Thursday, March 21, 2013

A to Z April challenge

I'm excited and intimidated by this year's challenge. I haven't been blogging as regularly as I would like and the A to Z challenge forces me to be a more consistent blogger. On the other hand, I worry about running out of things to say or somehow coming up short on being interesting or read-worthy.

I'm not sure I've yet found my blogger's "voice". My blogs tend to be fairly personal about what is going on within my world and I wonder if that has enough of a universal appeal to keep readers wanting to come back. Do I need a "hook"? A gimmick? I always want to be authentic. I don't want to hide anything--even the unsavory aspects of what I do and why I do them. That's the thing about becoming a more self aware human: one often finds out one's motives for things aren't always altruistic and are sometimes downright selfish and self-serving.

Nevertheless I will leap with both feet into next month's blogging challenge and know that I will enjoy it and stress about it and maybe even pull at my hair sometimes due to coming up blank on topics. I will also learn more about myself and others through reading their blogs and will come out in May better for it.

Happy blogging!


6 comments:

  1. Good luck with the challenge, I'm sure it'll come to you, maybe write a few advance posts? That might help a bit.

    I've signed up, I'm looking forward to reading lots of bloggers. Just hope I can keep up with reading and writing.

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  2. Good luck with the challenge. I look forward to reading what you come up with.


    Stefani @ Dreams of Nyssa

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  3. Oh, my, can I relate to this post. I have written, gained and lost readers, and I guess I have decided... I write for myself, and I just hope others enjoy. I wish you the best on your blogging, and will enjoy seeing what you write.

    Cat

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  4. Brand new follower here, just stopping by as an A to Z Challenge Co-Host, so: nice to meet you, Mary!

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  5. We are a new follower too, and looking forward to reading more on the A-Z :)

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  6. You'll find your voice - I think you have a great start!

    Popped in from AtoZ.

    thriftshopcommando.blogspot.com

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