No need to hold your breath for this one. No drum rolls either. The theme being revealed here for the A-Z Challenge 2014 is that of *theme-less-ness*. Yessir, absolutely no theme. Zilch. Anything could find its way to the blog during the challenge except that I will be sticking to the alphabet of the day, which is the idea of the challenge anyway: to start with A on the 1st of April and go on to finish it with a Z on the 30th (you get four off days too!). When you are done with the 26 alphabets, you do the happy dance, which is sort of optional by the way.
So in April you will find that my thoughts (on anything under the sun or beyond), opinions, rants, musings, humorous takes and yes, definitely digs at the pompous and insufferable, will continue as before. Come to think of it, all that does sound like a theme to me. The, I, me, myself theme. And why not? After all this is my nest. Makes sense that I write about the twigs, eggs, feathers, the branches, the trees, the forest, other birds, the flying and what I think of it all, the bird’s view, if not the birds’s eye-view. Yippeee! Whaddya know, I got myself a theme, after all. But wait, there is more.
I might make up a couple of wild tales (yes, I have got imagination, thank you!) in between and serve them on a platter suitably labeled as fiction. Now one thing about the stories I write. Be prepared, they might be sad as in the down-in-the-dumps type or the hilariously happy kind, rare though. It all depends on whether the Moon is big, fat and juicy or wasting away with sickness while I am penning them. You see, I am your quintessential moon-child, swayed by the Moon’s waxing and waning, not the fake ones parading as the real stuff. In addition, it might also trigger poetry spouting and if you are lucky (and I mean really, really lucky), you will get to read some totally depressing stuff that passes off for verse. Anyway, one hopes it does not come to that, does one not?
So yeah, here I am, theme-less for my very first A to Z Challenge at Shail’s Nest, but content all the same, and at peace in that *theme-less-ness*. Bring it on, I say.
©Shail Mohan 2014
Kate @ Another Clean Slate said:
I had no theme last year and it worked. Winging it can be fun!
shail said:
Welcome to Shail’s Nest, Kate. 🙂
Nischala said:
🙂 looking forward.. go with the flow. you write beautifully 🙂
shail said:
Welcome to Shail’s Nest, Nischala and thank you 🙂
Stefani said:
I did not have a theme my first year and that totally worked for me. Not having a theme gives you the freedom to write about anything you like. Welcome to the challenge. It’s a lot of fun! 🙂
Stefani @ Dreams of Nyssa
shail said:
It certainly gives you an amount of flexibility to be themeless. I am sure the challenge is going to be fun. Btw, welcome to Shail’s Nest, Stefani and thank you for the comment 🙂
McGuffy Ann said:
I look forward to your posts!
shail said:
I hope you enjoy reading them! 🙂
McGuffy Ann said:
I believe that I will!
shail said:
🙂
Roshni said:
I loved your photo blog output of last year! Can’t wait to see what you have in store for this year!
shail said:
That had been fun too. This time around I will have to coax them words to do my bidding, not just the lens 😉
Suzy said:
Random is great theme Shail – it was mine for the last AtoZ.
shail said:
Gives me more room to manoeuvre 🙂
Proactive Indian said:
‘No theme’ is a good theme! You can post on just about anything and use the Thesaurus to get a title starting with the Letter of the Day, or even have titles in Hindi, Malayalam, or any language!
I’m happy to know I’ll get to read at least 26 posts from you in April 2014!!
shail said:
Just the thing, you can take it any which way you like. 🙂
I hope you enjoy all 26 of them!
