Oh, God! I am such dead-weight!

Curse me for being part of the problem and not the solution. I shall go into my chamber and sulk, now.

No, really! I feel a special kind of crap because I was part of that mudslide of lethargy trying to bring FFF down.

Do it matter if it is lethargy or malice? No! Curse me!

Really! Curse me with whatever you've got. I deserve it.

Do it now.

Running Sammy

I will try to do better, MUCH.

RS

Laurie, Ben, sorry for the extended absence! Let me know how I can make it up, okay? Now let me go and make up something interesting for Friday. God! RS

 I'm  so sorry I've not been able to post/critique anything lately. Life caught up really fast. Once things settle down a bit, I'll try to get back in the swing of things! I've got plenty of new (and better, IMHO) stories and poems.

hey, all--

happy wednesday.

first, a quick but heartfelt apology for not being as present in the circle as i'd like the past couple of weeks--i've been distracted by a fancy new writing program at home, and my novel's been singing that siren song...i have high hopes i'll be able to better organize my time, though, and look forward to catching up on the critiques i owe several of you. thank you for your patience.

i have a request  regarding weekly circle member (heh, i said 'member' interviews. 

all of you not yet featured, please raise your hands. mmhmm. mmhmm. *counting* . . . so, we've got  nine folks left by my figuring. my usual strategic timeline with these things is to contact the current week's writer on tue/wed of the week for a saturday 'unveiling'.

i've been noticing more people spending time less often onsite, and with this tight a turnaround chasing the less-present folks down adds to my wrinkles and unsightly bikini line.

and nobody wants that.

so, my request is this: if you're hip, with the program, down with your bad self, and want to participate in the ultra-fabulous brief moment of fame/notoriety the interview affords you (as well as letting us get to know you a bit better, and indulging our nosier instincts ;D), please send me a message (scratchpad, email, whatevah) to let me know. i'll send out everyone's interviews and keep them in my secret drawer, whipping them out without prior notification--nobody will know who's week it is until i reveal the name!!! mwuahuahuahuaaaa!!!!

ahem.

if you have general (or specific) comments about how you feel the interviews are going, please feel welcome to let me (or ben!) know! i'd love to hear back from you guys. (i know i hear back from myself more than enough. )

i'm also positive ben would love to hear from all of you about how the circle's going--what's working, what's motivating you, what changes you'd like to see. please feel comfortable sending him a note.

so, to recap:

*if you haven't yet been interviewed for the group and would like to be, please let me know asap! if i don't hear from you, i'll assume you're happy writing and posting, no interview desired. just drop me a note so i know where we stand.

as for this week's featured writer, i'm hoping y'all won't be too disappointed to know i'm taking a wee (heh, i said 'wee' break--pending your responses, we'll resume next week!

i hope everyone's having a productive, writing-packed week, and i'll be seeing you all on friday.