Themes for the A to Z Challenge

I'm out of pocket for the next few days. I should be back by Thursday.

In the mean time, we are fast approaching April Madness, inotherwords... 

sign up HERE for the A to Z Challenge! 

Really, there's still time to schedule posts. Haven't got a theme? How about one of these?

The A to Z of silly kid questions: Why is aardvark spelled with double AA? 

of hobbies: B is for Baton twirling.

of phobias: C is for Chionophobia, the fear of snow. And who wouldn't be after this winter?

of little known facts: D is for Donkey's kill more people annually than plane crashes.

of strange (and real) book titles: E is for Electricity in Gynecology.

of strange song titles: F is for The Funky Judge by Bull and the Matadors (1968).

of comedy movies: G is for Gasoline Gus (1921).

of fruit and vegetables: H is for Horseradish.

of action verbs: J is for judged.

of phrasal verbs (verbs using more than one word): K is for keel over. (Which I will as soon as I finish this list of themes!)

of lists: L is for laundry lists.

of classical music: M is for Mozart .

of Christmas words: N is for nativity

of countries: O is for Oman.

of words of love: P is for passion.

of plants: Q is for quaking aspen.

of gem stones: R is for ruby.

of cooking recipes: S is for salmon with sweet and sour rub.

of Harry Potter: T is for Tofty, a member of the Wizarding Examinations Authority.

of Greek gods and heroes: U is for Ulysses.

of animals: V is for vampire bat.

of dinosaurs: W is for wannanosaurus.

of fish: X-ray tetra.

of jobs: Y is for Youth Engagement through Science (YES) Program.

of dog breeds: Z is for zuchon.

So there you have it, 26 possible themes for the A to Z challenge! Are you ready to go? Got your theme? Got your posts scheduled? Or are you waiting for the last minute?

The A to Z Challenge

I wasn't going to do the challenge this year, which I've done every year since that mad man Arlee Bird came up with the idea.  I even left a comment on Alex Cavanaugh's blog to that effect. Just goes to show things can change, and one can wind up eating ones words.


Now, I'm not only going to participate in the challenge, I have somehow been hoodwinked into becoming a member of M. J. Joachim's
AZTech Team. I think it was the badge that sold me. :)

You too can join up for this month of mad fun where you post a themed letter for each day. You get Sundays off, which leaves you with 26 days. So it goes like this, on April 1st you post using the letter "A." On the 2nd you post something themed on the letter "B." And you continue right on through April 30th to the letter "Z."

You can think up a theme for the whole alphabet or you can pick something individual for each letter. There are no limit to the possibilities. How about the A to Z of your favorite books? Or the A to Z of flowers, or trees, or birds? Or the A to Z of inspirational favorite words? Or the A to Z of world geography? How about the A to Z of favorite rock bands or favorite songs? Or the A to  Z of National Parks?

Last year my theme was the A to Z of Place Names in the Virgin Islands. I have a theme this year too, but I'm not going to tell you what it is.

You have the rest of this month and all of March to schedule your posts, so there's really no excuse not to join up HERE.

The more the merrier! 

If you're wondering what Anansi has been up to... On Tuesday, the 25th, (that's tomorrow folks) he'll be hanging out with Angela and Becca - of The Emotion Thesaurus fame - at Writers Helping Writers!

I've written a little something about where and how to find NEW ideas for stories from the wealth of world mythologies and fairy tales.

I do hope you'll stop by!



Then there's this.

I got my proof copies in the mail! So of course I had to braid my hair up and try to make it look like eight spider legs. Doesn't everybody?

If you ask me how I did it I'll tell you floral wire and a lot of bobby pins. :)

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So, are you going to join the A to Z challenge? Come on, say you will.