I don’t know about my fellow A to Z bloggers, but I’m tired, as in I need some serious ZZZZZ’s.
Blogging six days a week for the A to Z Challenge plus Sundays for either myself or my alter ego for Six Sentence Sunday AND plugging my newly released book, The P.U.R.E. plus prepping for two anthologies and a novella between now and early June…oy! It’s a good kind of tired though, so I’m definitely counting my blessings and being tongue-in-cheek here.
But as Madeleine Kahn sang in Blazing Saddles:
But at least there’s cake:
And that’s a wrap ladies and germs!
Thank you to all the wonderful bloggers and readers who visited me during April, whether you commented or not. Even though I’m tired, the experience was so very worth the effort to get to meet all of you. I didn’t get to visit as many blogs as I’d hoped, but I did try to at least repay a visit for a visit.
Please, please be sure to visit more A to Z Blog Challenge participants for their final bows today! What an amazing group of bloggers I’m proud to have participated with in this year’s challenge. I will definitely do this again next year.
Also, my wonderful writer friend, Sandra Bunino, has an interview with yours truly today on her blog as part of her “All Things Girl” Monday series. Give it a look-see if you’re interested in delving under the covers of the various inspirations behind my novel, The P.U.R.E.
Don’t be a stranger! Cheers.
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Jessica Foster
April 30, 2012 at 1:40 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I agree. The A-Z challenge has been exhausting, but it has been an awesome experience!
Claire Gillian
April 30, 2012 at 7:59 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Totally agree, Jessica!
kford2007
April 30, 2012 at 6:20 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I LOVE Madeline Khan!! She cracked me up in History of the World, Part 1, too.
I have to agree, the A-Z challenge was a fantastic event, but I’m glad it’s over. Now, maybe I can finish a couple of pieces I’ve been working on because I’ve been “so tired’
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Claire Gillian
April 30, 2012 at 7:59 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
She was truly one of the greats. Fantastic singer too though you can’t tell from the clip. She did a great character voice in A Bug’s Life too.
Sandra Bunino (@SandraBunino)
April 30, 2012 at 7:45 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
What a sweet cake!
Congratulations on finishing the A-Z challenge and for all of you incredible accomplishments so far this year. You are THE hardest working author I know.
~S
Claire Gillian
April 30, 2012 at 7:58 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Very sweet and delish!! Thanks. Busy but not necessarily efficient…sigh.
Dawn
April 30, 2012 at 12:26 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’m kind of sad it’s over, actually. Now I have to think of prompts all on my own….
Can’t wait to read your book – best wishes to you for your continued success!
Claire Gillian
April 30, 2012 at 7:55 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Thank you, Dawn! If you’re ever looking for prompts, I found quite a few sprinkled through out the web. There was one I used to love to use for drabbles.
Dawn
May 1, 2012 at 10:13 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Great idea, thanks Claire!
Damyanti
May 3, 2012 at 12:36 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congratulations on hitting the A-Z finish line!
Claire Gillian
May 4, 2012 at 5:54 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Thank you! You too!