Theresa Milstein: A to Z Reflections
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/05/to-z-reflections.html
What possessed me?
This was what April looked like when I signed up for A to Z:
Grad class on Mondays
Poetry class on Thursdays
Full time job
Critiquing 2 manuscripts for the NE-SCBWI conference
Facilitate a SIG on blogging for the NE-SCBWI
Packing for move
Looking for jobs
I was already blogging once a week because I knew that if I
wanted to write, I had to make time for it. This has meant writing during lunch and sometimes in the
morning. I knew A to Z meant I’d
be setting up my posts and commenting on as many blogs as possible daily.
wanted to write, I had to make time for it. This has meant writing during lunch and sometimes in the
morning. I knew A to Z meant I’d
be setting up my posts and commenting on as many blogs as possible daily.
It was all because of a shiny idea: 80s music.
Well, when I like an idea, I can’t NOT do it.
So I signed up.
I wrote the posts in March.
My plan was to write them leisurely. After all, I had plenty of time and it wasn’t like I was
writing War and Peace. Yet,
somehow I found myself rushing to write those last posts at the end of March.
I wrote the posts in March.
My plan was to write them leisurely. After all, I had plenty of time and it wasn’t like I was
writing War and Peace. Yet,
somehow I found myself rushing to write those last posts at the end of March.
Bright spots:
Lots of new blogging friends. I have about 40 new followers. YaY!
It was good camaraderie. And sometimes, commiserating.
I’ve thought of fun ideas for 2013. But I already have a few people who
will remind me NOT to do it next year.
I miss my blogging buddies from March. Some of them didn’t visit much or at
all. I didn’t have much time for
bloggers outside of the A to Z Challenge if they didn’t find me. I felt bad, but it was the only way I
could keep up.
all. I didn’t have much time for
bloggers outside of the A to Z Challenge if they didn’t find me. I felt bad, but it was the only way I
could keep up.
I’m happy to report that I did write all but five days in
April. Though a couple of days I
had to skip fiction in favor of writing responsibilities that were conference related
and job search related (like taking
3 ½ hours to set up my application on schoolspring.com).
April. Though a couple of days I
had to skip fiction in favor of writing responsibilities that were conference related
and job search related (like taking
3 ½ hours to set up my application on schoolspring.com).
And now that it’s been a week, I’m no longer burned out and
I’m ready to write posts and visit blogs again.
I’m ready to write posts and visit blogs again.
Have a happy week!
Love, Theresa
P.S. Thank you to the host Arlee Bird
and Stephen Tremp
for co-hosting and visiting my blog.
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