I've decided to commemorate Rarely Likable's third anniversary by taking a month off from it. There'll be a linkbucket later on today, and that's it until 6/1.
I started this blog to keep words about reading and writing in front of my face. I live in a community better known for impending sprawl than literary scene, I have friends and family who mostly do things that don't involve imaginary people. There are times when it's great, but there are times when it really isn't. Rarely Likable has kept me accountable when it would have been easier just to stop. It's done that to the degree that I think I can put it down for a month, without worrying I'll never come back.
Speaking of accountability, here are some of my plans for May:
1. Lots and lots of reading. Good god, I am behind on reading. I should take a break for that alone. I should take a break for the Million Writers Award Notable Short Stories of 2007 alone.
2. Organization, inventory, and rewrites.
3. Embracing the dark side.
4. Deciding between two projects that have been very much on my mind.
I hope I come back with some new perspective. At minimum, I'll post a poem in June. If I'm unlucky (lucky?), it'll be about American Idol.
Please feel free to monitor my eroding social skills via IM (gnomeloaf) email (gnomeloafATgmailDOTcom), or at any of the places listed to the top right. Also, be sure to check out any of the links to the middle right that you haven't already. I may have abominable taste in many things, but I like to think that the Internet is only sometimes one of them.
Until after we know what happens to the Oceanic Six,
Erin