A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal
Last year, when I had participated in the April A to Z Challenge, I wrote about random subjects from A to Z. I wrote about my addiction, emotions, memories, love, Twitter, I posed a question and a riddle, wrote a spine poetry, did a picture post⦠in all I wrote about 26 random topics. Pretty challenging to think about new topics everyday or pretty simple to write on anything that takes your fancy?
This year, we signed up for the A to Z challenge in January and there has been a lot of buzz about to theme or not to theme? Well, last year, I didn’t had a theme, this year, it makes sense to try something different and new and I decided to go for a theme.
Drum Roll Pleaseβ¦.
My Theme for the A to Z Challenge 2014 is : Marriage from A to Z
No, these are not some pearls of wisdom on marriage and there wont be any advice on relationship problems either.
These are some of the ingredients that make or break a married relationship. These are some of the good, bad or ugly facets that we see in a relationship.
Another Drum Roll Pleaseβ¦
And all these different aspects of a married relationship will be shared in the form of stories which will be in exactly 55 Words.
Yes, Iβll be writing 55 Fiction Stories on Marriage from A to Z, this April.
Now, doesn’t that look like a plan!!
Easy on you as a reader, as 55 words are just short enough to grab your attention and time and long enough to cover the subject. Of course, it is going to be challenging for me, but then I believe, the greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
So, be there with me this April, as I explore the various aspects of a Marriage from A to Z in just 55 words.
See you around! π
March 21, 2014 12:19 am|
Wow… Marriages, pretty interesting topic. I am excited about the challenge and also curious to read ur 55-ers on it.
March 21, 2014 4:14 pm|
Yes, excitement is the word for this A to Z Challenge, this year π
March 21, 2014 12:34 am|
That’s smart!! 26 posts with 55 words…how cool is that!! Am excited to read about them now…and I guess am gonna enjoy the most π
March 21, 2014 4:15 pm|
Smart or Suicidal?? π
March 21, 2014 1:13 am|
55ers all month long and that too on marriage, I’m really looking forward to your posts Shilpa π I’m thinking of finally taking up the challenge myself, hopefully I will be able to complete it.
March 21, 2014 4:16 pm|
Wow! That’s super cool, Reshma! Glad you are in for this Challenge too!! Oh you will ace it, I am sure of it!! So, are you working on a theme??
March 21, 2014 1:18 am|
Oh this is gr8…I’ll wait for the different aspects of marriage from A to Z π
and 55ers though it seems easy I know it definitely isn’t! Infact it is really difficult! All the best…looking forward to it!
March 21, 2014 4:18 pm|
Thanks for understanding my situation, Nabanita, I am wondering if I am biting more than I can chew with the 55ers!! π
March 21, 2014 1:30 am|
Wow, Shilpa! Exciting theme! All the best for the challenge π
March 21, 2014 4:18 pm|
Thank you Gauri and good luck to you too π
March 21, 2014 2:09 am|
marriage and 55ers.. interesting Shilpa. You are a very creative person. Good luck for the contest.
March 21, 2014 4:18 pm|
Thanks for your support A π
March 21, 2014 2:12 am|
Sounds like an amazing idea. This is my 3rd year and I think I will mix up my posts with 55 fiction, haiku, and a zentangle or two. I have never done a theme, and will probably just wing it like I usually do. π I look forward to reading your posts during the month. β₯
March 21, 2014 4:21 pm|
You are awesome, Kathy!! I know, you will ace it and it will be as easy as abc for you do so many everyday blogging challenges!! π β₯
March 21, 2014 4:59 am|
Wow…what a great idea, Shilpa! Twenty-six l’il nuggets of wisdom on marriage. Count me in!
