Before I begin my post today I wanted to again congratulate Nicki Elson for her success in promoting the A to Z Challenge to the press. If you did not see her press release submission efforts please click on the link to see the wonderful job she did:
Nicki is scheduled to discuss the topic of to press coverage on the Monday edition of her blog. She can also be found today as a guest on Jen Daiker's Unedited. Now on to my post for today---
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No, I'm not going anywhere. It's just that I've been doing these thank you posts where I show our gratitude to all of you who have posted something about the
Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. Since these posts can get rather time-consuming I am going to discontinue posting these. I'm sure I have missed many of your efforts to plug the Challenge. If I missed yours I'm sorry, but please be sure that we do appreciate everything you've done so far.
Please continue to add the badge to your sidebars, mention the challenge in your posts, and write up any special posts that feature the Challenge or provide others your own helpful pointers. Your efforts will be appreciated by all of us.
And now for our amazing list of spirited bloggers who believed in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge enough to show the world. As always, I hope that each of you reading this post will try to stop by as many on this list as you are able to visit and tell them you appreciate them and then follow their blogs if you aren't doing so already. Here are todays blog heroes:
Special Posts:
Karen from
A Peek At Karen's World honored
Tossing It Out with a
Blog of the Week recognition and touted the
Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. Excuse me while I deflate my head.
The Dump Stat is one of many gaming sites that has joined and posted a special announcement. I don't really know much about the subject matter of these sites, but if you are into games and other things related you might want to check this site and some of the others.
Australian game blogger Austrodavicus at
There's Dungeons Down Under not only posted his intention to join the Challenge, but actually provided a list of his topics--interesting stuff.
Chris at
Vaults of Nagoh is another gamer who posted his topics.
David from
Tower of the Archmage also announced his intent, but had not announced any topics.
You'll find a special announcement with badge on sidebar at
Legos and Lightsabers.
Elizabeth from
Graphomaniac is returning from last year's Challenge and had a few words to say about Blogging from A to Z.
Sandi at
That's Ahh Some! is giving her best shot at trying to encourage others to sign up.
A special announcement appears at
My Bric-a-Brac.
Melody from
Melody's Musings is back for a second year and made the official announcement.
Sheila at
SheilaScribbles is another one who made her announcement in a big way.
Michelle at
Beautiful Chaos also made her intentions known in her own special post.
Larry at
DiscConnected posted a wonderful reminder about the Challenge.
Tiffani at
Thought's from Tiffani announced that she too had joined in the Challenge--don't worry, Tiffani, I think you'll do just fine.
We always know that we can count on Yvonne at
Welcome to My World of Poetry for promotion and she's done it again with another poetic plug. If anyone reading this is still not following her blog, I'd like you to go over and do so now. I told her she'd reach 400 followers by the end of April and I'm counting on everyone to help her reach that goal.
BZ gave us a double whammy at her blogs
Reach for the Sky and
English Speaking Zone.
Freda at
Freda's Voice heard the voice of the A to Z Challenge calling her and decided to join in the fun.
Thaumiel at
Cradle of Rabies--From Role to Games will be playing along with us as well.
Grendelwulf at
Axe and Hammer-- another gamer joined the game.
And yo! Adrian (sorry I couldn't resist) from
Occam's Samurai Sword made the big announcement.
Lisa at
Flash Fiction announced about the interesting way she's going to approach the Challenge.
Wanda at
The Watered Soul gave a big sprawling post for A to Z.
Charmaine at
Wagging Tales gave us a very nice write-up.
Jim's Girl Family History Blog made the A to Z announcement.
A very nice write-up can also be found at
Pocket Full of Playdough and she displays the badge as well.
K.D. at
A Coffee Driven and Adventure Bound Life placed an announcement and added a badge.
A fun post from Dan at
Sanguine Musings announced his entry into the Challenge.
Swim-Write-Run made the announcement with the badge in the sidebar as well.
J.L. at
The Character Depot is displaying the badge.
Badge in Sidebar:
Kristin at
Razzy's Corner has added the badge to her new blog that will essentially be debuting in the April Challenge.
The badge is also on display in the sidebar of
The Poe Family Blog.
You can also find the badge in the sidebar of
Better Is Possible -- a blog title that we should all take to heart.
Amanda at
Inspiration, Art, and Creativity got inspired to join in the Challenge and added the badge to her site.
Heidi from
...then she writes has the badge in her sidebar.
Sarah,
The Aspiring Sub-Creator, has a newer blog that has added the badge.
Paula Martin's Potpourri has the badge displayed.
Angela at
Whimsy, Writing, and Reading put the badge on display.
MJ at
Creatively Spilt Ink has the badge.
M.P. McDonald Has the Write Stuff and she also has a badge in her sidebar.
Rogue has the badge up on
Mercy's World and
Rogue's Home Cooked Blog.
Susan at
thecontemplativecat shows the sidebar.
Jonathon at
Jon's Life added the badge.
Mariah is a new blogger who has put up the badge on her
Formula Mom blog.
Mooderino at
Moody Writing joined the Challenge and immediately added the badge.
Nicki Elson's Not So Deep Thoughts thought enough about the challenge to display the badge.
The artistic
Blue Sand Studio blog is exhibiting our artistic A to Z badge.
Septembermom at
My Voice, My View is another one with the badge.
Denise at
L'Aussie's Travel Blog also has displayed the badge.
And Giving the Challenge a Nod:
Ruby from
Blabbin' Grammy mentioned her participation in the upcoming Challenge.
The Word Crafter at
The Rainy Day Wanderer also made her announcement and confrimed it with a badge in the sidebar.
Rosalind Adam is
Writing in the Rain and joining in the
A to Z Challenge. She also displays the badge to prove it.
Melissa from
Melissa's Imaginarium gave us a great big nod as well.
Another new blogger is Laura from
Daily Dodo who included the Challenge in a post listing upcoming blog events and also added the badge to her sidebar.
So let's give these bloggers another round of applause for their dedication. Anyone participating in the Challenge can always feel free to do their own Thank You posts--I'm sure won't hear any complaints from any of us if you do.
Has anybody else tried to submit press releases or talk to someone from the press? If so, what were your results? Does anyone know how many countries are represented in the Challenge so far? Did anyone notice that I didn't edit my post yesterday before posting it? I did go back and fix several errors at about 10 AM PST, but before that it was pretty bad.
Have a great weekend!
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