This odyssey began last year when I found out about the challenge. I declined that year. This year I took up the challenge and entered in February and decided that I would do a story. Crazy, huh?
How crazy was I? Let me tell you: Pretty blipping crazy!
I thought I would do maybe a page for each entry, but the story took over. Luckily I had up to M done by the end of March. April was a scramble to keep up with my posts. I started with a two week lead. By the end of the month, I had only two days to finish Y.
On top of that, I got a head cold. Woot! 10% alcohol chugged at 6 hr. intervals. Let's just say I was a little high as a kite when writing Y.
Heck, Z was written and scheduled back when I was supposed to be writing S. Heh heh heh. In hindsight, that was a good thing. Non-linear writing. My forte. Know what happens afterward and you can write what happens before that.
And then I chapter! Insert Expletives and Curse Words here! Oh my giddy goodness! This chapter had me. I could not figure out how to write it. It was crap-tastic the three other times I tried. I was ready to bang my head against a brick wall. (I have access to one, and I would have done it too!) Then Lo and Behold! I HAD A DREAM! No, I mean that literally. I had a dream about it. And there it was. Completely change the p.o.v. and tense. Who the heck cares how random it is! It worked.
So thinking on it, I don't write A to Z. What the hell was I doing when I signed up for a challenge that required it!
On to the mushy and heart-wrenching stuff.
As I look back on the last month, I have to grin. I found some wonderful new blogs and learned so many new things that didn't know about mythology, monsters, fairy tales, morbidity, and grammar.
I have to thank the PTBs that make the annual
Blogging from A to Z Challenge possible. THANK YOU!
I also want to thank the wonderful peeps that popped up on my blog every day and commented. I felt the love!
First off, to the lovely lady that pointed out this awesome challenge to me,
Sam. Thank you for believing me so much.
Sara, you were my first comment on the first day. Not only that you were with me the entire way. Yggdrasil will never be forgotten! Your posts were fantastic.
Patricia, I have to say wow! You kept me entertained with your fantastic flash fictions with those terrifying words! Thanks for sticking with me!
Li, I had fun with all those neat posts about character development and all those links to the tests. The results were kinda scary . . .
Mina, those posts on monsters were fantastic. I had a blast reliving some of them from childhood and reading about ones I never saw. Btw, love the monster links for the social websites. Where did you get those?
S. L. Hennessy, those fairy tale posts were dark and loved every minute of the creepyness. The pics of the zombies . . . LOVE THEM!
Natasha, I had an amazing journey with all those different vampires. I didn't know that there were so many species of them. Talk about terrifying.
Marlene, those grammar lessons came in handy. I realize I need to have remedial grammar lessons! =D
Then there are all those fantastic blogs I found that also had stories, recipes, ghosts, fictional characters. I had a great time reading each day.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by during the challenge.
