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A-Z Challenge Reflections — 6 Comments

  1. Once I realized there were rules…I changed my mind about doing it. They weren’t overly bad, but I wasn’t in the mindset to go with it. Maybe next year.

  2. I follow your blog. You know that little ticky box beneath the comments, that says “Notify me of new posts by email”? I think that’s WordPress.org’s primary method of following, although you can also pop in a plug-in or set up Feedburner e-mail lists (I did that).

    I didn’t see a lot of the complaining about the rules. Wonder how I missed it?

    Good luck finding what works for you, for the challenge and blogging in general.

  3. I noticed the complaining about people’s links not matching up on Twitter. I was miffed at first, then I realized how impossible I was to track back and began including a URL in my comments.

    The rules weren’t bad, Maripat, and there was no way to enforce them — which would have involved only delinking someone from the challenge page. Ultimately, it,s your blog, but, yeah, if you’re going to use the challenge name, you should try to follow their rules.

    I’m thinking of usung the A-Z format as a guideline to posting regularly. Some letters would be tougher than others to do every month, so I’m still evaluating that idea.

  4. Oooh, a vowel challenge week!

    Or maybe a month where you post based on your name?

    I have to admit, the last time I did an A to Z on my own, I didn’t do it all in a month — I did one post a week (roughly). Then again, I was reviewing books and stories, and trying to read even as much as I did was pretty insane.

    • I remember you spreading it out, Erin, and that was a good idea. I’ve resisted planning and publishing a blog schedule, but I’m feeling called to do that recently. I just haven’t decided how I want to do it, but spreading out A-Z would be one good idea.

      Vowel challenge week? How would you do that? Sounds interesting.

  5. I’m glad you talked your friend into staying in the challenge despite falling a day behind at one point. I’m also unsure whether I’ll participate again next year, but for different reasons LOL Maybe some time away from the challenge will make up my mind for me.

    ~ Rhonda Parrish