March 21, 2014 4:23 pm|
Thanks LuAnn, you are a sweetheart! Looking forward to your 31 Proverbs Woman too π
March 21, 2014 5:38 am|
Very impressive! Looking forward to reading your posts! π
March 21, 2014 4:23 pm|
Thank you PB. Looking forward to your Living Life series too π
March 21, 2014 7:34 am|
Awesome!! I have always regarded you as the 55 fiction queen! So looking forward to reading you through the month! π
March 21, 2014 4:25 pm|
You are too kind, Aditi! Thank you. Looking forward to your Shades of Life too π
March 21, 2014 7:35 am|
Very brilliant!! Shilpa you are a very creative writer! Only you can get such unique and novel ideas.Waiting to read your 55ers.
March 21, 2014 4:26 pm|
Thanks for the encouraging words, Ma’am π
I am looking forward to learn a lot about Indian festivals from you too π
March 21, 2014 9:04 am|
Marriage , and 55 ers on that ! That’s double the challenge π Loved the creative idea, and I’m sure , when you write the colours will be more π All the best ! π April, come fast !! π
March 21, 2014 4:27 pm|
Yes, it is double the challenge, truly! Hope I am able to do that! Thank you Sreeja, appreciate your support π
March 21, 2014 9:49 am|
Interesting and challenging .. Waiting waiting …
March 21, 2014 4:26 pm|
Me too π
March 21, 2014 9:59 am|
WoW! It seems like we will be wiser by the end of April!! Looking forward for stories of wisdom!!
March 21, 2014 4:28 pm|
Thanks Nibha! π
March 21, 2014 9:59 am|
Wonderful theme! Marriage and 55! So, togetherness and unity even in the theme π
Good luck!!
March 21, 2014 4:31 pm|
Wow… I never thought that way. Thanks for sharing that, Shailaja π
March 21, 2014 10:06 am|
Marriage is one my favorite topics π looking forward !
March 21, 2014 4:31 pm|
Hope you enjoy it here, Ananya π
March 21, 2014 10:10 am|
Lovely Idea π
Good luck my dear π
March 21, 2014 4:32 pm|
Thanks Smita. Are you joining us, this April?
March 21, 2014 10:19 am|
We are in for some real insight here π loved your theme π
March 21, 2014 4:32 pm|
LOL π Hope so! Thanks Raj π
March 21, 2014 11:57 am|
Haah love that theme, marriage-stories and in 55 words π
March 21, 2014 4:40 pm|
Thanks Sunila. Glad you liked this theme π Looking forward to your Yoga series too π
March 21, 2014 12:03 pm|
A double challenge! Looking forward to your 55 words per letter on marriage Shilpa. You are definitely the 55er queen.
March 21, 2014 4:34 pm|
Now, your sweet and kind words are scaring me, Suzy! π―
March 21, 2014 12:05 pm|
Drum rolls…..bugles…… all for your creativity shilpa. A challenging task indeed…..a theme and that too all 55ers…..Great shilpa!
March 21, 2014 4:41 pm|
Yes, you are right, I have embarked on a very challenging journey this April. Hope I am able to deliver! π
March 21, 2014 12:11 pm|
Ha,Ha.
Very intersting theme.
Why 55 words? Ask any husband and he will do it in three…..” YOU ARE RIGHT”
First step towards a happy marriage
March 21, 2014 4:43 pm|
Haha ha! Mr Chowla, that’s so funny π
March 21, 2014 12:45 pm|
So the Drabble Queen is all set. Oh I’m so looking forward to reading your 55ers.
March 21, 2014 4:44 pm|
Thanks Tulika. Looking forward to read your Amazing Authors too π
March 21, 2014 12:53 pm|
LOL @ Mr. Chowla’s comment above! π
Interesting theme, Shilpa… and a daring one too! Looking forward to your posts in April! All the best! π
March 21, 2014 4:46 pm|
Mr Chowla is actually spot on π
Thanks Kaddu, I need all the best wishes. I know I have taken up a challenging task! π
March 21, 2014 1:12 pm|
55 words on marriage —- I am intrigued alright!! It will be a challenge for you and an breeze for us. So much to say in so little words… Great going!!
