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Weekly Writing in October 2016 Link-up – Week 4

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Welcome to the Weekly Writing in October Challenge – Week 4! A big thanks to all of you who linked up last week! Over the next few days, I’ll be reading through your posts. πŸ™‚

If you didn’t get a chance to link-up last week, hop in this week. The main thing, as bloggers, is to work our writing muscles and share a bit of our hearts to our readers. You can get more info and read the introductory post here.

If, like me, you are also participating in the 31 Day Challenge, feel free to link up your favorite post of the week. And since today I am grateful for other bloggers who are posting more often this month, I am counting this post as my 31 Days of Gratitude (Day 22) post. πŸ˜‰

The Weekly Writing Challenge main page is here.

Have a great week! πŸ™‚

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Link-up Guidelines

1. Link up below. Make sure you’re sending us to your actual post, and not to your general blog address.

2. Add a link back here so others can play along.

3. If you want to use it, here is the html code for the logo:

<a href=”http://wp.me/p38TEY-2kB” target=”_blank”><img class=”aligncenter wp-image-8968 size-full” src=”http://revolutionoflove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/logo_weekly_writing_500.jpg” alt=”logo_weekly_writing_500″ width=”500″ height=”334″ /></a>

The link up will be active for a week. Have fun!

PS – You can follow RoL on Bloglovin, Feedly or another news feed. If you are a social media fan like me, we can stay in touch through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, GoodReads, Letterboxd, or Spotify, πŸ˜‰



Weekly Writing in October 2016 Link-up – Week 3

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Welcome to the Weekly Writing in October Challenge – Week 3! A big thanks to all of you who linked up during Week 2 andΒ  Week 1! Over the next few days, I’ll be reading through your posts. πŸ™‚

If you didn’t get a chance to link-up last week, hop in this week. The main thing, as bloggers, is to work our writing muscles and share a bit of our hearts to our readers. You can get more info and read the introductory post here.

If, like me, you are also participating in the 31 Day Challenge, feel free to link up your favorite post of the week. And since today I am grateful for other bloggers who are posting more often this month, I am counting this post as my 31 Days of Gratitude (Day 15)Β  post. πŸ˜‰

The Weekly Writing Challenge main page is here.

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Link-up Guidelines

1. Link up below. Make sure you’re sending us to your actual post, and not to your general blog address.

2. Add a link back here so others can play along.

3. If you want to use it, here is the html code for the logo:

<a href=”http://wp.me/p38TEY-2kB” target=”_blank”><img class=”aligncenter wp-image-8968 size-full” src=”http://revolutionoflove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/logo_weekly_writing_500.jpg” alt=”logo_weekly_writing_500″ width=”500″ height=”334″ /></a>

The link up will be active for a week. Have fun!

PS – You can follow RoL on Bloglovin, Feedly or another news feed. If you are a social media fan like me, we can stay in touch through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, GoodReads, Letterboxd, or Spotify, πŸ˜‰


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31 Days of Gratitude (Day 14): Five Minute Friday – Mail

Good morning, lovelies! Today is Day 14 of #write31days challenge and my 31 Days of Gratitude 2016. We are so close hitting the half way point! Kudos to my fellow bloggers who are still typing away. Kudos to the readers who are still sticking around because, let’s face it, those are a lot of posts to read! But the writing exercise has been good for me and here’s to hoping I survive the second half. πŸ™‚

The other day I was reading through the blogs that linked up for the Weekly Writing Challenge and Chris from Campfires and Cleats was talking about Five Minute Friday. I have heard about it but never participated, until today. Chris inspired me to give it a try! The rule is to write 5-minutes straight about the topic of the day, more specifically, as the blog states, “This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write.”Β  This ought to be interesting. πŸ˜‰ Okay, setting the timer and go…

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Today is my first 5 Minutes Friday. Yay! I clicked over and saw that the theme for today is “Mail.” What?? Anyone that knows me also knows that I love snail mail and that I have a note card collection that would rival any Hallmark store! Wait, do they even have Hallmark stores anymore?

My love of mail and writing letters started when I was a little girl and and had my first pen pal. The thrill of finding a letter in the mail rivals many joys in this world. As I grew older, I realized that receiving mail was only half the fun. Actually writing a letter and sending it to someone else was even more enticing. I realized that while I sometimes stumbled on my words and was not sure how to express myself, once I took pen to paper to fingers to the keyboard, my thoughts would untangle and the feelings I had in my heart would slowly be revealed. Whether it was a note to a friend or a letter apologizing to my mom, I could express myself in a way I could not with my mouth.

Later in life, those letters to a friend became letters to a future husband. We met online and while we emailed and end eventually phoned one another, we also took the time to sit down and write letters to one another. We revealed an inner part of ourselves to each other than others had not seen. I still have those letter tied up with a ribbon in my treasure box. And every holiday or birthday that comes around I walk into the kitchen and find a love letter waiting for me and letting me know that 17 years later, I am still the love of his life.

