lovely fella and pretty danged busy, but if you’re looking for someone to help you out I can’t give him enough praise so do go check out his site if you’re interested.
A lot of people tell me it’s easy to learn programming, and I’m sure if you’re smart at stuff it is! But my head is full of stories and drawings and when I tried I just found my head was melting, and I figured that, as investments go, it was wiser for me to hire someone to do the thing that I was really bad at and have them do it well, rather than take ages being miserable and frustrated doing it myself and ending up with something I wasn’t even happy with. I think I made the right decision! That was what worked for me though, and everyone finds their own way of doing things, so I’d ask around to compare notes.