The short answer is no. What this is is what we bloggers call a hiatus. (An hiatus?) Someone once told me that writers groups could take up all of your time and leave no time for writing. Blogging was getting like that for me. That and I got tired of writing endless drivel about how to write and decided to go out and actually write. I’m free now so don’t weep for me. That and keep a spot for me on your feed reader. (And if you don’t have one, may I suggest Google Reader?) Lord willing I’ll be back not long after the first of the year. I’ve got a short story lying fallow on the back forty that I intend to rewrite and publish by then. Will it be any good? You’ll only know if you come back.