A to Z April Challenge

I have always wanted to do a blog challenge, at least since I learned about them, but, I always missed the boat! So, my resolutions for 2014 were:

1. Blog as frequently as possible ( read: everyday). In reality it is every other day on a good week.

2. Participate in competitions that require me to write a blog post. I might provide free publicity for a brand and be branded ‘gullible blogger’ but, I’ll also have written some good content, get noticed, get some more readers etc.

3. Join a blog challenge before the last date of sign-up!

Therefore, when I came across the A – Z April Challenge I jumped right in, with both feet, read: both blogs. Yes, the Drifting Traveller and The Book Drifter, my book blog, are both signed up for the challenge. Given that this is my first challenge I must have been feeling a bit over confident.

According to the rules of the challenge I will have to blog everyday excepting Sundays and the post will have to be styled after the letters of the Alphabet. For example: Aardvark on 1st April, Boolean algebra on 2nd April and so on. So, in the month of April minus the Sundays you will have 26 days to blog with 26 letters of the alphabet as your cue. However the rules aren’t that strict. You can blog about ‘I Love my T-shirt’ for the letters ‘I’, ‘L’, or ‘T’ also, ‘M’, if you really want to! Just remember to capitalize the ‘M’ in ‘my’ to make your case stronger.

Come April there will be a lot of activity on my blog and I will be writing 26 + 26 = 52 blog posts (26 per blog). I have been advised by well wishers on Twitter and A to Z challenge veterans that I should start scheduling in advance ASAP! At the moment all I have finished doing is creating a calendar each with two letter appropriate post topic in each square. But I keep having brilliant ideas and the calendar is a work in progress.

However I would love to hear your ideas about posting with U, W, X, Y and Z. Don’t say ‘X-rated’ I’ve already thought about it!

If you want to join the A to Z Challenge this April or read more about the challenge follow the links.

A to Z Challenge sign up

What is Blogging from A to Z

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Debbie Kirlew - March 13th, 2014 at 4:25 pm none Comment author #257 on A to Z April Challenge by Drifting Traveller

I am mightily impressed, good luck! This is the kind of thing I would love to do but spending a month blogging would mean May’s mortgage wouldn’t get paid! As for ‘X’, I would be tempted to cheat and do ‘eXcellence, eXercise’ or go for X-men or be obvious and do X-Factor! I would do Upper Thames Sailing Club for ‘u’ because my son sails there and after weeks of rain, flooding, one lot of clearing out, more flooding, more clearing up and our poor caretaker and chef having to take up residence in a caravan in a nearby field after his flat was flooded, they are about to hit the water again! Not exactly food orientated but Bartek (the chef) does great food! Hmmm, perhaps I could take a mortgage break, this sounds like it could be fun! I look forward to reading.

Driftingtraveller - March 13th, 2014 at 5:07 pm none Comment author #259 on A to Z April Challenge by Drifting Traveller

eXcellent idea 😀

Lucie - March 13th, 2014 at 4:27 pm none Comment author #258 on A to Z April Challenge by Drifting Traveller

x is an easy one for me… my son Xavier. U = Under? Y = Yellow? Z …. hmmmm it’s a tough one! Sounds like a fab challenge xx Good Luck xx

Driftingtraveller - March 13th, 2014 at 5:08 pm none Comment author #260 on A to Z April Challenge by Drifting Traveller

All things Yellow could be a good post 🙂

sarah stevens - March 13th, 2014 at 6:07 pm none Comment author #261 on A to Z April Challenge by Drifting Traveller

honestly i feel tired for you hehe you sound extremely busy!!

Driftingtraveller - March 13th, 2014 at 6:09 pm none Comment author #262 on A to Z April Challenge by Drifting Traveller

Sarah I think I was a bit bored so now I’ll be extra busy 😀 I think I’ll be tired by the end of it too!

Bridgina Molloy - March 13th, 2014 at 8:29 pm none Comment author #263 on A to Z April Challenge by Drifting Traveller

hello there Drifting Traveller, another contender here for the A to Z, doing two blogs as well. Loving the blog, and Z is usually, for me anyway…ZEN lol. Best of luck with it.