April A-Z: Reflections Mega-Post

So, that certainly was a challenge. When I started this blog in December, I never expected to be blogging daily (OK, six days a week). It's been fun, though, and has definitely helped me to improve my blogging habits. I've seen three main benefits from this challenge:

1. I've encountered (and now follow) several new, cool blogs that I probably wouldn't have come across otherwise.
2. I've gained quite a few followers myself through the challenge. That was an unexpected benefit for me, and very welcome.
3. Blogging within strict limits, like all writing to restraints, has been very freeing (in an odd kind of way). Having to come up with something starting with _ has forced me to search around for topics that I might not have blogged about otherwise. Some were a mite forced, but the most successful ones were arguably the ones I struggled most to find - there's definitely a lesson in there!

So, would I do it again? Yes, but not immediately. It's certainly encouraged me to go looking for more challenges/memes to join in with, but I don't intend to blog on a daily basis from now on.

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1. RJRdaydreamer	2. Mercys World	3. Lisas A-Z Favorites Lisa
4. *Our home called Kuantan*	5. author karen walker. . . following the whispers	6. RuthieTootieWishes
7. K. C. Woolf - The Woman Condition	8. PK Hrezo	9. Novel Thinking
10. Jeffrey Beeslers World of the Scribe	11. Been there, done that	12. Sue@ traverselife&jumpingaground
13. Kristine Asselin	14. Anne K. Albert	15. AlisonAmazed
16. Liz @ 8-Bit Words	17. that girl from around the bay	18. A - Z Reflections
19. welcome to my world of poetry	20. Its all me	21. Coffee Thoughts
22. Then She Writes	23. Life in Clarity	24. Bob Scotney (Bobs Home for Writing)
25. Better is Possible	26. jabblog uk	27. Paula Martins Potpourri
28. Rosalind Adams Highs and Lows	29. Loralie Hall	30. Hilarys Positive Letters Inspirational Stories
31. EarthDragonHealing	32. Real World on Writing	33. Moody Writing
34. I Refuse To Go Quietly!	35. The Guardian Writer	36. Unnumberedwords
37. Beadedbears Nonsense	38. Michelle Gregory - beautiful chaos	39. A Simple Happy Life
40. The Other Side. A-Z Blog wrap-up	41. Thoughts from Tiffani	42. The Mane Point - a Haven for Horse Lovers
43. Practically at Home	44. Nickers and Ink - poetry and humor	45. The Meme Express - blog topic prompts
46. Catch My Words	47. A Shift in Dimensions	48. My Heart Blogs To You
49. The Lunch Box	50. My Journey Through the Pages	51. Lisa @ FlashFiction
52. Sommer Leigh @ Tell Great Stories	53. Madlab Post	54. Umamaheswari Anandane
55. Jeanmarie Anaya. . . Writer in Progress	56. Wasabi Mommy	57. Pink Tea and Paper
58. They say everyone has a story. . .	59. Beyond A to Z	60. Off The Record With Debbie & Tony
61. Pearson Report	62. Whats so Random?	63. Niki @ WoolnNuts
64. "Earths crammed with heaven. . . "	65. From My Classroom Window	66. The Write Soil - Writing Exercises
67. Ramblings & More	68. The Character Depot	69. Lloyd of Gamebooks
70. Empty Nest Insider	71. Pirate Knitting - THANKS	72. My families journey from the city to the country
73. Write, Wrong or Indifferent - What a Ride!	74. theWriteRach	75. Inyamus eldorado
76. creatively spilt ink	77. Reflections on A-Z by Susan Kane	78. Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh
79. Encouragement for Christian Writers	80. The Precocious Scribe - A-Z Reflections	81. begin. . . begin again
82. a cool writer	83. Brand New Day	84. FilmMattics Great Alphabet of Films
85. Kims Ponderings Beyond Breast Cancer	86. Diamond, Yup Like the Stone	87. Stephen Tremp
