So some friends are finally reading my unfinished novel that I started 3 years ago during National Novel Writing Month. I am so excited! I’m getting lots of good feedback and it’s making me want to continue writing and rework some parts. Maybe I’ll do the National Novel Writing year…

Just watched Born Into Brothels, what a great film. It follows a photographer, Zana Briski, as she lives in the red light district of Calcutta documenting life there. She becomes very attached to the children who live in the brothels and teaches them how to take photographs. The children are totally transformed from the experience, finding a great deal of joy in making art. The film really showed the power of art to heal and to change lives. It’s a really touching and bittersweet film.