Just completed the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. Nearly 2,000 bloggers signed-up to participate this year. We started on April 1, 2014 with a topic themed on something with the letter “A,” then on April second another topic starting with the letter B, and so on until you finish on April 30, 2014 with a topic based on the letter “Z.”
My theme was, obviously, on mystery writing — and I wrote about everything from Amateur Sleuths to Zealous Zodiac. Participating in the challenge doubled the number of my blog followers, and I met several interesting writers!
Here’s the rundown of my articles in the challenge:
A – Amateur Sleuths: How Your Next Door Neighbor Solves Crimes
B – Bad Guys: The Whole Point of the Mystery
C – Cause of Death: Procedure from Crime Scene to Death Certificate
D – Deadly Doses: Death by Poison
E – Endings: Crisis, Climax & Resolution
F – Forensic Files: Bridging Fiction with Science
G – Great Escape: Getting your Sleuth Safely Out of the Frying Pan
H – Heroes & Heroines: 3 Tips for Writing a Kick-ass Protagonist
I – Investigations: Steps in Investigating the Crime Scene
J – Jargon: Classifications of Murder
K – Keen Killings: 24 Inventive Ways to do in Your Victim
L – Language of the Body: Add Visual Dialog to your Conversations
M – Motives for Murder Mysteries
N – Nobody Knows: What Type of Mystery are you Writing?
O – Obstacles: Road Blocks in your Hero’s Journey
P – Private Eyes: Getting a P.I. involved in a Murder Mystery
R – Romantic Subplots: 20 Ideas Beyond Romeo & Juliet
T – The Ticking Clock: 25 Ideas to add Suspense to your Mystery
U – Unlawful Behavior: Just How Bad is Your Bad Guy
V – Vibrant Victims: Two Types of Dead Bodies in Your Murder Mystery
W – Writer’s Block: Stuck on What’s Supposed to Happen Next
X – The X Factor: The Unexpected Twist
Y – Yielding Yesterdays: Writing a Character History
Z – Zealous Zodiac Characteristics: Basic Character Templates
Whew! That was tougher than I thought it was going to be. I guess that’s why they call it a “challenge.” 🙂
