The annual Blogathon is coming up July 28. This is a charity fund-raiser where bloggers write 48 blog posts within a 24-hour period.
No cheating by pre-posting with the date/time stamp, but you can plan your posts ahead of time. Some write fiction, others post about their respective charities. I thought it might be an interesting writing exercise as well as perhaps a way to promote Christian fiction on the web. Apparently this is a big worldwide event, even though I’d never heard about it until I stumbled across a link to it tonight.
Click HERE to read a Blog Herald article with tips on how to blog the Blogathon. The blogathon official site “opens” July 1, but the forum is open now if you want to browse through some of the prep talk. (http://blogathon.org)
Apparently, bloggers get sponsors to donate items for drawings during the blogathon and collect donations for their charities. I’ve never done this so I’m not sure how that works, but I guess the instructions will be posted when the site opens. Lorelle on WordPress (an excellent instructional site, BTW), has a lot of information about this event. Click HERE to read one of her posts about it. (She also wrote the Blog Herald article.)
I haven’t decided whether or not I plan to participate, but I thought I’d pass this along.
I think this year is going to be fantastic and it would be great to have you part of the pack. It’s a big commitment, but all for a worthy cause.
And thanks!