Reflections on the A to Z Challenge 2012

This was the first time that I have participated in the challenge. I stumbled upon it when I was looking for new and interesting blogs and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to find some. It meant creating a blog in order to participate. When I started the challenge the blog was called Suddenly Seeking.

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My top 5 most popular posts were…  Z is for Zoologist  W is for Writer V is for Violinist  A is for Actor C is for Chef	My 5 least popular posts were… H is for Hotelier I is for Investigator D is for Dancer N is for Neurologist M is for Movie Critic
My top 5 most commented on posts were… V is for Violinist A is for Actor B is for Bookseller W is for Writer Tie for 5th: D is for Dancer & S is for Singer	My 5 least commented posts were… L is for Life Coach T is for Therapist H is for Hotelier P is for Potter  R is for Radio Disc Jockey
My favourite posts of my own were… F is for fairy because I really do like spinning around and granting wishes, K is for Kickboxer  - this post was lost by Blogger but made a belated appearance after the T post and R is for radio disc jockey – I recorded my voice for this one! And had to make a mini YouTube video.	My least favourite posts of mine were… Z is for Zoologist – probably because this was the last post and I had no idea what I was going to write. M is for Movie Critic because I really did not know what to say about that. R is for Radio DJ – I hate the sound of my voice and there is one bit when I say 2012 which is cringeworthy!

I need to give a special thank you to

• Keebles
• Yvonne
• Cecelia M
• Lynn Proctor
• Cynthia

because these wonderful people commented practically everyday and really kept me going. I would also like to thank EVERYONE who stopped by to follow and to comment, its been a rollercoaster!

Now in response to Mr. Bird…

Pleasures…discovering other blogs
Pains…blogging and checking other blogs at the same time
Setbacks…scheduler didn’t work on one day whilst I was away
Gains…new inspiration and a few new blogging friends

Highlights are always the comments –they mean so much to me. I was surprised by some random blog themes that I wouldn’t have expected, such as Hamsters! I found 3 hamster blogs and a gerbil one! Next time, if I am able to I would write all of my posts in advance and schedule them (I only had time to do half in advance), I would also rewrite them or edit them or something. Each post was the first draft! Fortunately, bloggers were very generous and didn’t hold that against me.

I think the biggest frustrations that I have read about or heard about was being able to check all blogs and also, a lot of blogs had less traffic but were great. It was just that people didn’t have a chance to visit them. I do know that people are still working their way through the list. I wonder if maybe it could be limited entry or split into separate challenges per 500 blogs. Then you might have a better chance of reading others and being read.

Overall I did enjoy it because I discovered a few things about myself and felt quite inspired although that was too late for my writing! Lol

I would also like to thank those who organised the challenge because it definitely was a challenge. So thank you!