Mehs

I've got'em, and I've noticed that others around the blogosphere seem to be quieter also. Has it all been said/read, and we're just re-treading, repeating, regurgitating? Or is it that a number of author-bloggers were previously either unpublished or at a different place in their careers where deadlines weren't so plentiful and therefore they had more time to post? Were they a bit more ‘daring’ in their previous pre-published, pre-NY, Not-such-a-known-entity posts, when they didn’t have to think/worry about offending some reader/editor/agent/reviewer? (Yes, you might have noticed I edited my post below now that I have something submitted :-P) It’s probably a combination of all those things along with whatever crap happens from time to time in the real world.

And speaking of meh, am I the only one who finds AAR not as *energetic* since they changed over board formatting? No doubt the same lethargy that has affected the rest of the online Romance community plays a part there as well, but for me there's something about the new setup that doesn't foster the same type of rousing dialogue/exchanges and interesting segues as before. Now all the boards seem like one big ATBF board (which, previous, I found to be the least interesting/active of all their threads. While RtR, Reviews & Potpourri, where always jumping.) Now I see the same generic *what have you read lately* type discussions that I see elsewhere. For me, AAR seems to have lost some vital uniqueness in the change.

Mehs part III: This weekend is all about writing and housework with a couple of errands thrown in. The big high-light of the week-end? I came across a recipe for mango pie which I'm looking forward to making. Hopefully it won’t turn out ‘meh’. ;-)