Read With Fey: Challenge For Writers + 10 Years Blogging!!!

Please Note: This post is pre-scheduled. For the next couple of months, I’ll be caring for a loved one receiving treatments, so my replies to comments and return visits to bloggers will be delayed. I'm even behind on December's and November's comments. So sorry! I will work on those today and ones that come in for this post when I'm able. Thanks for your understanding! And prayers and healing vibes for positive results to the treatments would be much appreciated. ❤️

READ WITH FEY: CHALLENGE FOR  WRITERS

Created by me (Chrys Fey), the Read With Fey challenge is for writers at all levels. The goal is to read *10 non-fiction books for writers during 2022.

Challenge Starts: January 1, 2022

Challenge Ends: December 31, 2022

Goal: Read *10 books for writers by the end of the year.

*Are 10 books too many? Set your own goal!

Just because I’ll be aiming to read 10 books doesn’t mean you have to!

However many books you read is an accomplishment.

Why Should You Join?

Every book you read could inspire you, educate you, and give you SPARKS. And you can read at your own pace.

Why Else Should You Join?

Every book you read for the Read With Fey challenge can count toward your personal reading goals.

Which Books?

Any books for writers! The books can be about marketing, publishing, the craft of writing, basically any non-fiction book that’d be useful to you as a writer. All formats (eBook, print, audio), re-reads, library borrows. It all counts!

For ideas on what to read, check out my Books for Writers list on Bookshop.org by clicking here.

How To Join:

There is no formal sign-up form, so ANYONE, ANYWHERE, and at ANYTIME can join in WHATEVER way they choose.

You can, however, join the Read With Fey challenge on The StoryGraph here to track your progress.

Or you can make a Goodreads shelf for the challenge, a spreadsheet on your computer, a checklist in your journal, a blog post(s), or whatever you want to do. This challenge is flexible for YOU. 

However you decide to do this challenge, please consider announcing your participation on social media as a post or story, tweet, blog post, YouTube video, etc. If you do, a link back to this post would be much appreciated.

Hashtags for social media: #ReadWithFey #ReadWithFey2022

The StoryGraph: Because reading challenges on The StoryGraph only work right now with prompts and not a set number, I created three optional bonus challenge prompts. These bonus prompts DO NOT have to be completed, but to help you add any and all books you read to the challenge on The StoryGraph, I made a bonus prompt called “Use This Bonus Prompt For ANY Book For Writers.” You can use it multiple times, even to add all of your reads if you have to. By reading one book per bonus prompt (three books total), you will technically have the challenge on The StoryGraph completed. lol

To add a book to your challenge, first mark the book as read with a date for 2022. Then on the book’s page on The StoryGraph, scroll down until you see “Add to Reading Challenges” on the left sidebar. If you joined Read With Fey, you’ll see it listed there. Click on it and then select the bonus prompt that qualifies. Only select one.

I’ve never hosted a reading challenge on The StoryGraph before. There was a bit of a learning curve, and I hope they’ll make a set number goal as an option in the future, so I’ll see how I like it. 🙂

Click here to join the Read With Fey challenge on The StoryGraph.

Click here to check out my Books For Writers list on BookShop.org.

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10 YEARS BLOGGING

January 2022 marks ten years that I've been blogging.

Blogging for a decade has been quite the experience. I've participated in many challenges, including two A TO Z challenges (2014 and 2015). That last one in fact exhausted me so much that I could never do another A TO Z, but I loved that challenge (my theme was Disasters).

I have published over 700 posts (this post is #733). I've hosted many great people as guests and have also hosted blog hops and have had many blogging features (such as my Writer's Burnout feature). I'll be resurrecting an old feature from my blog this year. So stay tuned!

However, it wasn't always easy. I went through a blogging lull from lack of motivation as well as burnout and depression that lasted from 2016 to mid-2021. Each year, my energy for blogging waned more and more. I went from posting three times a week to once a week to a couple of times a month to once a month. Last year, I also experienced anxiety attacks related to blogging. At the same time, my motivation to blog was reinvigorated with a purpose.

While it's a fact that blogging is not as popular these days (many bloggers have left and not as many people leave comments on blogs anymore), blogs still serve many purposes and can be useful.

And I am nowhere near done blogging. I have a lot more I want to share.

This year, I'm going to be going back to posting on Tuesdays, as I did my very first year of blogging (before I started posting on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays).

I am really excited for what this year holds with my blog.

Here's to another ten years!

QUESTION: Interested in my reading challenge for writers? Are there any books for writers you’ve been wanting to read? What are your 2022 reading goals?