Bloggiesta's Here! Run for cover!

This is my first time joining Bloggiesta.  Before now, I just didn't have much to my blog.  Now my blog has grown and grown.  I think I have some projects lined up just for this event.  My goal list (even if it's a bit ambitious):

1. Clean up various pages (About; Quotes; Blogs; Review Policy; Thankfuls; RCs)
2. Clean up right hand column
3. Prep templates/posts through December
4. Recheck reading challenge spreadsheet/update posts and right column
5. Update Day Zero Project (page and actual website)
6. Clean out GoogleReader
7. Connect with other bloggers
8. Make review templates for books in TBR piles
9. Get books prepped for giveaway (October 5th...)
10. Prep quote wednesday/top ten tuesday posts for next six months
11. Update Music Monday spreadsheet
12. Add series to book reviews with links to my reviews
13. Transfer over paper TBR list to spreadsheet
14. Add TBR spreadsheets to GR shelves

Many of my goals are background and my own organization issues.  They probably won't be many visible changes to the blog, but hopefully these goals will get me organized and ahead in my routine blogging.

Bloggiesta's Just Around the Corner

From It's All About Books and There's a Book:

Fall is a busy time of year with school starting and with a number of other blogging events going on, including Book Blogger Appreciation Week (don’t miss this!), but we wanted to give everyone some time to focus on those small tasks that fall by the wayside during busy times. Bloggiesta is the perfect event to check off those to-do lists and also get inspiration going into the wintry months! It’s also a great opportunity to connect with other bloggers you may have not met before or haven’t talked to in awhile. We’d love to have anyone interested to join in the fun!

Remember, the level of commitment during Bloggiesta is up to you. We’d love for you to find lots of time to devote to blogging with us during those three days, but if you have just one day that you can join us, or even just a few hours of one day, please do not hesitate to sign up.

If you decide to participate in the Fall 2012 edition you can expect:

• to spend time that weekend (as much or as little as your schedule allows) working on your blog
• to create a to do list to share on your blog and link up with other participants
• to hopefully participant in several mini challenges and learn something new
• to connect with other participants through blog hopping or twitter
• to make new blogging friends!
• to come away at the end of the three days with a spiffed up blog!

A few of the topics we’ve already had interest in through our mini-challenge sign-ups (now closed):

• Scheduling Posts and Organization
• Increasing Blog Traffic
• Using a Variety of Applications in Conjunction with your Blogging. (ie. Evernote, Microsoft Access, etc.)
• WordPress vs. Blogger
• Discussion Posts…How-to
• And many many more!

This is my first time joining Bloggiesta.  Before now, I just didn't have much to my blog.  Now my blog has grown and grown.  I think I have some projects lined up just for this event.  Tentative goal list:

• Clean up various pages (About; Quotes; Blogs; Review Policy; Thankfuls; RCs)
• Clean up right hand column
• Prep templates/posts through December
• Recheck reading challenge spreadsheet
• Update Day Zero Project (page and actual website)
• Clean out GoogleReader
• Connect with other bloggers