“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” ~ Mark Twain
Welcome to May, and welcome fellow excited bloggers, who are participating in this year's WordCount Blogathon 2011! My warm greetigs as well and congratulations to accomplished participants of the A to Z Blogging Challenge April 2011 ! Last but not least, a resounding, hello to the enthusiastic circle of ICLWers!
In the short time of creating this small writing corner in this huge space of blogosphere, I have participated in three blogging events.
First was the NaBloPoMo in March, something I have been meaning to do since I heard about it, more than a couple of months after I begun with anonymous blogging in September, 2006. If you want to read about it's beginnings (November, 2006), you could check out an old interview with it's creator Eden M. Kennedy, which I recently found.
Through NaBloPoMo, I discovered Melissa Ford, who brought to life and hosts the IComLeavWe (Interational Comment Leaving Week) on her page Stirrups Queens.
At the same time I came across Arlee Bird's annual blogging event, A to Z Blogging Challenge 2011, which is held every year in April.
I participated at both events within the same month.
They say all good things come in threes, and I am happy to share that in the case of all these blogging ( ICLW is blogging related) events, this absolutely applies.
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| 365~ self-portrait for today, entitled: I finished the A to Z Blogging Challenge! |
As I continue my daily writing in the month of May, I am dedicating it to all readers old and new, generous, encouraging commenters, new friends, new bloggers I subscribed to follow, and most of all to those who would like to create their own blog page, and are seeking encouragement and inspiration!
I could and would write a long list, and posts of what A to Z Blogging Challenge gave to me this May, as a writer and a blogger. Today, I will summarize it in one thought: A to Z made me thoroughly enjoy writing, communicating, blogging in it's truest and simplest form like how I enjoyed and experienced it as a newbie, when I discovered blogging 5 years ago!
All that I have experienced, the wonderful positive feelings, I will take with me as I do my marathon writing for WordCount Blogathon 2011. The time I did not have to visit pages of many A to Z participants ( & IComLeavWe participants), in April I will make in the month of May, and write about what I learned from each blogger I visited linking to their blogs. Also looking forward to getting to know and learning from bloggers of WordCount Blogathon 2011.
Once again, thank you so much for the A to Z event Arlee Bird of Tossing it Out!
Inspire & be Inspired, fellow bloggers!
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If you would like to be inspired in your writing and perhaps participate in next year's A to Z Blogging Challenge, please visit Arlee Bird's :
I missed visiting during the Challenge. Good to meet you. Congrats on finishing. I’m looking forward to next year! Hey, that cakes looks awesome. Got any milk to go with that?
ReplyDeleteHi, Stephen!
ReplyDeleteIt's almost a year later with my response...sorry! Hopefully, this year we will get to interact more before, during and after the Challenge. :)
Thanks for dropinng by. Oh, I drank Early Grey with the cake. And yes, indeed it tasted awesome. :D