C. Lee McKenzie

Young Adult and Middle Grade Author

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A to Z Blog Challenge: The Letter U

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AtoZ Blog Challenge
2014

Stuff I Learned or Laughed at from Bloggers in the 2013 A to Z Challenge 

All you gots to do is identify the Mystery Blogger each day. I’ll give you hints when I can. I’ll post the answers and the winner each Monday.

One visitors (one each week) can win: 
Week 4) an ebook of The Princess of Las Pulgas 
Week 5, almost) a signed copy of The Princess of Las Pulgas


(If you already have one of the prizes, I’ll figure something else out!)

BY

1) identifying the most bloggers correctly=2 points.  
2) leaving witty comments=1 point or more depending on glibness
3) adding to the information and making it more valuable=2 points 

TIES WILL BE BROKEN BY MY CAT. SHE’S FAIR AND IMPARTIAL.UNLESS CATNIP IS INVOLVED, THEN SHE GOES WITH THE BEST SUPPLIER.

Mystery Blogger U’s 2013 theme: “Unified Theory of Writing”

U is for a Unified Theory of Writing

“It’s important to know that no matter how obvious and sensible a piece of writing advice might be, there are always going to be circumstances when it won’t hold true. Or when there are other, equally as effective ways to tell the story. . .An unmitigated disaster in the hands of one writer may be an unqualified success in the hands of another.”

Who is it?  This blogger has some moods, but regardless of those moods always informs the readers.

SIGN UP or VISIT the others who are on this AtoZ Challenge and check out the HOSTS:

Arlee Bird @ Tossing it Out
Tina @ Life is Good

Damyanti @ Amlokiblogs

Jeremy @ Being Retro

Nicole Ayers - The Madlab Post

M. J. Joachim’s Writing Tips
Pam @ An Unconventional Librarian

Comments

  1. Ah Gary, how did U miss this posting? I think Mr. Alphabet Dude aka Arlee Bird or whatever, should get more sleep. A victim of his own ridiculous challenge. Sweet, sweet irony!

    I have no idea who the mystery person is. I could copy and paste the answer, but nah.

    Okay, cause I'm trying to be as amazing as you, not much chance of that, I shall now visit your posting above this posting.

    Bonus cookies?

    Gary

  3. Mooderino is my first choice. I peeked in a lot last year. Always gave sound advice. And yeah, I'm also surprised at the different takes on a piece of writing one writer can have over another. I've seen this happen in critique groups.
    Shells–Tales–Sails

  7. I see the cat's outta the "U" bag:) I like his perspective, it speaks to my inner-rebel *rules? there's no stink'n rules*

    WriterlySam
    Echoes of Olympus
    A to Z #TeamDamyanti

  19. That's Mooderino! He totally rocks, and I read his blog all the time — he's fabulous when it comes to craft and technique. It's an unusual name though. Kind of reminds me of an old-fashioned nickname, like The Fonz, Jimmy the Schnoz … and Mooderino.

  21. Moody writing. Yep, I peeked at Alex's answer. But I do have catnip, and I'm not afraid to use it. 🙂

    Good idea for your 2014 theme, C. Lee. Great way to support your fellow writers. 🙂

  24. I don't know the Moody Writing person, but he/she sounds very scientific. The Unified Writing theory sounds like the String theory in physics that's supposed to make sense of everything in the universe. Does the Unified Writing theory make sense of everything in a writer's universe?

  29. Wow, I really overslept this morning. The alarm woke me at 5:30. Too early to beat Alex here, but looks like everybody else slept later too -or were so stumped they didn't leave a comment. But I agree with Alex. With the clue it has to be Mood at Moody Writing. And he often writes about technical aspects of writing.

    I sure wish I could sleep like I did this morning when the week-end is here.

    Lee
    Wrote By Rote
    An A to Z Co-host blog

  31. I'm impressed. I always struggled with U when I had to do an A-Z theme. I'm curious to see what you have for X and Z