Blaugust starts August 1st

Blaugust is a festival of blogging by Belghast and it’s starting in two and a half weeks! I’m inviting you to join our lovely community of bloggers. It’s been running for over a decade now but for me, it’s only the second year. You can find more information about the event as well as links to the sign up form and our Discord community in the announcement post.

Belghast describes the festival as:

Blaugust is a month-long event that takes place each August which focuses on blogging primarily and has started to include other forms of serialized content over the last several years. The goal is to stoke the fires of creativity and allow bloggers and other content creators to mingle in a shared community while pushing each other to post more regularly. Above all the goal of Blaugust has always been to prove to folks that they can in fact sit down every day and create something fresh and then share it with the world. Posting regularly builds a community and in this era of AI-slop content, our voices are needed even more than we ever have been at any point in the past. Our hope is to create a nurturing environment where Veteran bloggers can help those just getting started and the cross-pollination of ideas can create something truly spectacular.

Even though there’s a stated goal of posting 31 times in August, that’s not the important part or that serious of a goal. It’s my goal but like with all these challenges, the main thing is to provide inspiration and social accountability to put the pen to the paper and write more. So don’t be intimidated by the number 31 and join regardless!

Last year, I discovered Blaugust in July mere days before the event started and somehow managed to get my writing engines up and running fast enough to maintain a daily posting pace throughout the entire month. I managed to lure a couple of my friends to join as well which was a lot of fun.

I like Blaugust a lot for its community. I discovered so many great blogs and met so many wonderful people during the month and I’m hoping to find even more this year.

If you have a blog – or you’re thinking about starting one – Blaugust is a great spot to give your writing a good kickstart or revitalising refresh.