Author Julie Isaac put together the 2011 S.H.I.N.E. Online Blogging Challenge to help inspire bloggers to post more–so that they in turn inspire their readers. (Julie is the founder of the WritingSpirit Book Writers Community, so inspiring writers is right in her natural zone.)

I bumped into the S.H.I.N.E. challenge via Twitter, and it fit right in with the accountability festival I was drumming up early this month. In fact, I came up with the term “accountability festival”, which ended up being the title of one of my columns, when I was posting in the comments section of Julie’s blog about joining in on the challenge. Funny how things come about from small moments and coincidences. It’s synchronicity, or serendipity. It’s synchrondipity! (Which, sadly, is also the name of a chewing tobacco targeted at teenage drummers.)

Thanks to Julie and the WritingSpirit folks who are joining us in the 111-day challenge. I’ve only blown it one day so far! :-)

I was thinking about linking to all the other bloggers in the #SHINE2011 challenge, but there are a LOT of them. You can find them all in the comments section of the main 2011 S.H.I.N.E. Online blog post.