March 21, 2014 4:47 pm|
I will try my best π Thanks Inderpreet π
March 21, 2014 1:38 pm|
am definetely looking fwd to seeing u around! N i cant wait to hear more stories from KG … Maybe u could get himt o do a guest post
March 21, 2014 4:48 pm|
KG takes ages to read a post, so a guest post from him will take centuries!! You will have to make do with reading posts from me only, Meena π
March 21, 2014 3:37 pm|
Hi shilpa ,
It’s always nice to read your posts . marriage is an interesting subject , looking forward for your posts in April . all the best !
March 21, 2014 4:49 pm|
Thank you so much Anupama π
See yo around π
March 21, 2014 3:47 pm|
fiction again…! okay.. I was thinking of limiting to 55, .. but the one I started exceeded the word count..so thought will go easy on my theme
you mean at the end of April, you will have “shaadi ke side-effects” ebook?? π π
March 21, 2014 4:50 pm|
LOL π Shaadi ke side-effects ebook, now that’s an idea π
March 21, 2014 3:54 pm|
Wow that is a kind of raising the bar all the while
March 21, 2014 4:52 pm|
Hope I am able to do what I have challenged myself to! π
March 21, 2014 5:06 pm|
I have read many of the reveals already, yet yours is the most “Challenging”, a topic and a word count. Can’t wait to read your 55 words.
March 21, 2014 7:11 pm|
HI Rhonda. Good to see you here! Now, I am getting the jitters, Rhonda π
March 21, 2014 6:30 pm|
What a great plan! Love the idea of 55ers for the whole month and that too on the subject of marriage π Maybe I will take inspiration from you and write 55ers, hope you don’t mind π
March 21, 2014 7:12 pm|
That would be awesome, Sulekha… looking forward to read your 55ers in April! π
March 21, 2014 6:36 pm|
whoa thats going to be a toughie
PhenoMenon
http://throodalookingglass.com/2014/03/a2z2014-theme/
March 21, 2014 7:12 pm|
You think so too!! π
March 21, 2014 7:10 pm|
A cool theme, Shilpa! Looking forward to reading more of these!
March 21, 2014 7:13 pm|
Thanks Michelle! π
March 21, 2014 7:39 pm|
Man…I never get how you can write in 55 words….okay, I hope to learn some interesting things about marriage then π
March 21, 2014 9:09 pm|
LOL π Oh, nothing that you dont know about marriage will be revealed here, Latha π
March 21, 2014 7:51 pm|
How very interesting! You’re the Queen of Challenges, Shilpa. You’ll ace this one.
March 21, 2014 9:10 pm|
Fingers crossed, seriously this time, Corinne! π
March 21, 2014 7:55 pm|
What an awesome topic to blog about! I will definitely be following….Good luck with the A to Z Challenge. This will be my first year.
March 21, 2014 9:12 pm|
Thanks Cheryl and good to see you here!! Good luck to you too, looking forward to read all about Emotions on your blog! π
March 21, 2014 8:07 pm|
I am doing a word-limited theme this year too! Only I’ll be doing 100 words per day on being a teenager. Eek hahaha I can’t wait to read!
March 21, 2014 9:14 pm|
Wow! That sounds so cool AJ:)
My son will soon be a teenager, so I need to read/know all about the new age teenagers, so looking forward to read all about teenagers this April! Cheers π
March 21, 2014 8:20 pm|
Cool. Looking forward to read those 26 55Fictions.
March 21, 2014 9:14 pm|
Thank you SG π
March 21, 2014 8:23 pm|
Very interesting Shilpa!!
Looking forward to your posts! π
So, does each person get a theme? Or do you choose your own?
March 21, 2014 9:16 pm|
We choose our own themes! Aren’t you participating in A to Z, Pixie?? π―
March 21, 2014 8:23 pm|
Oh I love your theme and wow 55 words! I am really looking forward to reading your posts.
Good luck with the challenge!
