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Sick as a dog but still wrote my blog

Posted on: November 7th, 2011 by Amy Lynn Smith 1 Comment

When I’m unwell, bad rhymes and tired phrases are sometimes all my brain can muster.

Clearly, I’m sick, to write a headline like that.

This is why I begged an extra day on a story I owed an editor today. I just couldn’t do good work.

But it’s exactly one week today since I began the National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) challenge. I knew it wouldn’t be easy finding something to write about every day. Coming up with ideas actually hasn’t been so tough – some days I’ve even posted twice, I’ve been so inspired.

But I didn’t count on getting sick. I now realize that I also didn’t plan very well for unexpected work projects, volunteering activities or other commitments. Or things like seeing friends, listening to music, reading, watching movies and, you know, having fun.

Of course, all those things are fuel for the blog, which is good. I’m almost always in the mood to write something.

But you really don’t want to read about my illness today. Honest, you don’t.

So I’ll just leave it at this: I managed to write my post today and now I’m going back to bed.

Tags: blogging, BlogHer, illness, NaNoBloMo, National Blog Posting Month, sick, writing
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Accepting the challenge

Posted on: November 1st, 2011 by Amy Lynn Smith 3 Comments

I love a good challenge. Especially one that could make me a better person than I am today.

So I accept the National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) challenge to write a blog post every day in November. Even though my friend and fellow writer/blogger, the exceptional Jim McFarlin (his blog here), asked if I’d “lost my natural mind” by already making a personal commitment to blog three times a week. He may be right, but that’s another matter.

NaBloPoMo, hosted at BlogHer, poses a challenge I can’t resist. I get the chance to connect with tons of other bloggers, exposing me to writers and subjects I might not otherwise find. It will also help some of those bloggers find me and, I hope, become regular readers.

Most important of all, though, is the idea of always being a better writer than I was the day before. And the only way to do that is to write every single day.

Granted, I already write every day (or close to it) for the clients of my writing business. But this blog is one of the few places where I get to write just for me. I can write about anything I want, with no limits on length or style. I am happy to write to the specs of others, but there’s nothing like writing for yourself.

NaBloPoMo is definitely going to be a challenge. But I’m going to take it on with delight.

Because next to a good challenge, there’s nothing I love more than writing exactly what I want to write.