DW might be a bit more agreeable, but I use html editor and c/p in from a TextEdit (Win equivalent notepad/wordpad) file in .rtf or .txt format--I think it keeps my formatting and the journal format from conficting? IDK, a couple of times I've had to change the quotation marks for user references because LJ didn't recognize them, that's all.
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Regardless: LIVEJOURNALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!