"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on." ~Steve Jobs
"Write something to suit yourself and many people will like it; write something to suit everybody and scarcely anyone will care for it." ~Jesse Stuart

"A writer's job is to take one thing and make it stand for twenty." ~ Virginia Woolf

Friday, February 18, 2011

A to Z Challenge Woo hoo!

This year I'm taking part in the A to Z Challenge and am honored to be one of the hosts. The others are Arlee Bird, Alex Cavanaugh, Candace Ganger, Jen Daiker, Jeffrey Beesler, Stephen Tremp, and Talli Roland. Have you signed up yet? You can do it here or on one of the other hosting blogs.

When April comes you blog each day about any topic, from A to Z, consecutively. And you blog hop to see what everyone else is saying on each new alphabet day. I'm doing it to get some new focus and discipline for my blogging routine. Plus make some new friends!



44 comments:

Arlee Bird said...

Your post looks great and we're looking forward to you being a part of this. And the Linky list worked well, but right now the numbering looks weird, but that's Linky and not you. I noticed the same thing elsewhere. I think it will eventually fix itself.

Lee
Tossing It Out and the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge 2011

Linda G. said...

I'm looking forward to reading all those different takes on the letters of the alphabet!

Magan said...

I would LOVE to be a part of this, but I'm kind of due in April, so I might not be blogging much, but will be sure to check out some of your posts!

Jai Joshi said...

How cool that so many people are taking part this year! Have fun with it, I've a feeling it will inspire a great deal of creativity.

Jai

KarenG said...

Arlee, Thanks for letting me know. I've had problems with Linky Link in the past so I'm glad it's them not me.

Jayne said...

Look at that lovely long list of lovely bloggers signed up for the challenge! I have already been thinking of what I will post each day (can't keep a good plotter down!) - really hope I can keep up with the challenge! And thanks for the reminder - must put the badge up on my sidebar. :)

Old Kitty said...

Yay!!! Good luck you A to Zed-ers or indeed Zeees!!! Yay!

Take care
x

Susan Kaye Quinn said...

Wow, that's an amazing number of bloggers! Thanks for sharing. :)

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Welcome on board, Karen! When Lee said we needed reinforcements, I knew you'd be perfect for the job. The fun job of course!

KarenG said...

Alex, Thank you! It will be fun!

Susan, The fact that the list doubled itself makes it look even more impressive LOL.

Jess said...

I'm looking forward to reading everyone's posts~ should be fun!

Pat Tillett said...

I'm not taking part, but I am looking forward to reading your posts!

Carol Kilgore said...

I thought long and hard about doing this blogfest, but in the end I decided to pass because of the major time commitment. I hope Arlee will do it next year because my life is finally getting back on schedule and I'll add this in and work around it. It just didn't work for me this year. Even so, I'll still be popping in to see what everyone says. Have fun with it.

Jeffrey Beesler said...

In times of "Challenge" I'm reminded of that old song, "With a Little Help from my friends!"

Lynda Young said...

Awesome to hear you're one of the hosts :)
I'm looking forward to the challenge

Suzanne Jones said...

Very much looking forward to reading these posts.

X

Angela Ackerman said...

Looking forward to seeing what you post! Have a great weekend!

Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse

Jen Daiker said...

So glad you've joined us in the fun!!! I'm really excited for the fun that's going to be had in April!

Ann Best said...
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Ann Best said...

Try again...

I'm looking forward to the challenge. Hope I can do it. What happens if life intervenes and you can't follow through? I've got some company coming in April, as it turns out, and some commitments I hadn't figured on when I signed up....

Canyon Girl said...

What a great idea. I may do a shorter version on my own, since I do a combination photo/writing on my posts. I know I will enjoy reading some of these posts.

Michelle in a shell said...

Hi there! I signed up for the challenge and was advised to stop by here since I'm new to blogging. I look forward to your posts! :)

WritingNut said...

I'm looking forward to reading these! :)

Miriam Drori said...

What a great idea! But I think I'm going away in April. Have fun, all of you!

Al said...

It looks so much fun. But I just know I won't have time :-(

Jane Kennedy Sutton said...

I haven’t signed up, but I’ll be lurking in the shadows and supporting as many of you as I can.

Carolina Valdez Miller said...

Holy cow! That's a lot of names! It's probably more of a commitment than I can make at the moment, but I'll be sure to check out as many of these posts as I can! Good luck with the challenge!

Simon Kewin said...

Damn, I'd love to do this. I'm just very conscious of my tendency to commit to doing too much!

Hmm. 26 letters. What do you do on the other four days?

Terri Tiffany said...

That's a huge commitment! Can't believe all the people doing it.
So you are procrastinating, huh? Get to it!!

Belle Wong said...

This does look like a lot of fun!

Bz said...

Hi, popped over from "Tossing it Out", I thought I say hello, great to meet you! Looking forward to taking part in the challenge next month.

Paul Anthony Shortt said...

Well consider me signed up!

Michelle Teacress said...

Dang, I don't want to be left out of THIS! I give. I'll sign up.

Toby Neal said...

I am a "blog spotlighter" so I can't wait to click my way through this treasure trove!
Aloha
Toby
http://www.tobyneal.net/

Soooz said...

Greetings from OZ where it is already late afternoon on April 1st. I'm feeling a touch lonely at the moment, most folks haven't started yet due to the time difference. No problemo..I am following the site and enjoying myself immensely.

My day 1 post is here
http://sooozsaysstuff.blogspot.com/2011/04/az-challengeday-1april-1st-2011-for.html

Lisa said...

Thanks for coming by my blog and following! Wow!
What a great idea and I am so excited to be a part of it!

http://diaryofasquaretoothedgirl.blogspot.com/

Michelle Teacress said...

I just realized we'll have to visit at least 30ish blogs a day, all month long, in order to get through this list! Wow. Hey, I did 50 today. It's fun seeing who else is out there. :)

Teri said...

I'm in too! Not sure what I've gotten myself into! :) Would you be willing to share the code, to share the list? Thank you!
Teri

Martha said...

Just after midnight and 1210 participants - wow!!! Thanks for hosting. I'm participant #1184 and your newest follower :-)

Melissa Kline said...

Always wonderful to connect with another writer! ;) I'm excited to be a part of the challenge this year!

~Melissa
Reflections on Writing

D said...

Nobody has time. We make time.

D said...

By the way, found you through the challenge. Love this blog.

Jingle said...

Glad to have you host a-z challenge. Enjoyed the waves of blogs/posts.

awards for you! Pick two of your choices!

Happy Writing!

Ella said...

Congrats on being such a wonderful host~