ProBlogger is doing another group writing project -- this one includes prizes (one in particular) that would solve the cash-free holiday dilemma. So, I'm writing for luck.
The
assignment is to write a post that looks back or looks forward -- a
turn of the season post. Bloggers (and diarists) have a definite
advantage: we have something to look back at. What I see, when I look
back, is that 2006 has been a project year for me.
In January I participated in the Brainstorms Daypix project, and began The Artist's Way. In March, I did the 30-Day-Photo Challenge, and in April, NaPoWriMo (National Poem Writing Month.) In May, Poetry Thursday started, and I began to (sporadically) participate in UTATA's Thursday Walk.
In July, and into August, I took a blogging vacation, posting less
frequently, and using old posts instead of writing new ones.
In September, Brainstorms did another Daypix project. In November, I went completely overboard, doing both NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and NaBloPoMo (National Blog Post-a-Day Month) and now I'm doing the post-a-day project Holidailies.
Throughout the year, I continued with weekly Friday Cat Blogging and Wednesday Snapshot Poems, and this is not my first contribution to a ProBlogger Group Writing Project.
Why do I do this?
Well, I don't have a day-job,
so I have the time, and appreciate the structure and community that
these projects provide. As a non-pro blogger, without a specific niche,
these group projects bring more eyes to my site -- and once in a rare
while, a pair of eyes likes what it sees, and keeps coming back. Of
course, this is mutual; I often add to my Bloglines as a result of these activities. Also, I'm approaching three years blogging, and fresh inspiration is useful.
And why do I not do the dozens of other blog memes and projects in which one can participate?
Sometimes
because I already feel overextended, but often because they call for
talents or skills with which I am not generously supplied. Some are
designed specifically for amateurs, and I welcome those. Others demand
some level of experience to do them even half-way well, and I tend to
sidestep those, or offer something only rarely, when I feel
particularly inspired.
Let me be clear, and in being so, offer
you some advice: I do not do these to increase my hit count. I know,
now, that sometimes that is a natural consequence of involvement in
these memes, but that is not why I do them, and it is not how I choose
which ones to do. I do those that set off some little spark inside me
(even if the spark is just Wow, I'd really like to be able to give Davi an iPod for Solstice.)
I
actually like cats, and other critters, too. I read and write poems,
even when not encouraged to do so. I like taking snapshots. I like to
write. I like to read what others write, when they care and do it well.
I like to look at images, especially images made by people I know. I'm
interested in a lot of things, and so I read and write about a lot of
things.
What do you like?
Blog about it.
I will, in year 02007.
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