It's almost that time again! BEDA (Blog Every Day in April) is just around the corner. A few of us from last year's group are back and ready to roll for BEDA 3.0 (BEDA Part 3? BEDA the Third?). Are you?? Autumn and Christina and I are game and we're waiting for confirmation from our Glaswegian Nicola. EDIT: Confirm received!! She's in!
Don't know what BEDA is? It's a little thing lauded YA author (and TIME magazine twitter of note) Maureen Johnson started 2 years ago on a whim. And by whim, I mean...she made a comment on Twitter and someone said "hey me too!" and the next thing you know there are 400 of us crazies following her lead and blogging every day for an entire month.Half way through the month she offered to pair us up with other people for motivation. And that's where the original foursome came from. We were chosen by Maureen. She did a pretty good job pairing us up, and we've become friends and stayed in contact ever since.
Now we know it's a commitment, but it's fun! We won't hold you to anything, but if you want some motivation we're here. Last year I had a few lapses (we all did) so no shaming allowed. We'd love some company. If you're interested in joining us, feel free to fill out the form at the bottom of this post and I'll add you to my BEDA blog roll on this blog. EDIT: The blogroll has moved from my sidebar to the BEDA tab at the top of my page! It's easier that way to find everyone that's participating. It can be at a personal blog or a work one. How much or how little you blog each day is up to you!
We realized the last 2 years that having someone else to read our blogs totally helped, as did having moral support from friends. The biggest challenge was coming up with something to write about! We'll once again do a theme/topic calendar. It's currently in the works and once it's done, we'll put it here and in the sidebar. EDIT: Also in the BEDA tab at the top!! Thursdays will be our traditional "Things I love Thursday" and we'll open and close the month with and introduction and a wrapup. This way, if we don't have anything to blog about, we've got a backup theme. They will be up by April 1 I promise! If you've got any other questions, feel free to leave me a comment here. Can't wait to see you all in April!
Don't know what BEDA is? It's a little thing lauded YA author (and TIME magazine twitter of note) Maureen Johnson started 2 years ago on a whim. And by whim, I mean...she made a comment on Twitter and someone said "hey me too!" and the next thing you know there are 400 of us crazies following her lead and blogging every day for an entire month.Half way through the month she offered to pair us up with other people for motivation. And that's where the original foursome came from. We were chosen by Maureen. She did a pretty good job pairing us up, and we've become friends and stayed in contact ever since.
Now we know it's a commitment, but it's fun! We won't hold you to anything, but if you want some motivation we're here. Last year I had a few lapses (we all did) so no shaming allowed. We'd love some company. If you're interested in joining us, feel free to fill out the form at the bottom of this post and I'll add you to my BEDA blog roll on this blog. EDIT: The blogroll has moved from my sidebar to the BEDA tab at the top of my page! It's easier that way to find everyone that's participating. It can be at a personal blog or a work one. How much or how little you blog each day is up to you!
We realized the last 2 years that having someone else to read our blogs totally helped, as did having moral support from friends. The biggest challenge was coming up with something to write about! We'll once again do a theme/topic calendar. It's currently in the works and once it's done, we'll put it here and in the sidebar. EDIT: Also in the BEDA tab at the top!! Thursdays will be our traditional "Things I love Thursday" and we'll open and close the month with and introduction and a wrapup. This way, if we don't have anything to blog about, we've got a backup theme. They will be up by April 1 I promise! If you've got any other questions, feel free to leave me a comment here. Can't wait to see you all in April!
Yes! I am planning on doing BEDA this year again in April. Glad that y'all are doing this.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Sign me up :)
ReplyDeleteI think one or two more weekly memes could be good. Like a stuff I covet Sunday or Saturday.
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