A-Z Challenge Reflections

Wow!  April flew by far more quickly than I could have imagined.  As much fun as it was, it's good to take a breath now that it's over.  

I started blogging in January 2012.  I could have joined the A-Z Challenge that year.  I certainly heard plenty about it beforehand, but something held me back. I think, being so new the blogging community, I felt intimidated by the size of the challenge.  All those people, and dedicating myself to a whole month of blogging, seemed overwhelming.  Now, having been through it, I wish I hadn't let my nerves get the best of me that first year.

All in all, I'm happy that I chose to write a serialized story for the A-Z Challenge. I knew it wouldn't be easy, and it wasn't, but I'm pleased with the result. Granted, it would have been easier if I completed the story before the challenge began, and I fully intended to do it that way.  It simply wasn't the way things worked out.  Instead I felt the pressure of writing new installments while also keeping up with the demands of doing the challenge on my other blog.  Yet I survived, and in so doing, I proved to myself that I still work well under pressure.

Most importantly, though, I had a lot of fun.  If you can't have fun with something like this, there's no point in doing it.  

However, I still have my kids and other responsibilities, so time was an issue.  I wish I could have visited more blogs than I did, though I certainly met a number of excellent bloggers over the course of this challenge.  Hopefully I can continue to check out new blogs from the challenge list over the next few months.  After all, it's never too late to set out to meet someone new in the blogosphere!

I hope to take part again next year, and maybe I'll be more organized the second time around.  And even if I'm not as organized as I hope to be, I'm sure it'll still turn out okay.

Thanks to the challenge hosts for stopping by on occasion and offering support and encouragement.  Thanks also to everyone else who wandered here and left wonderful comments.  I love sharing things with all of you!  Why else would I be here?

Did you participate in the A-Z Challenge this year?