In April of this year, ending just a few days ago, I completed the Blogging A to Z Challenge with 26 posts on this site. One was put up each day, Monday through Saturday, with Sundays off. Such a schedule allows for the writing days and days off to equal the number of the days of the month. The challenge occurs every April.
This was a tactic I employed to draft many posts in a short time. In order to post a reasonable assemblage of writings, I had to plan out the posts and the topics appropriate to this site that they would cover. Having my own theme of legacy provided a cohesion that made the challenge much easier than the first time I did this a few years ago.
| The A to Z of Women’s Legacy | The A to Z of Women’s Legacy |
| Bibliography & Biology – Ways of Knowing | |
| Crafting Legacy | Crafting Legacy |
| Dreams of Strength and Wisdom | Dreams of Strength and Wisdom |
| Evoking Essential Information | |
| Family and Friendship in Legacy | |
| Googling Gaia | Googling Gaia |
| Her History | Her History |
| Incidental Information | Incidental Information |
| Juggling Jackets and Hijab | Juggling Jackets and Hijab |
| Kith, Kin, and Kindred Souls | |
| Labyrinths, Lace, and Limitations | Labyrinths, Lace, and Limitations |
| Mothers and Others, the Mosaic of Women in Our Lives | |
| Names and Naming | Names and Naming |
| Oceans and Amniotic Fluid | Oceans and Amniotic Fluid |
| Press Publish – 21st C. Paper and Pen | |
| Quintessential Self-Publishing With WordPress | |
| Research Essentials | |
| Sacred Feminine | |
| To Traverse Travails | |
| Über Ubiquity | Über Ubiquity |
| Virtuous Vulvas | Virtuous Vulvas |
| Women’s Wisdom | Women’s Wisdom |
| Xes, Sexes and Mitochondrial DNA | |
| Yin, Yoni and Qi Energy | |
| Zealotry, Zaftig and Zami | Zealotry, Zaftig and Zami |
To add some variety and try out categories for the new blog, I tried to spread out the posts so that all categories were covered. The color coding above and below shows that attempt. What I realized is that I need more work on differentiating a couple of the categories. I also realized where I have the most writing to do – spirituality. This surprised me as I thought I touched on the subject more than I did.
- Archeology & Material Culture
- Biology & Genetics
- Information
- Inspiration
- Reframing
- Spirituality
- Tech & Tools
- Wisdom
I will continue to read many of the blogs I did not get to, and I will use all the information I gathered during the month to make my site structure and content stronger.
I also have to give a shout out to Pam from Pink Is An Attitude as going through the challenge with a buddy made it all much easier, more enjoyable, and provided accountability.
April was a wonderful month full of learning, and while this was a challenge, it was a challenge in the sense that it provided motivation not that it was tiresome or difficult. I recommend the Blogging A to Z Challenge to any writer who needs some “oomph” for writing more often, who wants to tackle a subject in some detail, and who has lots to say on a subject but has not found a structure for handling the subject.
I will be back next year. I am already thinking about what sort of a thematic series I could do. Tools of Legacy Makers maybe. We will just have to wait and see.