I have noticed two things about the readership of the Limebird Writers blog. First of all, that many readers are also bloggers. Second, that many go in for crazy challenges such as NaNoWriMo. So I thought that I would let everyone know about another challenge that might be fun (and useful).
I recently discovered (and signed up for) the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. This means that, throughout the month of April (excluding Sundays) I will be posting every day on my Terran Dream Archive blog. (On April 1st with a topic themed on something with the letter A, then on April 2nd another topic with the letter B as the theme, and so on.)
In 2010 there were nearly 100 bloggers who started the Challenge and most of those saw it through to the end. In 2011 nearly 1300 bloggers signed up and in 2012 it was around 1700. As of 12th February, 47 days before the start of the challenge, there are 659 blogs already listed on the site!
Apart from giving you a ready made prompt for 26 posts in a month, the signup page encourages you “to visit blogs on the list, starting with the one right after yours. If you can manage 5 a day – great; more than five – even better! Have fun and get to know your blogging neighbours.” That way you get to network and will hopefully have a number of new followers by the end of the month.
I’m using the month to highlight issues and themes from my three books, plus providing some samples (of short stories, poems, and audio content). Here is my draft schedule for posts (although it doesn’t have to be set in stone, and can be altered as inspiration hits!
01/04/2013 A is for ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
02/04/2013 B is for BIOLOGY
03/04/2013 C is for COSTUMES
04/04/2013 D is for DANGER
05/04/2013 E is for EQUALITY
06/04/2013 F is for FRANKENSTEIN
08/04/2013 G is for GENDER
09/04/2013 H is for HUMOUR
10/04/2013 I is for IDENTITY
11/04/2013 J is for JEWEL
12/04/2013 K is for KILLER
13/04/2013 L is for LURE
15/04/2013 M is for MECHANICAL
16/04/2013 N is for NARRATION
17/04/2013 O is for ODULIK
18/04/2013 P is for POETRY
19/04/2013 Q is for QUOTATIONS
20/04/2013 R is for RELIGION
22/04/2013 S is for STARSHIPS
23/04/2013 T is for TIME TRAVEL
24/04/2013 U is for UNCHAIN
25/04/2013 V is for VICTORY
26/04/2013 W is for WONDER
27/04/2013 X is for XENOPHOBIA
29/04/2013 Y is for YA
30/04/2013 Z is for ZOMBIES
How many of you have your own blogs? Will you be signing up for the challenge? Will your 26 posts have a theme or thread running through them, or will they be totally random?
GOOD LUCK!
B
