Just came home from today’s outing and I wanted to write my final report on the Bloggiesta before I go to bed. Just briefly — I’ll elaborate on things laterrrrrr because I’m dead tired. I got up extra early this morning to finish what I was doing last night when my head crashed down on the keyboard!
I’m really pleased with all the work I got done. As always, everything took much more time than expected; I’m almost embarrassed to admit how much. But I feel very accomplished, especially because I hadn’t planned to participate in the Bloggiesta this weekend!
I tied up some loose ends (as you can read in yesterday’s post) and I got one BIG job done that had been bugging me: writing my part of the Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman buddy review with Elsje. Her side of the story had been put into words ages ago… I really like reading & collaborating with her, so in the interest of possible future projects it was important not to keep her waiting any longer! Let’s see what’s she’s got to say about it all now.
In total I invested… 21 hours! That’s almost double of what I originally aimed for when I stumbled over the starting line :) I’ll check my numbers tomorrow and let you know how many were put into the community (twitter, commenting etc.) and how much I actually spent on working on my posts and blog. I put 5:05 hours into the community (twitter, visiting participants, commenting) and actually spent 15:55 on my blog & writing posts. Olé for Bloggiesta!
Finally I’d like to say that I’ve made the right decision not to participate in any mini-challenges. It helped me stay focussed — something I found difficult last time (as well as during the read-a-thons I participated in). Something to remember for next time! Better mark my calendar for January 2011 ;)
Graasland 
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zondag 13 juni 2010 bij 23:49
leeswammes
Well done for finishing. 21 hours is a lot.
I also think the Bloggiesta was very useful and will take part next time. And then to think I wasn’t going to do this one because I had done the 48 Hour Book Challenge last weekend. Well, I’m really really NOT going to do the TBR Reading Challenge starting tomorrow (Monday). Tempting as it may be. No, I can’t, seriously. Hmm. We’ll see.
maandag 14 juni 2010 bij 06:22
Squishy133
Thank you for your comment on my blog – it was much appreciated!
I hadn’t thought about backing up my blog at all, so thank you for the suggestion. It’s now all backed up and safe. :)
Congratulations on finishing!
maandag 14 juni 2010 bij 18:52
Carin B.
I had an epic fail with keeping my time for Bloggiesta. All I know is that I worked a lot. LOL! It looks like you’ve gotten quite a bit of work done. 21 hours is impressive!
I also wanted to let you know that I now have a sign-up sheet for my event, Blog Read ‘Round the World. I’m thinking you already know this, but I’m sending messages to all the people that expressed interest that haven’t signed up. Also, don’t worry if there is more than one person represented from The Netherlands. I will either send out two books if there are enough people signed up or make sure that you don’t send the book to someone in your own country.
maandag 14 juni 2010 bij 19:46
Rikki
21 hours? Wow, that is quite a lot. You put me to shame. You got a lot done, congratulations!
dinsdag 15 juni 2010 bij 22:41
gnoegnoe
@Leeswammes: And? Did you start the TBR Challenge yesterday or di you *behave*? LOL
@Squishy133: You’re welcome! I hadn’t thought of backing up my blog before until it was suggested to me — and it’s so easy to do! I now (try to) do it regularly. Don’t want years of work to go down the drain, do we? LOL
@Carin: Hi Carin, thanks for posting the link again! I have seen your tweet fly by but I’ve been too busy the last few days to check it out. Will do now!
dinsdag 15 juni 2010 bij 22:50
leeswammes
I was sensible and didn’t start on the TBR challenge. My whole reading life is a big, big TBR challenge, really, so it’s enough really.
woensdag 16 juni 2010 bij 01:28
Chachic
Wow, 21 hours and you didn’t even intend to participate! That’s quite a lot. I actually stumbled on Bloggiesta a couple of days before the event and I’m glad I got to participate. It’s the first time that I joined something like this. Congrats on all your accomplishments! :) Like you, I didn’t participate in any of the mini-challenges but hopefully, I’ll be able to do that next time.