That’s what mail is to me, more than just words scrawled on a piece of paper. It is an envelope of love given to a friend, a relative or someone you love. Or it is an act of kindness to a stranger – a military person overseas, a sick child in a hospital or an elderly person sitting alone in a nursing home.

Today I am grateful for the people who have sat down and written me letter. As my thanks, today I will sit down and pen a note to a friend. πŸ™‚

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Whew, I did it. I only went over ten seconds to wrap up the last sentence. That was fun but it will kill me not to rewrite and add to what I wrote, although I will at least clean up the typos. A good lesson in humility. πŸ˜‰

Have a great Friday! Don’t forget today is the last day to link-up for Weekly Writing in October. (If you are doing 31 Days, just add your favorite post.) The new link-up for Week 3 will be up tomorrow morning.

PS – You can follow RoL on Bloglovin, Feedly or another news feed. If you are a social media fan like me, we can stay in touch through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, GoodReads, Letterboxd, or Spotify, πŸ˜‰

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Today I am linking up with Kate for Five Minute Friday: Mail

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For more 31 Days of Gratitude, visit the homepage here.

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Want to join the writing challenge but are unable to write everyday? Join me for the Weekly Writing Challenge in October instead.

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Weekly Writing in October 2016 Link-up – Week 2

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Welcome to the Weekly Writing in October Challenge – Week 2! A big thanks to all of you who linked up last week!Β  Over the next few days, I’ll be reading through your posts. πŸ™‚

If you didn’t get a chance to link-up last week, hop in this week. The main thing, as bloggers, is to work our writing muscles and share a bit of our hearts to our readers. You can get more info and read the introductory post here.

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If, like me, you are also participating in the 31 Day Challenge, feel free to link up your favorite post of the week. And since today I am grateful for other bloggers who are posting more often this month, I am counting this post as my 31 Days of Gratitude (Day 8) post. πŸ˜‰

The Weekly Writing Challenge main page is here.

Have fun and remember –Β  Today: Write!!

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Link-up Guidelines

1. Link up below. Make sure you’re sending us to your actual post, and not to your general blog address.

2. Add a link back here so others can play along.

3. If you want to use it, here is the html code for the logo:

<a href=”http://wp.me/p38TEY-2kB” target=”_blank”><img class=”aligncenter wp-image-8968 size-full” src=”http://revolutionoflove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/logo_weekly_writing_500.jpg” alt=”logo_weekly_writing_500″ width=”500″ height=”334″ /></a>

The link up will be active for a week. Have fun!

PS – You can follow RoL on Bloglovin, Feedly or another news feed. If you are a social media fan like me, we can stay in touch through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, GoodReads, Letterboxd, or Spotify, πŸ˜‰


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Weekly Writing in October 2016 Link-up – Week 1

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The other day I was talking with some fellow bloggers and we shared that after the relaxed days of summer and the hectic back-to-school days of September, we have been in a blogging slump. It was suggested that we jump back into blogging with the October Write 31 Days Challenge but for many, it seemed a little too daunting to write everyday. Jennifer at Silly Little Goose suggested we make a smaller challenge for those who weren’t ready for daily posting and from there was born Weekly Writing in October.

Every Saturday of October I will have a link up for you to add your weekly post. The weekly link up will open Saturday morning and run through Friday night.

This is the chance for you to clean out your draft folder and finish up those posts you started but never finished. Or it is the opportunity to share about a subject that has been on your mind lately. Perhaps writing ideas are a complete blank. You could start off with a Daybook/Currently post answering questions such as – what I’m doing, praying for, reading, watching, favorite links, etc. (You can see samples from me or Jenny or Ashley.) Or you can browse this list from The New York Times – 500 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing. There are plenty of topics to get the creative motors running.

Personally, I will also be doing the 31 Day Challenge with 31 Days of Gratitude but my daily posts are usually short and sweet. I will participate in the Weekly Writing Challenge with at least one longer post each week.

If you have any questions, add them in the comments or email me and I’ll be happy to help.

I look forward to visiting your blogs and reading your posts over the next month. Happy writing!

The Weekly Writing Challenge main page is here.

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Link-up Guidelines

1. Link up below. Make sure you’re sending us to your actual post, and not to your general blog address.

2. Add a link back here so others can play along.

3. If you want to use it, here is the html code for the logo:

<a href=”http://wp.me/p38TEY-2kB” target=”_blank”><img class=”aligncenter wp-image-8968 size-full” src=”http://revolutionoflove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/logo_weekly_writing_500.jpg” alt=”logo_weekly_writing_500″ width=”500″ height=”334″ /></a>

The link up will be active for a week. Have fun!

Update: You can find the link-up for Week 2 here.

PS – You can follow RoL on Bloglovin, Feedly or another news feed. If you are a social media fan like me, we can stay in touch through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, GoodReads, Letterboxd, or Spotify, πŸ˜‰

PPS – Disclaimer: “Revolution of Love.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.”

In other words, if you click on my affiliated links and make a purchase, I get a small compensation that goes towards keeping the blog online. Big hugs to those who click and help support the blog! xoxo πŸ™‚


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