It’s true. I’ve been slacking off on my blog. Two days this past week I failed to post. My excuse? Life. What kind of excuse is that? A terrible one, if you ask me.
So I’ve decided to join in to not one, but two events to keep me on track for the rest of the month. I won’t be able to participate in Every Damned Day December this year, so I’m gonna make up for it ahead of time.
So what, you might ask, are these events? Let me show you.
The first is NaBloPoMo (or National Blog Posting Month I assume, since NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. …shouldn’t that be INTERnational by now?). The sign-up form can be found here if you’re interested in joining me: http://www.blogher.com/joining-nablopomo-november-add-your-blog-2014-blogroll-now Here’s the official logo:
Nice, eh?
The second event is Nano Poblano, hosted by Mr. Mark Bialczak. Join Team Pepper, here: http://markbialczak.com/2014/10/27/team-pepper-gets-spicy-right-here-nano-poblano/ and get the cool banner!
To be part of Team Pepper, we have to include the tags, Nano Poblano and Team Pepper in our posts. As well as NaBloPoMo of course.
So that’s that! I have my work cut out for me for the rest of the month. How about you? Are you up for a little spice and a couple of tongue twisters?


November 2, 2014 at 6:41 pm
Keep it up! I’ve been building my author site for 3 months now and I think it’s coming along well. I’ve got all my rough drafts uploaded and am publishing my first book sometime in 2015. Good Luck. Check my site out at http://www.jungsturmnordsternekompanie.com.
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November 3, 2014 at 3:18 pm
Thank you! And congratulations on almost being ready to publish. 😀 I’m hoping to do the same next year.
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November 2, 2014 at 4:04 pm
Linda I am on Mark’s team too you have the wrong year on your logo try this one https://markbialczak.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/image99.jpg?w=547&h=137
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November 2, 2014 at 9:44 pm
Ugh! So much for my attention to detail. 😛 Thanks very much, Willow!! 😀
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November 3, 2014 at 2:11 am
No worries I made the same mistake but managed to spot it. Always got your back gal.xxx
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November 3, 2014 at 11:46 am
😀 Thank you!!
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November 2, 2014 at 2:22 pm
Good for You! Bad for me. Blah. Iwas temped, but I have a hard time writing my blog and finding time to write o my own! Maybe next year.
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November 3, 2014 at 3:17 pm
Next year for sure! It takes a while to get into the groove, that’s all. 😀
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November 2, 2014 at 11:27 am
That’s awesome! Hopefully these programs will help you rediscover your inspiration!!
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November 3, 2014 at 3:15 pm
It’s going pretty well so far. Thanks! 😀
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November 2, 2014 at 10:18 am
Glad you are up for dual blogging challenges. I’m not up for even one… challenge
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November 3, 2014 at 3:14 pm
My dear, you have enough challenges already! Still, you do extremely well with SoCS every week. You should be proud of yourself. 😀
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November 2, 2014 at 6:52 am
Everyone needs to slack off now and then. Lord knows I don’t get to my blog sometimes for several weeks sometimes. Good luck and have fun with you two projects! 🙂
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November 3, 2014 at 3:13 pm
Thanks for the encouragement! I’ll be away from my blog for almost two weeks in December. I may survive… 😉
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November 2, 2014 at 6:39 am
All the very best for all of them who are participating 🙂
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November 3, 2014 at 3:12 pm
Thanks, KG! 🙂
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November 2, 2014 at 2:58 am
I wish I could do either one of them. But I know that if I accepted the challenge, I would be outright lying. *sigh* That’s not to say that I won’t attempt to write as much as possible and do better when it comes to both blog and fiction writing.
Maybe next year.
Good luck! Pulling for ya! 🙂
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November 3, 2014 at 3:11 pm
Earlier this year I hosted “Just Jot it January,” in which we posted something… anything… every day of the month. Maybe you’ll be ready by then! Hopefully I’ll be able to do it again. 😀
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November 3, 2014 at 5:57 pm
Sounds good! I’ll watch out for that.
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November 3, 2014 at 5:59 pm
Wonderful! 😀
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November 2, 2014 at 12:42 am
Bonne chance. I did not join any writing events this time around but I did sign up for a photo challenge. I have NO idea how I will pull that off. heh
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November 3, 2014 at 3:10 pm
Oh, I think you’ll manage Debra. 🙂 You have both the passion and the talent. 😀
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November 3, 2014 at 6:07 pm
thx but ummmm heh
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November 3, 2014 at 6:48 pm
🙂
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November 1, 2014 at 9:03 pm
I did the Ultimate Blog Challenge in July, and have been posting every day since. I think that’s going on this month, too; I suppose I could enter although there doesn’t seem to be much of a reason. But, good for you, and I look forward to see what you come up with.
