 Another A to Z Challenge has gone by, and I'm going to miss it. I had a lot of comments this year and I want to hug each person who visited (those who visited daily are going to get a long awkward hug.) I also found a lot of blogs, and while I'm not going to miss a gazillion posts every day, I look forward to seeing what they talk about.
I'm also kind of sad. Hops are about the only time I have a jump in comments, so I feel like now the challenge is over, my blog will go back to being ignored. Lately, I've been grappling with feeling left out and alone when it comes to my writing, but that's a post for another day. I did gain blog subscriptions, but no idea how many. I should have looked at the numbers before the start. Ah, hindsight. In terms of how the challenge went, I didn't have many bumps. A few blogs had commenting systems that wouldn't let me comment unless I had an account. People, if you want comments, don't force someone to register. It seemed a lot of the blogs after me on the list weren't participating or it seemed I just found all the non-participants. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to report them or let the hosts and their minions deal with it. I didn't see many signatures in my comments, but Weebly doesn't have html for comments so it really didn't matter. Also, everyone put their website/blog into the website field when commenting so I was easily able to visit back. I don't really have any complaints and I'd call the challenge for me this year a giant success. I'm sad it's over, but also glad. It's always a relief to have the bloggingsphere go back to normal after something like that. Now I've got to figure out what to talk about. Before I go, I'd like to give a shoutout to a few blogs that I had me coming back daily and begging for more.
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5/4/2014 04:48:31 pm
Thanks for the shout out :) 5/4/2014 08:00:44 pm
We got here. Good to hear you didn't have too many bumps along the way. Huge thanks for the comments you left on mine. I read most if not all, I forget, of your posts though might not have commented daily. You drew us in and gave much entertainment.
Thanks so much for the shout out. :D 5/4/2014 11:17:20 pm
I know the feeling: my writing/blogging is ignored so why bother?! (Heck, I even felt this way during times during the A to Z Challenge!) I did enjoy getting to know many bloggers better and will hopefully remember to go back and visit and comment. Your flash fiction was so tasty and well crafted and concise. A pleasure in so many ways! 5/4/2014 11:20:13 pm
I too felt sad that I had 100 visitors and now I have none but that's okay because i found some awesome blogs to keep visiting. I hope you have some good writing buddies. I find I need other writers to bounce ideas around with too. congratulations on making it through the challenge. 5/4/2014 11:27:55 pm
I hope you continue to get comments. 5/4/2014 11:31:01 pm
I also saw an uptick in visits, comments, and subscriptions (though not very much). I feel the same about it being the only time I get many visitors and comments. I feel like it's not worth blogging because hardly anyone comes. But I keep doing it. :) 5/4/2014 11:50:11 pm
Thank you for the mention! :) 5/5/2014 12:53:17 am
I'm glad you consider the challenge a giant success. I missed taking part this year, but it is just so much work and I couldn't commit this time. 5/5/2014 01:59:52 am
I like that you linked blogs you liked! I meant to do that but did not get back to editing my post. 5/5/2014 06:03:21 am
Begging for more. LOL, I like that! It is tough to comment blogs, since some are using WordPress, some are using Blogger, some are using...who knows what! I always made sure I put the link with my comment in case (like I am below). You never know when you put your website URL up there in a form field whether it will take people to your blog or not! The only time I feel secure enough not to do that is when the person has Blogger or one of those Comment Luv buttons where it shows the link to your most recent blog. 5/5/2014 06:11:22 am
I loved visiting you during the A to Z Challenge. You always had such clever little stories. Glad I get the emails about your posts. Thanks for visiting my blog too. :)
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5/6/2014 12:33:01 am
thank you for the lovely shout out! 5/6/2014 12:59:23 am
I *have* to make time in the next couple week to read your earlier A to Z posts. I loved reading your writing prompts, you're very engaging and on point with them. 5/6/2014 06:19:20 am
@Sophie, I made a few new blogging buddies and have some blogs I'm going to be visiting from now on. Thanks for the shout-out, Patricia! It was nice to find a fellow 100-word-flash-fiction writer, and I enjoyed your stories. :) I hear you about the comments and followers. On the one hand, I want my blog to have lots of readers because, like anything else I write, I want it to be read. But I also know that I'm not a professional blogger. My blog is an outlet, and a means to communicate with people, but it's not what I do. My novels are more important. I could do a lot more marketing, and participate in many other blog hops to get my URL around. But that would take both time and energy away from novel-writing. It's tough to balance building an audience, making connections, and writing, and I'm sure I haven't achieved it. I've decided, though, not to get sucked in to obsessing over blog followers and numbers. That way leads to insanity... :) 5/6/2014 10:30:59 am
It's always such a weird feeling when it's over. Definitely relieved to have some breathing room, but also a little sad and missing all the interaction. As always, I loved reading your super short tales, and it does give me an odd sense of pride that so many were inspired by my #15tt words. :-) 5/6/2014 11:58:42 pm
Yay! It was a blast, right? I'm so glad it's over. Whew! I loved seeing what word you selected each day, and lady, I won't ignore you blog now that it's over. Hopefully I'll be back here once a week...the one day I have dedicated to blogging now. 5/7/2014 01:52:55 am
@Colin, there is a balance we have to strike with our writing and blogging. Blogging can be a good way to help readers find us, but if we spend too much time on it then the readers don't get books. 5/9/2014 11:31:09 pm
Don't worry! I'm sticking around for the long haul. I got burned out with reading/commenting halfway through the month, but I'm a much better blogger-friend outside of challenge crunches. :) I may not always comment, but I'll definitely be reading! 5/13/2014 11:49:01 pm
I tend to be better with reading and commenting during challenges. I want to help spread the love. But that doesn't mean I'm not reading when there's no challenge driving me. 5/13/2014 11:49:57 pm
You had a great story and when you said in the AZChat that you weren't sure how to end, I was so worried because I wanted to know what happened. =) 2/4/2015 06:00:40 am
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