If you happened to be hanging around Alphabet Salad last year around this time, you might remember that I participated in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge by Tangling from A to Z. (And if you weren’t here back then, do check out the posts – they were a lot of fun!)
Though I have a ton of blogging friends who have jumped on board for this year’s Blogging from A to Z Challenge, I wasn’t actually planning on joining in myself (beyond reading their posts, of course!). After last year’s tangling extravaganza, I was pretty much stumped for any kind of new theme idea, plus I was struggling with how to fit A to Z posts into my regular blog features, so I figured I’d just skip it.
Then today I stumbled across NaPoWriMo – National Poetry Writing Month – and the wheels started turning.
What if I were to combine the two challenges into one?
Could I possibly, finally, have an idea for a theme? And hey, what on earth was stopping me from shaking things up a little, just for a month, by suspending or modifying some of my regular weekly blog features in favour of participating in the April challenges? I’m the blog owner, writer, and editor, after all – there’s got to be some kind of perk involved in maintaining all those roles, right?!
So, after some creative thinking and a bit of editorial schedule juggling, my decision was made… and “Poetry from A to Z” was conceived.
And I am SO excited about it!
So here’s what Alphabet Salad readers can expect to see in April.
~ Poetry from A to Z ~
→ I’ll write and share a poem every day for NaPoWriMo.
![NaPoWriMo 2015](https://alphabetsalad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/NaPoWriMo2015.png)
→ On the days where there is an assigned letter for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (i.e., every day except Sundays), my poem will be inspired by a word beginning with the relevant letter.
![Blogging from A to Z April (2015) Challenge](https://alphabetsalad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/A2Z-BADGE.jpg)
→ Sunday’s poems will be focused on and inspired by gratitude, and posts will include the April Gratitude Linkup so that you can share your own gratitude posts.
![gratitude](https://alphabetsalad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/gratitude.jpg)
→ My Monday posts in April will still link up with #MicroblogMondays, and each Friday post will continue to include a photo that will link up with Photo Friday (though no guarantees that the photo will align with that day’s poem!).
→ All of my daily posts will also link up with both NaBloPoMo and the Ultimate Blog Challenge.
![NaBloPoMo April 2015](https://alphabetsalad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/NaBloPoMo-April-2015.jpg)
![Ultimate Blog Challenge](https://alphabetsalad.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/UBC.png)
Of course I’ll still be tangling in April (posting to my Ten Thousand Tangles Facebook Page and blog), as well as participating in the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge (sharing on Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, and the FMS Photo A Day group on Facebook), but will wait until May to share all of that creative goodness on Alphabet Salad.
I am telling you, April is going to be an AMAZING journey… and I hope you’ll come along for the ride!
Are you participating in any April challenges?
Please share!
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