AtoZ Blogging Theme Reveal

 

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Okay, I'm deciding kind of late to do this, and that's probably kind of dumb, given how much I have on my plate, but it's been a few years since I participated in A to Z, and I want to, darn it, so I'm going to. 

For those new to the game, in April we write a blog post for every day of the month excepting Sundays, which makes for 26 blog posts, one for each letter of the alphabet. You can do what you want with it, but I like to choose a theme. 

The first time I played in 2014, I chose "evocative words" as my theme, because I'm a word nerd that way.

In 2015, when my first novel came out, and I wrote 26 posts about Going Through the Change, the first in the Menopausal Superhero series. 

In 2016, when I was seeing the second in series out into the world, I wrote about favorite superheroes. 

2017 was about places in my heart--geographical location that matter to me personally.  

April is also National Poetry Month, so in 2018, I highlighted 26 favorite poets. 

2019 had me writing letters to favorite dead writers. 

And then, I stopped playing. The pandemic fell upon us like a giant tree and life has been changed since then. I did make up my own version and play along in October one year: 31 days of Halloween in 2018 on my blog, and a set of videos about my favorite spooky stories made for YouTube in 2022. 

So, I'm happy to be back to this again. It gives me a great excuse to explore a theme that makes me happy in more detail. 

This year (drumroll please), I'm going to do a song of the day. My eldest daughter has been sending me a SOTD text each day for a little while and I LOVE IT. So, each day I'll post a video of a song I like or that has personal meaning for me with a few thoughts about why. So, come by and play along in April, and see what Samantha's internal playlist is like. Maybe you'll find a new song or artist to love.