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  1. I think my theme is the opposite to yours πŸ™‚ I chose Positive Personality Traits (we’ll be each other’s yin and yang) This is the first time for me but it sounded fun and I’m not posting anything else through April because one post a day is my limit! Looking forward to reading lots and if it boost my views that will be an added unexpected bonus πŸ™‚

    • Lol, I thought the same when I saw your theme! I would be amazed if it doesn’t boost your views, it’s a really good group of people, most return year after year and they do visit each other. The best way to get views is to visit as many other blogs as you can who are taking part because a lot will return the favour!

  2. Hi Debbie,
    I’m a newbie to A to Z this year and doing a bit of late night browsing. Love your idea of shorter flash fiction. Just discovered flash this past year. My theme is discovery, both fiction and nonfiction wise. I’ll be hanging around this month. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

  3. Your theme sounds perfect. Short and dark, can’t get any better than that. I don’t think I had the pleasure of reading any of your stories last year, but I’m eager to check them out this year. I read and write thrillers and suspense. I love dark stories. I wish you the best with the challenge this year. I’ve bookmarked your blog so I will be back to read your stories.
    If you visit my theme reveal I hope you won’t give up on me. I’m on the tail end of a blog makeover and my blog is loading really slow, but the design company assured me it will be working properly in time for the challenge, and probably by midday today. Thanks. I’m looking forward to reading your posts.

    Melissa Sugar

  4. Leah Miller

    I love the idea of this, off to check it out now! I am on day 17 of my 30 day challenge so they may overlap slightly, but this sounds like a lot of fun! xx

  5. Astrid

    How lovely to see you participatng offcially this year! Flash fiction is cool. I need to learn about writing shorter posts myself too.

    • I think it will be much better doing it officially. It was towards the end of the month when I started finding other bloggers who were participating so I missed out on a lot of the social aspect. I still write long posts quite a lot, that’s why I set a word limit in my theme!

  6. Sasha Knight

    Interesting! “they in no way represent my state of mind!” I love this! I promise I won’t have you committed.❀

  7. Oooo. I love this theme. I did 100 flash fiction last year and it’s a lot of fun. Adding in the darker side of human nature is a nice twist.

    ~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~

  8. Haha, the very first thing I thought when I saw this on twitter early was – how many posts can I pre-plan! There’s no way I could fit off the cuff fun food in with work/life/child etc etc! Looking forward to this πŸ™‚

  9. Stephen T Tremp

    I concur that being organized can feel weird, almost non-creative at times. And short 100-word posts are the best. Good luck with the Challenge!

    Stephen Tremp

  10. Hey, this is an intriguing theme. And I’m so in owe with people being able to create 100 stories. I woulnd’t be able to do that.

    I too have a lot to thank the AtoZ for. Last year was my first too and I learned so much abotu blogging. I met so many awesome people. I can’t wait for it to start again.

    Have a fantastic April πŸ™‚

  11. Nice to see you again, Debbie. πŸ™‚ Your theme should be popular; short yet dramatic. Looking forward to your posts! I can totally relate to this: “It’s a good job I’m used to sitting up half the night blogging!” Good luck with the challenge. πŸ™‚

  12. Jemima Pett

    I have both short and long posts for my theme this year – but some people only like short, while others like to get somewhere to sit down and have a cuppa with.
    Your flash fiction theme looks great – whatever you do, enjoy it!

  13. Glad to hear the A to Z was such a success for you. All my posts except three are ready to go. Hopefully, I’ll get those done tonight. I don’t know if I could do something as creative as you are doing.

  14. Ooh I love flash fiction. And of course the “darker side of human nature” piqued my interest. Can’t wait! Sounds like you’re going to be busy next month, too πŸ™‚

  15. JEN

    Flash fiction is fun! Keeping the posts short is a good idea. I wonder if I’ll be able to.
    Thanks for stopping by my blog. πŸ™‚

  16. I like that you’re challenging yourself with this for April, because it’s a challenging, interesting topic. I look forward to dropping by the dark side here.
    Cheers, and enjoy the A-Z.
    Thanks for visiting!

  17. I love flash-fiction! I’m such a wordy writer; anything under 5000 words is so tough for me! But, of course, my Challenge posts will be a lot shorter than what I normally write. Still, I struggle and I so admire those who can write short! Enjoy the Challenge! I can wait to read your posts πŸ™‚

    ~Jen

  18. Looks like a neat theme. I may want to do this at some point. Short, flash fiction. This will also be my second year, though I did find out about the challenge about a month or two before it began last year.
    Glad to see there is another person that likes to rant. It’s one of my special features on my blog.
    Enjoy the month of April and I wish you the best!

  19. Double posting? Yikes! I like the idea of the 100 word flash fiction. Some of my prewritten posts are probably already too long but once I get going…my theme is Days of Our Lives (as the sand runs through the hourglass), consisting of personal stories and other miscellaneous topics.

  20. Microfiction on the darker side of humanity… I LOVE IT! My fiction, especially my shorter pieces, tend to be dark, and I’ve always enjoyed reading darker stuff (light and aw-so-pretty stuff leaves me cold, haha… there must be something wrong with me πŸ˜€ ), so I’ll be a frequent visitor during Aprilβ€”and beyond πŸ™‚

    Thanks so much for stopping over at Life In Dogs β€” I’ll be looking forward to much back-and-forth next month πŸ™‚

  21. Thanks for visiting my theme reveal! Your theme sounds interesting, I may have to check it out. This is my second year participating and I feel slightly more prepared this year πŸ™‚

  22. Great theme! Before I started blogging, I had never heard of flash fiction. Now I’m super jealous of all you talented writers out there who can tell a great story in less than 100 words!!

    Good luck and hope you have lots of fun!! πŸ˜€

  23. Stephen

    Intriguing theme. I like it and I promise I will be back soon in the month of April to read your blog πŸ™‚

  24. April is always so busy! It can be hard keeping up. I’m impressed that you are doing double posting though I must admit your idea for doing shorter posts for A-Z because they “do better” is right on. I guess with A-Z’ers writing their own posts and having to comment on so many blogs, it can be hard to stick with and finish reading longer posts. Best of luck on completing the challenge and staying caught up this month!

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