The Great and Powerful Theme Reveal
{ Click image to visit the Theme Reveal blog-hop. }
Today is the day, boys and girls.
We pull back the curtain and make our announcements. This is when we reveal to the world our AtoZ Challenge Theme.
Just gotta climb up on this stage and I will be right with you… I seem to be missing a microphone, but have no shortage of clowns running around here. What a strange circus this is!
Preamble:
If you are unsure just what the flip I am talking about, you should probably stop ogling the high-wire performers and visit the official April AtoZ Challenge page to get with the program.
Can you post every day except Sundays during this month? And to up the bar, can you blog thematically from A to Z?
The answer to this question is YES.
YES, I CAN.
I know so, because I have done the AtoZ Challenge before. I did not do it very well, but success usually has much to do with the act of completion and seldom reflects skill.
Besides, I have to contend with dancing bears and disappearing hot air balloons.
THIS IS A CIRCUS, REMEMBER?
Ain’t nobody got time for things like that so-called “decent blogging” nonsense.
Don’t send in the clowns!
Speaking of “decent blogging”, my posts in the coming days will likely be shorter than normal. Participants of the AtoZ Challenge are not only NOT encouraged, but are actively Discouraged, from being overly wordy. Which is a polite way of saying STFU. I’m fine with that. My posts had been getting a bit cumbersome of late, so this will be a great exercise in toning things down a bit. While the challenge staffers recommend keeping posts at fewer than 500 words, I’m aiming to stay under 750.
I mean, let’s not go crazy here, you guys.
Get back in that clown car!
I will also be posting an F-bomb word-count at the top of each post this month, and you will likely notice that I have reigned in my inner little cuss-ball. Since there are some gawdly people visiting my home, I will keep the GDs and JCs to a minimum.
But be warned – I do not scrub toilets. If you sprinkle when you tinkle, I suggest you learn how to wipe the seat.
Okay! I think we have heard enough from the bearded lady. Let’s bring out the guest of honor:
Tell us your theme!
Yes, Andi-Roo… WTF are you writing about this year? Inquiring minds and inquisitive cats want to know.
WRITING IN GENERAL, AND MY WORK-IN-PROGRESS IN PARTICULAR.
Well, okay, then.
I will update this “Landing Page” with all the links as I post throughout the month.
[***EDIT: Dates reflect when the post was supposed to appear as opposed to actual publish date, due to the fact that I suck, and I fell several days behind. #NoRegrets #SorryNotSorry #YOLO #FML***]
{ Click to visit the official AtoZ site. }
Week #1:
{Runs Tuesday through Saturday}:
4/01/2014: {A} Art for Art’s Sake
4/02/2014: {B} Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet
4/03/2014: {C} Crappy Characters
4/04/2014: {D} Don’t Digress
4/05/2014: {E} The End is Nigh
Week #2:
{Runs Monday through Saturday}:
4/07/2014: {F} Four-Act Structure
4/08/2014: {G} Going Places
4/09/2014: {H} Hey so hi!
4/10/2014: {I} Inciting Incident
4/11/2014: {J} Just another writing method
4/12/2014: {K} Keys
Week #3:
{Runs Monday through Saturday}:
4/14/2014: {L}
4/15/2014: {M}
4/16/2014: {N}
4/17/2014: {O}
4/18/2014: {P}
4/19/2014: {Q}
Week #4:
{Runs Monday through Saturday}:
4/21/2014: {R}
4/22/2014: {S}
4/23/2014: {T}
4/24/2014: {U}
4/25/2014: {V}
4/26/2014: {W}
Week #5:
{Runs Monday through… well… who am I kidding? I’ll still be playing catch-up at this point.}:
4/28/2014: {X}
4/29/2014: {Y}
4/30/2014: {Z}
5/01/2014: AtoZ Recap
Tours and sightseeing encouraged.
I have been visiting other sites to see what I am in store for in April. What an eclectic mix! Several are blogging under the theme “Random” which is just a fun way of announcing that they do not, in fact, have a theme after all. I did that once.
*shudders*
It was a bad year. Never going there again. So hats off to bloggers brave enough to dive in sans theme!
It is not too late to sign up for this hectic ride, so feel free to join the fun.Be sure to visit the other participants. There is a lot of fun stuff out there. Here is if you want to see who I’m making time for this month.
I hear one of the tents even has some zombies lurking about.
ZOMBIES, you guys.
- Are you participating in the AtoZ Challenge this year?
- Do you have a theme? What is it?
- How about this “hop within a hop” business, eh?
