Welcome once again to Fandango’s Provocative Question. Each week I will pose what I think is a provocative question for your consideration.

By provocative, I don’t mean a question that will cause annoyance or anger. Nor do I mean a question intended to arouse sexual desire or interest.

What I do mean is a question that is likely to get you to think, to be creative, and to provoke a response. Hopefully a positive response.

My provocative question today is simple, although it’s a multi-parter. As you probably know, for many bloggers, April is the month of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. The official badge for this year is below.

There are 26 letters in the English language and 30 days in April, so each year the A to Z promoters try to sign up as many bloggers as possible to register at the official A to Z Challenge site, to pick a theme for the challenge, and to post A to Z Challenge entries every day during the month (except Sundays). The idea is to go through the alphabet, starting with the letter A on April 1st and ending with the letter Z on April 30th. Here’s the calendar for 2023:

For the record, I have formally and officially participated in the A to Z Challenges from 2018 through 2022. I am participating again this year, but I’m going rogue, so to speak, as are a few other bloggers I’m aware of. Essentially, I am not registering on the official A to Z site, but I am planning to post A to Z posts just I’ve done in the past when I had officially registered. Blogger Paula Light even created a special A to Z “Rebels” badge for folks like us.

So this week’s multi-part provocative question is:

Are you planning to formally and officially register for this year’s A to Z Blogging Challenge, pick a theme, and participate? Why or why not?

Or, are you planning to informally and unofficially participate in this year’s A to Z Blogging Challenge on an ad hoc basis?

Or, are you going to skip the A to Z Challenge altogether?

Note: I encourage everyone who wishes to participate in this year’s A to Z Blogging Challenge to join the official, main group and to sign up on the officially sanctioned list! More information on how to do so can be found here.

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