ROCK THE ROW – International Twitter Party Celebrating ROW80’s Round 4 In Grand Style

How’s that for a long post title?
Note: (ROW80 Deets first, Party Deets second.)

By now, most of you know what ROW80 is (if not, click here). Organized by Kait Nolan (@kaitnolan), this is the writing challenge that focuses on realistic goal-setting and cameraderie.

Here’s how you do it:

1. Announce your goals publicly, through a blog post or a dedicated page on your blog. (Some people do both). Understand that if life changes or you find the goals unworkable, you can change your goals.
2. Check-ins are every Wednesday and Sunday at the ROW80 Blog. There will be a LinkyTool there to click on and list YOUR check-in post. This is important, for support and accountability.
3. Here’s a link to this week’s check-in: 10/4 Goals Linky. (This is NOT the linky for the contest entries – see below.)
4. Be sure to click on some of the other links in the Linky to cheer your Team ROW80 members on in their quest.
5. Use the #ROW80 hashtag often – for chatting, word sprints, or to share posts that will help other people achieve their goals.

My Goals for Round 4

I will get detailed on that one in the Wedneday check-in because this post isn’t really about ME – it’s about you and the fun we’re going to have for the next 24 hours!!!

Rock The Row – Party Details

• Theme: “Rock the Row”
  How you want to reflect the theme in your photo or blog is up to you. I leave it to your outrageously creative imagination!
• Date: October 5th, 12:01 AM to 11:59 PM EST in the U.S.
  That’s 9:01 pm PST, 10:01 MST…you get the picture. The party continues throughout the day – just hop on when it works for you and join the fun. 🙂
• Party’s at the #ROW80 hashtag.
  Fire up your Tweet Deck or HootSuite and let’s get jiggy with it. Note: If you don’t know how to make a column in Tweet Deck, click here for Patrick Thunstrom’s wonderful Tweet Deck Learning Guide.
• Photo and Blog Competitions:
  Details are below!

 

To enter the photo competition:

• Take a photo that reflects the “Rock The Row” theme. Go find one on the internet if you like (just give credit, OK?).
• Upload it during the party and alert me @jhansenwrites, or my splendid co-host @NicoleBasaraba, if you want us to include it in the competition. (YFrog or Twitpic are good apps for photos)
• Creativity is a plus. In the #DevilColony party for James Rollins’ book launch, my favorite two pics were:
  – Kristen Lamb with her hair in big rollers, singing into a hairbrush, and
  – Piper Bayard carrying a tray of deviled eggs, wearing her bellydancing garb and holding a sword in her teeth.
• Nicole Basaraba and I will each pick our faves and send them to Kait to decide the top five (5). Team Row80 members will take a poll to decide the final winner.
• The winner of the photo contest receives an e-book copy of Kait’s fantastic book, Red.
• p.s. This is in the spirit of fun, so please don’t get bent if you don’t make the finals.

To enter the blog competition:

• Create a blog that reflects the “Rock The Row” theme. (Here was my first post – here’s Nicole’s…LOVE her “Party Rock Anthem!”)
• Creativity is a plus, as are good graphics.
• Nicole and I will look at the comments on our ROW80 blogs for recommendations of top picks. In addition, we’ll each pick our faves and haggle about them in private. 🙂
• Top picks will go to Kait Nolan to be included in a mash-up on the ROW80 Blog. Blog competition prize is inclusion in Kait’s mash-up and bragging rights.
• This is great publicity for you, so start creating.
• To enter the blog competition, click here for the newest ROW80 blog on the contest (caution: this is not the post that says “State Your Goals!”)

My party co-host, Nicole Basaraba, also has Alberta Ross guest posting today on ROW80 and doing a book give-away. Free books, you say?! *running to Nicole’s site…*

Questions anyone? Are you READY TO ROCK THE ROW?? If so, I’ll see you online at the #ROW80 hashtag. 🙂

Jenny