A – Z Challenge 2013 | The View Outside

I took part in the challenge again this year

Thanks to the wonderful Alex J Cavanaugh for running it again this year.

The A to Z Challenge is posting every day in April except Sundays (we get those off for good behavior.) And since there are 26 days, that matches the 26 letters of the alphabet. On April 1, blog about something that begins with the letter “A.” April 2 is “B,” April 3 is “C,” and so on. You can use a theme for the month or go random – just as long as it matches the letter of the alphabet for the day.

We recommend short posts, turn off Word Verification, and visit five blogs (or more) a day beginning with the one after yours on the list.

Visit the link above for the list of participants.

This year I chose to highlight Authors who I felt I could learn from. Here are the links to the posts:

A was Jane Austen
B was Emily Bronte
C was Truman Capote
D was Charles Dickens
E was Umberto Eco
F was E M Forster
G was Graham Greene
H was Ernest Hemingway
I was John Irving
J was James Joyce
K was Stephen King
L was D H Lawrence
M was Ian McEwan
N was Vladimir Nabokov
O was George Orwell
P was Terry Pratchett
Q was Amanda Quick
R was Ian Rankin
S was John Steinbeck
T was J R R Tolkien
U was John Updike
V was Kurt Vonnegut
W was Virginia Woolf
X was Xue Xinran
Y was Richard Yates
Z was Emile Zola

11 thoughts on “A – Z Challenge 2013”

I signed up for this challenge this year. Thought about doing this last year, but ran out of energy to contemplate 26 posts in one month. Need to do some planning to get through this year.

Good luck!

Vikki Thompson says:

February 17, 2013 at 9:23 pm

Hi Pete, thanks for stopping by

Last year I did 26 characters, which was great fun, but exhausting lol

Yes, the key is definitely in the planning! I worked about 3 days ahead, scheduling posts, writing them in the evenings when I had spare time.

Good luck to you too!

Xx

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- Pete Denton says:
  
  February 17, 2013 at 9:34 pm
  
  26 characters sounds like a great idea. Definitely planning ahead and probably more than 3 days ahead. Happy AtoZing
- Vikki Thompson says:
  
  February 18, 2013 at 11:29 pm
  
  You too Pete
  
  Xx

Hello. Just thought I’d stop by to give you a wave *wave* and wish you luck with the challenge. This is my first A to Z so it’s quite exciting!

http://rebeccahgiltrow.blogspot.co.uk/p/a-to-z.html

Vikki Thompson says:

March 17, 2013 at 8:45 pm

Awwww, thanks honey

First time huh? I hope you’re spending this month planning

Xx

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Hi Vikki, I’m stopping by to introduce myself and wish you luck with the A-Z Blog Challenge. I’ll mostly be exploring CHANGE and SENSORY AWARENESS and how to implement these concepts in storytelling. Hope to see you around -Belinda.

Vikki Thompson says:

March 24, 2013 at 8:10 am

Awwww, thanks Belinda

Wow, that sounds intriguing! I’m looking forward to your posts

Good luck to you too honey!

Xx

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- My Rite of Passage says:
  
  March 24, 2013 at 1:06 pm
  
  Thanks, Vikki; see you around

A first time participate in the #atozchallenge I have appreciated finding other writing blogs like this one. I will look forward to following you. I have throughly enjoyed writing the posts for the challenge and learned a lot from doing it. Read Z when we get to the end where I list a few of the happy discoveries. Though I write mostly about English gardens and gardeners and other English themes, my website is in support of a novel I wrote, Greening of a Heart set in a vicarage garden. Now I have a site like this one to keep me company on the h journey. Thanks!