March 21, 2014 9:17 pm|
Thank you Doreen, I need all the good wishes for this challenge and best wishes to you too π
March 21, 2014 8:29 pm|
That’s a great way to exercise your creative muscle, as well as captivate readers – whether they are married or not. I’ll be popping in regularly throughout the #atozchallenge, if my system of organisation works. π
Reflex Reactions
March 21, 2014 9:18 pm|
Yes, it is going to a challenging one!! Looking forward to your support, Ida π
March 21, 2014 9:06 pm|
26 short stories on marriage and that too in 55 words,that would be fun…..
would definitely look forward to each one of them…
March 21, 2014 9:18 pm|
Thanks Sitara. Looking forward to read you too! Cheers π
March 21, 2014 11:00 pm|
Good luck with all 55 fiction but real stuff π
last year we all met in April challenge. hoping to come across again in challenge
ATB
March 21, 2014 11:07 pm|
A year has passed! Wow! Time surely flies! Thanks Afshan and good luck to you too π
March 21, 2014 11:37 pm|
Sounds like a plan then π this is such a fun topic! Had almost decided upon it π
March 21, 2014 11:45 pm|
Hope things work out as per the plan π
One topic, 2 perspectives are great too. Your theme is super cool and I am looking forward to your thoughts and views on life in mid twenties π
March 22, 2014 1:53 am|
that’s very brave of you, I mean writing 26 back to back 55 fiction is tough. The funny thing is that all you need to write is just 1430 words in April.
this is the coolest theme for AtoZ challenge I came across today π
Amritt
March 22, 2014 10:29 am|
Thanks Amrit, glad that you think that this is the coolest theme! Hope I am able to deliver what I have promised now! π Looking forward to read all about movies and trivia on your blog too π
March 22, 2014 2:55 am|
Marriage from A to Z in 55 words – that sounds like quite a challenge! I’m looking forward to seeing what you share.
TaMara
Fellow wHooligan
March 22, 2014 10:31 am|
Fingers crossed, TaMara!! And see you around π
March 22, 2014 6:52 am|
55 words a day on marriage from A to Z…..can’t wait to read them!!!
March 22, 2014 10:32 am|
Hi Teresa!! Thank you and see you around! Cheers π
March 22, 2014 8:06 am|
that sounds intteresting! 55 worda is the catch! am going wid an easy theme as it is my first time. lookin forward to your posts π all d best
March 22, 2014 10:32 am|
Good luck to you too, Swathi! I am sure you will do great! π
March 22, 2014 9:42 am|
That’s quite a challenge, especially the 55 word restriction! Looking forward to your posts. π
March 22, 2014 10:34 am|
Yes, it is going to be challenging! π Thanks Debbie and looking forward to read about your travel and culture posts too π
March 22, 2014 12:02 pm|
This challenge is going to be very interesting!! Look forward to reading and sharing π
March 22, 2014 2:53 pm|
Yes, April never looked so exciting before! π Thanks. Are you participating in the A to Z Challenge, Amelia?
March 22, 2014 12:28 pm|
Looking forward to this feast of 55s, Shilpa!
March 22, 2014 2:54 pm|
Me too! Thanks Vidya π
March 22, 2014 9:13 pm|
I’ll be following in April. Sounds intriguing.
March 23, 2014 12:33 am|
That’s cool, see you around, Laura π
March 23, 2014 12:03 am|
Marriages? I have no idea what you are going to write so looking forward to them π
March 23, 2014 12:34 am|
Hopefully, will work out something! See you around, Siva π
March 23, 2014 1:06 am|
Love the theme, Shilpa! It’s super relevant, a fabulous opportunity to explore with humor (or satire?) and more seriously an important aspect of modern life. I’m not married, but I’ve been living with my boyfriend for 10+ years, which makes us in many ways a “married couple”. I’ll be looking forward to your insights.