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November 3, 2014 at 3:09 pm
Thanks, John. 🙂 Didn’t we meet during A-Z April? That was fun. 🙂
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November 3, 2014 at 9:56 pm
A to Z is the high point of my year. I’m now one of the team for this coming year. And yes, that is where we met. I have a group in Feedly called “A to Z Challenge” where I put all the blogs that I discovered, so I wouldn’t forget, and yours is one of them.
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November 3, 2014 at 10:00 pm
You’re part of the team? How cool is that? 😀
And phew! My memory isn’t that bad I guess. After having just (finally) read your SoCS post, this is kind of funny. 🙂
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November 1, 2014 at 6:58 pm
I’m doing NaNoWriMo — but it will be nice to read your NaNo Bloggo — whatever, it took me three years to get my own NaNo right 😉
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November 3, 2014 at 3:08 pm
I understand completely. Every time I write NaBloPoMo I have to scrape a brain cell off the screen and reinsert it. Consequently, I seem to have lost all hearing in one of my eyes.
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November 3, 2014 at 6:17 pm
OH NO! LOL and OH NO!
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November 3, 2014 at 6:49 pm
It’s terrible the things I put myself through for this blog. 🙄
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November 1, 2014 at 5:57 pm
Sounds good dear – taken a look at Marks place. I am deliberating-ish. My internet spine is flaccid of late. I am enjoying – gardening and housework. Oddly.
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November 3, 2014 at 3:05 pm
*checks your forehead* I think you’re a little feverish there my dear.
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November 3, 2014 at 4:54 pm
lol! 😉 It requires little thought – or emotional investment hey.
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November 3, 2014 at 4:57 pm
Doesn’t everything these days? 😉
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November 3, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Oh babe – if you only knew 😛 –
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November 3, 2014 at 7:55 pm
I think I might, actually. 😉
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November 4, 2014 at 6:49 am
I know – you do – actually 😉
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November 1, 2014 at 5:57 pm
I love this post, and I love that you’ve joined Team Pepper, Linda.
To show my appreciation, I have hereby tapped you as the next contributor to the Nano Poblano Blog Hop Story! I linked to your about page here, but you can put the post up on your fiction blog if you want!
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November 1, 2014 at 11:10 pm
I’m on it! Tomorrow! (I hope there wasn’t a, like, one hour time limit on this). 😛
Thanks for the tag 😀
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November 1, 2014 at 5:17 pm
Welcome to NaBloPoMo and to Nano Poblano!
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November 3, 2014 at 3:03 pm
There’s a mouthful! Thanks, Doobster!
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November 1, 2014 at 5:08 pm
Life is a perfectly reasonable excuse for not being around.
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November 3, 2014 at 3:02 pm
Well yes, I suppose you’re right. Life can consume us completely at times. Hope you’re doing well, my friend. Thinking about you.
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November 1, 2014 at 5:02 pm
You go girl! I’ll see ya there 🙂
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November 1, 2014 at 5:04 pm
Yay! 😀
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November 1, 2014 at 4:55 pm
Yikes. I have to think about this. I am tempted to join in at least one of them. I guess each post does not have to be of great literary merit? One of my other blogger friends had a quote on his blog I paraphrase ” I can’t turn on my creativity like a faucet..”
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November 1, 2014 at 4:58 pm
I believe the point is just to post.. something – anything every day. And it’s a great way to connect with other bloggers too. If you join one you may as well join the other, since they both require the same thing. Hope you do, Deborah! 🙂
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November 1, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Yay! We will be in a peck of peppers together! 🙂
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November 1, 2014 at 4:48 pm
I wanna get pickled!! 😛 haha
Looking forward to joining you. 😀
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November 1, 2014 at 4:43 pm
Life has this effect sometimes, doesn’t it, Linda? Getting in the way, I mean! I am very tempted by both initiatives – but, with a panto to rehearse for and my band, I think I may have to pass this time. Enjoy!
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November 1, 2014 at 4:46 pm
Next year! I’ll be looking for you. 🙂
Thanks very much!
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November 1, 2014 at 4:48 pm
Excellent! I am also going to try and get my Print on Demand book of erotica up and coming (if you’ll excuse the phrase!) this Autumn! Busy, busy… Next year for sure. Ali
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November 1, 2014 at 4:50 pm
Haha! No double entendre there. 😉 I’ll look for your book. Are you on Goodreads?
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November 1, 2014 at 4:53 pm
I think so! It’s still in the draft phase at present. But my humorous (and vulgar!) novel, ‘Long-Leggety Beasties’ is up on Amazon Kindle. I’ll let you know when the erotic one is ready to blow!
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November 1, 2014 at 4:55 pm
Haha! Okay, thanks, Ali. 🙂
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November 1, 2014 at 4:41 pm
Linda – I am glad you are sharing this source, I joined it too. Great idea!
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November 1, 2014 at 4:43 pm
Wonderful! Have fun with it, Mihran. 🙂
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