Pooja Abhay said:
Now that is a good theme, no? Btw, I am hoping L stands for Luci and A for Adventures of Luci, B for boyfriends of Luci. I love your Luci. 🙂
shail said:
Last year I had suggestion from friends to do a picture challenge for A to Z, with Luci as the subject. Well may be next year that will be the way i will do it 😉 And oh, L is reserved for Luci, alright 😀
Sandhya Kumar said:
As Pooja says more than 50% will be on Luci baby, I am sure! Won’t mind at all! Themeless is really a good theme…better than ‘with theme’! You are free to write about anything as you say! You are good in poetry…waiting to read, read, read!
shail said:
Yes, and I prefer to be free with no restrictions on what to write about 😀
Thank you Sandhya 😀 I can guarantee you that you will laugh at the very first post. I am also sure you will read it out to your family 😉
simple girl said:
ramdomosity …. 🙂
shail said:
Yes 🙂
Jorie said:
Hallo, Hallo fellow A2Z’er! 🙂
I had a bit of a “late, late” like the Rabbit of Alice in Wonderland start to the A to Z Reveal today! Thankfully, everyone has been posting their Reveal posts to Twitter, and thereby, I am able to visit & hop! 🙂
My goodness, that is quite the introduction to your themeless within a theme but with a wanderer’s heart woven in for good measure to A2Z! I’m not quite sure what to expect from your challenge posts, but I’ll surely drop by to see what you’re up too! Intrigued with a hint of suspense reading your Reveal! :O Laughs. Melancholic posts within the subtext of story or verse might not be so bad either! Hmm,… will drop back!
How a wicked sweet time blogging!
I’m quite excited myself! 🙂
I’m a first timer btw!
Jorie A to Z Reveal Post
shail said:
Welcome to Shail’s Nest, Jorie. A little suspense is a good thing, no? I will make you laugh at least a few of the times, rest assured 😉 And thank God for Twitter that we can find the posts to hop to!
Now I have to hop over to yours and see what you have up your sleeve for the challenge 🙂
Patricia Lynne (@plynne_writes) said:
Nothing wrong with a little randomness. 😉
shail said:
Welcome to Shail’s Nest, Patricia. Yes randomness has its own charm 🙂
Dagny said:
‘digs at the pompous and insufferable’ sounds absolutely delectable Shail. That’s something I’d happily sink my teeth into. 😀
Bring it On!
shail said:
You bet, Dagny! 😉
dreamzandclouds said:
I am sure you are going to rock the challenge…best wishes! 🙂
shail said:
Thank you, M! 🙂
dreamzandclouds said:
🙂
Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekar said:
You don’t need a theme, Shail, and I’m glad to hear you are going to tackle the challenge without one. Anything you say is worth pondering over. 🙂
shail said:
So sweet of you to say that, Cynthia! Thank you so much! 🙂
jaibalarao said:
Themeless….I was going to go themeless….But I got scared….will be back everyday in April 🙂
shail said:
Welcome to Shail’s Nest, Jaibala. Glad that you will be here daily in April. Always welcome. 🙂
pixie said:
oh goody!
I was getting worried… people have been so fabulous and organized and setting up themes and whatnot!
And here I was planning on writing without even signing up with no theme in mind!
shail said:
Oh you are writing? Get yourself a supporter badge if you aren’t joining. But I am glad you are writing! 🙂
janakinagaraj said:
I too don’t feel that I should be bound by a theme…it is better to be free. Good Luck Shail.
shail said:
Thank you, Janaki 🙂
afshan18 said:
I have no theme too ! Now this post gives me courage ! Hoping we rock it Hugs
shail said:
We will, I am sure. Hugs back 🙂
Psych Babbler said:
I like the Theme-less theme Shail! 🙂 Looking forward to following your posts… 🙂
shail said:
Thank you, Psych Babbler 🙂
Rajlakshmi said:
theme or no theme … you can unleash all those wild tales … I am curious to know what they are 😛
shail said:
Lol, you know what curiosity did to the cat 😉 Just kidding 🙂
atexasgirlblogs said:
Hello, and it is nice to find someone else without a theme. I too just plan on blogging what ever hits me that day. Good luck and have fun.
shail said:
Thank you and welcome to Shail’s Nest 🙂
KS Counselor said:
I love the quote above your picture.
shail said:
Thank you 🙂