Thanks for stopping by at Quiet Laughter: The Mighty Theme Reveal yesterday, and for the super sweet comment you left–much, much appreciated π
March 23, 2014 1:58 pm|
Thank you so much, Guile, glad you liked this theme!! Hopefully the 55ers will be laced with humor and satire and some thought provoking stories too! π
Good luck to you, I know you’ll be blogging on 2 blogs!! Looking forward to the excitement π
March 23, 2014 3:57 pm|
I love 55ers..and dat too on a topic life marriage and that too from you..we are in for a triple treat
March 24, 2014 10:27 am|
Aww… thanks Apoorva for your kind words π
Such high expectations are actually scaring me now π
March 23, 2014 10:26 pm|
Shall I say this is going to be interesting. I hope S for Spicy will also be there π
March 24, 2014 10:27 am|
I am debating about S π π I believe it should be there π
March 24, 2014 12:20 am|
Interesting theme. Looking forward for the 55 words daily. I am doing a similar series on 6 word stories daily.. All the best
http://moontimetunes.blogspot.in/
March 24, 2014 10:28 am|
6 words stories!! That’s awesome!! Will look forward to reading your stories, GS π
March 24, 2014 10:57 am|
That’s a very interesting theme. And the 55 fiction thing will make it so creative! Looking forward to the posts. Good luck!
March 25, 2014 6:09 pm|
I will try my best, Beloo π
Thanks and looking forward to read your insights on Education too π
March 25, 2014 4:04 am|
Wow! That’s quite a challenging theme but I’m sure you’ll do full justice to it!
March 25, 2014 6:09 pm|
Fingers crossed, Roshni π
March 25, 2014 11:56 pm|
Pretty interesting theme Shilpa. Looking forward to reading you π And all the best π
March 26, 2014 11:31 pm|
Thanks Jyotsna and good luck to you too π
March 26, 2014 3:06 pm|
Wow! Looking forward to read how you decode the A to Z of marriage π
March 26, 2014 11:30 pm|
Working on it, Bhavya π
March 26, 2014 10:23 pm|
Hi Shilpa. Read your last year’s posts on A-Z challenge and loved them. This is quite a difficult task I must say to post daily with one Alphabet in that order! And after reading about your plan you are going to do some serious blogging stunts here! All the best! π
P.S. After reading your motivating posts I too have signed up for this challenge but I am clueless about my next move! My name is visible in the list but how do I get to know in which team I am and how to go about this challenge!
March 26, 2014 11:29 pm|
Hi Shesha! Thanks for reading my last year posts and glad that it inspired you to participate in the A to Z Challenge this year!!
I saw your name in the list and that’s great. Now, all you have to do is blog everyday from A to Z in April, except on Sundays. There are no teams for the participants. We blog, read, comment and share and increase our network of blogs and have a great time learning and having fun, this April. So, start writing your posts! In case you have any other query, please ask, I will be happy to help! Good luck and happy blogging π
March 27, 2014 7:09 pm|
Thank you so much Shilpa! π
March 27, 2014 9:43 am|
Interesting theme–I’ll be back! (Everyone can use a bit of insights into marriage!)
My A-Z challenge is Family History & Genealogy.
Gail at Making Life An Art
March 27, 2014 10:23 am|
Hi Gail! Good to see you here!! I am afraid, there wont be any insights just some very short stories π
Your theme sound interesting!! Will definitely check it out! Cheers π
March 30, 2014 5:18 pm|
that IS quite a challenge!! and a very interesting one at that!! looking forward to ur posts!
March 30, 2014 6:58 pm|
Thanks S! Looking forward to read you too π
April 22, 2014 9:25 pm|
Great theme and a nice way to make concise posts with 55 fiction. Very clever! I just discovered your site through A to Z and I love it. Marriage is awesome! I love your little picture-quotes and the fact that you link to other A-to-Z-ers in every post π
jetgirlcos visiting via Forty, c’est Fantastique
May 18, 2014 6:48 pm|
Hi Shilpa, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the the A-Z series. the theme you chose was fantastic and I must say I gained a lot from reading them. good reminders for every married person.
Cheers
Tara