Good day people!
Today is the day that we who are participating in the April A to Z Challenge reveal our themes (if we have one).
This is my first year joining all these wonderful people for this challenge. I’m super excited! I thought hard about a ‘theme’ for the challenge and finally figured out what I wanted to do.
My theme is going to be writing another story with my character DeeDee Watson, P.I, from ‘The Man in the Fedora.’ The Fedora story will be finished this week and then April 1 will start the next story. I’ve titled that one “The ABC’s of Death”.
There will be recurring characters, such as William Holden (the Fedora), the little dog Tee, Dee’s mother and brother and a few others.
This story will be more dark and tense then the Fedora story. Dee is hired to investigate a suicide that might actually be a murder. It’s her most dangerous case yet. Will she survive it? Come join me every day in April and see how she does!
Each chapter will be a letter of the alphabet. So it will go something like this;
(Chapter one) Another Case
(Chapter two) Badass Time
(Chapter three) Caught in the act!
And so on…….
Some chapters might only be a few hundred words, some longer. I think it’s rather ambitious for my first time, but I’m hyped and ready to tackle it! Hope you will join me and while you are at it, click on the A to Z challenge button on my sidebar and check out a few more bloggers who have joined. This is going to be a busy and exciting month!
I’ll give you a peak at the ‘book cover’ that I made.
Great idea Jackie, that way you should end up with something that you can do something with beyond April! A bit like your version of NaNoWriMo. Good luck with it!
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Thanks Vanessa! I’m hoping it is good enough to do something with later. 🙂
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This is a really good idea! I wish I felt like I had the ability to get through writing a month long serial right now. Good luck, I’ll be reading along!
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Thanks Cheney! It’s going to be scary, but I’m determined. 🙂
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Me too. I am really going to have to write a few posts and schedule them ahead of time cause I’ll be traveling in the middle of the month. But I’m doing it anyway!
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Good for you! Nothing like a good challenge. Happy travels too!
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What an awesome idea! I’m looking forward to it! 😀
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Ha! Great timing as I just posted a comment in yours! 🙂
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Hi Jackie. Glad that you decided to join the A to Z Challenge this year. This will be my second year. Your theme has me interested and I can’t wait to start reading what you will write.
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Hi Cheryl! Thank you so much. It’s going to be a challenge for sure, but fun!
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I’m so excited to see how you tell the tale through the month! 😀
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Thanks kiddo! I’m excited to see how I tell the tale too! 😉
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Great book cover and idea Jackie, I’m looking forward to reading your story.
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Thank you Michael.
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I agree, great idea. I need to set aside some time to start from the beginning and read all the way through to get caught up with your story. Love the cover.
P.S you and one other blogger have inspired me to join in the A-Z challenge.:-)
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Yea! You are joining too! Let the fun begin!
Thanks Lois. 🙂
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I want to do the A to Z challenge, too! Do I have to officially sign up? Do I have to have a theme?
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If you want to do so, sign up by clicking on the button on my sidebar, that will take you to the official site. You don’t have to have a theme as long as you use the alphabet, it’s all explained on the website. Please do join us! 🙂
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It sounds like a lot of fun! It also looks a little overwhelming!! I followed the button. I also “copied” that weather button/widget you have on your site. That’s so cute.
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If you think of it as just posting every day except Sundays, it’s not so overwhelming. You just have to use the alphabet. Not so bad then eh?
Yeah, I love my weather widget. 🙂
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Do you hear back right away? I signed up and it took me to a page for the linky blog. ?? I don’t see me on the list.
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You use the linky to sign up actually. Then you will be on their list. It’s a long list. Over 1100 last time I looked. But yes, once you sign up thru the linky you should be on the list.
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I’m #1214.
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You are on there, #1214…..
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Yep. 😊
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You know I’ll be here. Lights! Camera! Action!
I love your theme and your cover! 🙂
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Thanks my friend! 🙂
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The perfect challenge better for you than me. Good luck!
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Thank you Frank!
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That’s an ambitious, but fun undertaking! I like that a lot, and will certainly be here – sometimes reading a few chapters after each other 🙂
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Yes, it is ambitious, but I do hope I can do it. Thanks tiny 🙂
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Well, it worked for Sue Grafton….
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With lots of books thats for sure it did.
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You’ll have a book done by the time this month is over. There you go. Looking forward to reading it.
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Not sure if a full book, but close I hope 😉 Thanks Marlene.
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Sounds exciting
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thanks Tena!
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I like the cover image, great atmosphere to it.
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Thanks!
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