Do I Nanowrimo?

Part of me is dying to sign up for Nanowrimo again. Last year I only finished about 17,000 words but I was pleased anyway, since I didn't think I'd even get that much written. I just reread part of my first chapter and I still think it's good. I can't latch onto the concept that writing junk is worthwhile, but it's certainly fun to give myself the limited time of one month to write my brains out.

This year it may be impossible:I'm entranced with Soul Food and have no intention of leaving it even for a month, Crown Financial will last most of November and Jim, from CoffeeHouse says we'll be starting up the crit group within the next couple of weeks.

Still. I have two ideas that have been niggling to be written for ages. One is a collection of short stories that I'd call The Girl Who Loved Doors, and the
other, a combination of fiction and non-fiction called Connecting My Dots.
So, we'll just have to see if it will happen.

Crown Financial Ministries

What a satisfying day I had today. Our Crown Financial Ministries' group met for the second time after church. It's an interesting concept, studying the Bible to see what it has to say about finances. Turns out it's a lot more than "The love of money is the root of all evil." According to Crown, there are 2,350 verses linked to money, how we make, spend, give and save it.

We're a small group, just our leader Carlos, Ruth, Lois, Betty and I but our discussions have been animated and interesting. There's something about a small church study group that brings out the best in people. I already sense a new closeness and affection building among us. Reading our homework responses and discussing the Bible verses opens the door to sharing our faith and, although the opinions sometimes raise questions rather than answer them, faith is strengthened. It will be a good ten weeks

Thanks Blogger

I got spammed today. The spammer seemed to think they were doing me a favor and promised to get in touch again. No thanks. Blogger now has word verification to discourage unwanted comments. Thanks, Blogger.

Katrina's Artists and Writers

Soul Food has just set up a blog called Artists without Borders. It came about because of Katrina but will be available to displaced artists and writers anywhere in the world. We hope to offer a venue to writers and artists from the Gulf Coast who have access to computers and also to supply creative ways to help the victims of the hurricane. http://borderfree.blogspot.com/