RE: Misc: "The time has come," the Walrus said...

["Technical Writing Plus" <doc-x -at- earthlink -dot- net>]

Geoff, We will miss your information and your informative posts. I'm hoping
that you will eventually change your mind and come back. On occasion I'm
sure that I will think 'Didn't Geoff Hart talk about that very thing on
techwr-l? It should be in the archives if he did'. 

BTW your freelance editing and translation site at
http://www.geoff-hart.com/index.html does not seem to have a link to your
brand-new and worthy* fiction site at
http://www.geoff-hart.com/fiction/index.htm . 

* I just read 'Distaff war' at
http://www.geoff-hart.com/fiction/short-stories/2009/distaffwar.htm and I
think that it is a good piece. I look forward to reading some of your other
fiction too. 

Jim Jones  	chineseadjuster.webs.com

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Of Geoff Hart
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:05 AM
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Subject: Misc: "The time has come," the Walrus said...


...  I've been a member of techwr-l since roughly 1993, when Eric and Deb  
first unleashed this forum on an unsuspecting world. During that time,  
I've spent an average of something like an hour a day (despite  
vacations and weekends -- some slow work days, I spend far more time  
than this) in various e-mail discussion groups, helping to build a  
community and learning a lot over the years by helping others.

But various frustrations, online and off, have gradually made it clear  
that I can't sustain that level of effort any more, includng the fact  
that I seem to have no time left for my own writing anymore and  
particularly not for my fiction. So it's time to tip my hat, take a  
bow, and leave. This may just be a long sabbatical, or it may be  
permanent... the latter more likely. But leave I must.

If you're interested in keeping up with what I'll be doing in coming  
months, please join me on LinkedIn.com; I'll be increasingly using  
that community to keep professional colleagues up to date on what I've  
been doing. I've also created a blog at <http://blatherskite.dreamwidth.org/

 >* that I hope to begin using for various ramblings, and as a link to  
my fiction site. Give me a week or so to get it up and running and  
figure out what I want to do with it.

* Of course I know what it means. <g>

It's been a pleasure and an honor, but it's time to move on. Best  
wishes to all. ..

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