The Book Blog Discussion Challenge is hosted by Nicole at Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon at It Starts at Midnight.
The Challenge:
Quit “meaning to” write those discussion posts – and actually do it!
A Note
- You can join in any time. You don’t have to have a book blog.
- Sign up here.
- Link up your discussions each month. (MUST be book-related!)
- Share and comment on others’ discussions!
- Use the hashtag #LetsDiscuss2015
This challenge will run from January 1 to December 31, 2015.
My Goal
Last year I started Thoughts on Thursday, which was my discussion post. I discovered that Thursdays typically were my empty day of the week, so it was perfect to slide in a discussion feature there seamlessly. I was doing pretty well with it…until school fully got underway. I had three good posts in August (about Goodreads, Minimizing and Tours), and one strong post in September (and two mediocre ones), one in October (the GIFs one!).
In five months I posted five true discussion posts. Basically one per month. Yes, it became a hassle, even with a log of ideas to write about. When I planned beforehand it wasn’t as stressful (and consequently as “oh well” when I didn’t post). I’ll start with my ideas from last year. This year my goal is to be a Creative Conversationalist (13 – 24 posts). This means 2 posts per month will get me fully to the upper end of my goal.
1. Why Do I Make Things Complicated? (1/8)
2. Online Identity (1/15)
3. ASK ME ANYTHING! (1/22)
4. Tags vs. Categories (2/5)
5. It All Began With… (2/19)
6. The Candy Book Tag (3/12)
7. Book Blow Out (3/19)
8. Etiquette When Responding to Authors (4/2)
9. Why I Stopped Reading YA (4/16)
10. How Do You Cull Your TBR? (5/7)
11. What is that JUNK in Your Synopsis (5/21)
12. Inside Out Tag (6/4)
13. Tour “3 or More” Review Stars (6/18)
14. Why I Love Romances (7/2)
15. The Art of Commenting (7/16)
16. My Shipshape Shelves (7/30)
17. Your Open Promotion Thread (8/6)
18. Review Policies (8/13)
19. Your Blog Post Recommendations (8/27)
20. Book Boyfriends (9/3)
21. Required Readings (9/17)
22. Review Archives (10/1)
23. Favorite Fall Fascinations (10/15)
24. Guest Post & Author Interviews (10/29)
25. Christmas Wish Lists (11/5)
26. Favorite Friendships (11/17)
27. Canva, Anyone? (12/9)
Yay! I’m so excited that you’ll be joining us for the challenge! I’ve always enjoyed your Thoughts on Thursday feature and I’m looking forward to more of them! 🙂
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Thank you, Nicole! I know I fizzled out on ToT not long after I got started on it. It’s so easy to put off those discussion posts! I’m really looking forward to this challenge and finding other great posts.
Awesome! I’m also getting involved in this challenge too! I can’t wait to see what discussions you are going to discuss!
Another one I discovered through you that I just joined. I so am horrible at planning discussion posts and never getting around to doing them. Joining this a bit late but not bad, will have fun participating in (hopefully) Good luck to you.
I’m the same way, which is why I knew I needed to join the blog challenge! Good luck!
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