88. Cathy, lost and found	89. Word Nerd Speaks	90. Life on The Farm
91. Penwasser Place	92. Trisha @ WORD+STUFF	93. Apocalypse Now
94. its KRISTAL kLEEr	95. Thank you Arlee, and Alex, and everybody. .	96. Our Life, Plain and Simple
97. Common Sense	98. Word Nerd Speaks	99. Michael @ In Time . . .
100. Perfect Sand: Challenge Reflection	101. Pocketful of Playdough - 26. 2: A Different View	102. Today I think. . .
103. Damyantis A-Z Reflection Post and Thankyous!!	104. Kathy Matthews OR USA	105. Paul Joseph
106. On the Subject of Being Speshul	107. Roundup at Coffee Rings Everywhere	108. Laugh Quotes A to Z Reflections Mega Post
109. The Challenge Never Ends	110. Daily Jounrey	111. Everything Emerald
112. giftof. wordpress. com	113. Melissas Imaginarium	114. Ellie Garratt
115. Sages Thinking Back	116. Cinema Steve	117. Zest after fest on wordyliving
118. MiscMayzee	119. Dafeenah	120. The Random Thoughts of Chippy
121. The Armchair Squid	122. Jan Morrison	123. Spunk on a Stick
124. SheilaScribbles	125. "Blabbin Grammy"	126. Cheree@ Justified Lunacy
127. Heather M. Gardner	128. Arlee Birds TOSSING IT OUT A to Z Reflections	129. Residentgamer
130. Rachel Morgan Writes	131. Holly Ruggieros POV	132. Mist of the blossom rain
133. Meet Adam Jones	134. EllasEdge	135. Strange Title? Well Theres No Letter. . .
136. Princess of Procrastination	137. Melissa @ Life of a Honey Bee	138. The Eagles Aerial Perspective
139. Ann @ Inkpots n Quills	140. Fresh (and a little funky!) by Rae	141. Imagine Today
142. Zero to Zed: Makin Martinez Memories	143. Reflecting on A-Z	144. Sudden Alarm of Donkeys
145. Steven Chapman (writer)	146. Elizabeth Twist	147. Sex and Writing @ Life is Good
148. Random Writings	149. Ellies Writing Desk	150. Fit Mama Drama Blog
151. Sherrie(Just Books)	152. Weird Pulp-inspired role-playing in a surrealistic	153. A-Z Blogging Challenge: Top 10 List
154. Daily Dodo	155. Reflecting on the A-Z Challenge	156. handmade by Jessica
157. thelmaz@ widowsphere	158. Easy as Pie	159. Graywolfie
160. Stacey - It Takes A Woman	161. Amybeads	162. April A-Z Megapost (Beth Kemp)
163. A to Z is Now Z to A in May	164. A handy index to all our A-to-Z Posts for 2011.	165. Wisdom Virtue & Rubies
166. Corinne OFlynn - Inside Looking Out	167. Corinne OFlynn - the *right* link ;)	168. Bards And Prophets - L. G. Smith
169. My Daily Mooosings in the Netherlands ~ A to Z	170. The Rainy Day Wanderer	171. Claires AtoZ Wrap up
172. The Modest Peacock	173. What Else Is Possible?	174. Inside My Head
175. Not Just Another Mother Blogger!	176. Coming Back Into Life	177. Jims Girl: Reflections on A to Z
178. Haiku Corner	179. Tale Spinning the A to Z Challenge	180. Sarah McCabe- The Aspiring Sub-creator
181. AtoZ Blog Challenge Round Up	182. life of riles	183. Nicole Amslers Midwestern Dysfunction
184. Looking Back On The 2011 A To Z Challenge!!!	185. Nofretiris Dream Of Writing: A-Z Epilogue	186. Conversations with Kylie D
187. Abstract photos from A to Z (full)	188. This End Upside Down	189. My Mother-in-Law is Still Sitting Between Us. . .
190. =]V[=	191. W is For Writing	192. Confessions of a Watery Tart
193. Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You	194. rasz art	195. Walk2Write
196. Laura Marcella @ Wavy Lines	197. Composing Cat	198. April in review
199. A Fleeting Moment	200. Fabulosity Nouveau	201. Non-Fiction Technology Stories and innovations
202. Writing in Wonderland	203. Paper Swamp	204. Rach @ Rach Writes
205. Scribble & Scatter	206. Momfessionals Challenge Reflections

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