Acronym Soup Day! A to Z Reflections, ROW80, WRiTE Club, and IWSG

ou might not want to hear this but yesterday I had the perfect idea for a theme for next year's A to Z Challenge!

If I had all sorts of extra time, I could begin scheduling my posts today.

That would be a special form of madness, no? Plus it would remove some of the spontaneity and excitement from the event. In any case, I should focus more on writing and editing! I've had two story ideas in the past month -- this is fun, but not conducive to editing the already-completed novels.

One of my ROW80 goals for this round was simply to survive the A to Z. I did better than expected! Not only did I manage to post every day, but I also (thanks to a couple of days off work) caught up on all the comments here. Of course, I'm still busy making the rounds of many other participants... At last count, I had about 50 bloggers still to visit, plus (unbelievably) 60 others that I still owe visits to following my blog blitz day!

It seemed to me there were lots of fresh ideas for A to Z themes this year. Blogging is alive and well!

This is perhaps a good thing to keep in mind on Insecure Writer's Support Group Day. I worry that not having a regular cycle of editing will somehow loosen my writing muscles, but I forget that other writing -- not just the novel -- is good exercise too! Blogging, brainstorming, everything counts.

And I managed to submit a short piece for WriTE Club, which starts on 18 May! Here are the rules:

Come early and vote often!

Thank you to all the organizers and hosts of the A to Z.

I hope everyone had a great time visiting the A to Zers!