{"id":1015,"date":"2018-10-01T23:16:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T06:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2018-10-01T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T06:16:08","slug":"blogtober-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=1015","title":{"rendered":"Blogtober 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends and family!\u00a0 It is October 1st, and that means it&#8217;s time to get back to blogging.<\/p>\n<p>The idea behind Blogtober is simple: Write 31 blog posts in 31 days.\u00a0 They don&#8217;t have to be particularly long entries but they must be unique, and they must actually say something.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not well prepared for Blogtober this year.\u00a0 For 2017, I came up with a pretty good list of topics to cover in advance.\u00a0 This year, I&#8217;m kicking off October right after coming back from the Writing Excuses Cruise.\u00a0 Melissa and I landed in Sacramento around midnight last night, and I&#8217;ve spent all day dealing with slashed car tires.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of the things I think I&#8217;m going to write about over the next few days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New York City Writer&#8217;s Digest Conference 2018<\/li>\n<li>WorldCon 2018<\/li>\n<li>Writing Excuses Cruise<\/li>\n<li>Pitching and Querying<\/li>\n<li>Timezones and daylight savings<\/li>\n<li>Some politics<\/li>\n<li>The recent slashing of all my tires<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, I&#8217;m going to make my second VLOG post, probably this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Most people are probably reading this on Oct 2nd.\u00a0 If you&#8217;d like to jump into this challenge with me, it&#8217;s not too late.\u00a0 Just pick a day and write two entries for that day.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what I had to do the first time I did this challenge.\u00a0 It still counts as far as I&#8217;m concerned.<\/p>\n<p>If you do decide to do the blog challenge along with me, let me know and I&#8217;ll link to your blog as I go along.<\/p>\n<p>Recent events, both local and national, are making it difficult for me to remain positive.\u00a0 It hasn&#8217;t been easy today being someone that values love and forgiveness.\u00a0 That being said, I&#8217;m going to try and remain positive and hopeful, and I&#8217;m going to try and keep my posts this month upbeat and friendly.\u00a0 Even when I write about politics this month, I&#8217;m going to try and paint pictures with a light brush.<\/p>\n<p>Someone told me earlier today that an individuals can&#8217;t change the world anymore.\u00a0 I borrowed from a cliche and told him something I believe: &#8220;Be the change you want to see.\u00a0 You may not change the whole world, but you&#8217;ll change your world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going to aim for this month.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to October!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends and family!\u00a0 It is October 1st, and that means it&#8217;s time to get back to blogging. 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