To all my AW friends:
This is much harder than I thought it was going to be. But as the old adage goes, don't beat around the bush. So....
I am resigning as an AW employee, and stepping down as an admin and mod here on the forums, effective as of the end of the year. Yes, that's in a couple of days.
The reason is purely one of time: I have none. Actually, most days it feels like I'm running a deficit. Many of you know I work long hours at my day job. Couple that with the obligations that go along with working for AW and being an admin here, and I end up with virtually no time left over for anything else, like my wife ... or writing.
Since learning about the business of writing and honing my skills is why I came to the Water Cooler in the first place, I really have no choice but to cut back somewhere if I want to recharge my writerly batteries. I am going to remain a 'citizen', though; you'd have to drag me out of here kicking and screaming. But I need to divest myself of the obligations I have to AW so that I can come and go with no strings attached. If I need to stay away for a while to get some writing done, I can do so without guilt.
My time as a mod and then an admin has been one of the best experiences of my life, I'll never regret it. Being one of the people who look after this place is an enormous source of pride and has contributed in no small way to my identity as a writer, but it's time to move to a new phase. So this is not goodbye, it's just a change. Hopefully, in the not too distant future, I'll be able to drop by the announcements forum and tell you I've followed in the footsteps of so many of our fellow members and found an agent, or even better, a home for at least one of my novels.
Wish me luck! See you around the boards.
This is much harder than I thought it was going to be. But as the old adage goes, don't beat around the bush. So....
I am resigning as an AW employee, and stepping down as an admin and mod here on the forums, effective as of the end of the year. Yes, that's in a couple of days.
The reason is purely one of time: I have none. Actually, most days it feels like I'm running a deficit. Many of you know I work long hours at my day job. Couple that with the obligations that go along with working for AW and being an admin here, and I end up with virtually no time left over for anything else, like my wife ... or writing.
Since learning about the business of writing and honing my skills is why I came to the Water Cooler in the first place, I really have no choice but to cut back somewhere if I want to recharge my writerly batteries. I am going to remain a 'citizen', though; you'd have to drag me out of here kicking and screaming. But I need to divest myself of the obligations I have to AW so that I can come and go with no strings attached. If I need to stay away for a while to get some writing done, I can do so without guilt.
My time as a mod and then an admin has been one of the best experiences of my life, I'll never regret it. Being one of the people who look after this place is an enormous source of pride and has contributed in no small way to my identity as a writer, but it's time to move to a new phase. So this is not goodbye, it's just a change. Hopefully, in the not too distant future, I'll be able to drop by the announcements forum and tell you I've followed in the footsteps of so many of our fellow members and found an agent, or even better, a home for at least one of my novels.
Wish me luck! See you around the boards.