Hey great to hear how this crazy idea kicked off and has evolved over time! I nearly choked on my chocolate when you said you had been thinking (some time ago now) about doing a collection of short stories based on a block - I have had exactly the same idea! My flash piece 'Special Delivery' kicked me off and I was thinking I could do a whole series of them. Great minds, Jodi!
Jen - Chris is considering doing a collection of short stories - you and he should definitely talk. We already seem to be forming a NaNo support group... many of us veterans who want something more out of this year than 50,000 words!
The idea of doing NaNo as a series of short stories is intriguing. I had a hard time with NaNo last year so maybe I'll give this a go.
It's interesting to hear about the genesis of the project.