101 Reasons to Stop Writing

March 6 is a special anniversary for myself and Ms Reasons. Not too many people can say that they were already in love on the day they met their partner, but on March 6, 1999 I stepped off an interstate bus after a 57-hour journey, with everything I owned in two bags, and saw for the first time the woman I would spend the rest of my life with. It was a sweet ending to the romantic short story of how we met, and the first page of a romantic epic that now spans nine years, six houses, two continents, and four children, and may be about to enter its second act. I won’t tell you that story, because you won’t believe it.

(BTW, I know I’m a day late. I’m also a dollar short.)

Last year, I marked the anniversary on this blog with an open thread, where just-for-the-heck-of-it I invited readers to say hello, and where they’re from. Some 65 people responded (and hundreds didn’t, the slackers), letting me know I have readers from all over the US, Canada, Australia, and readers from the UK, France, Spain and even Libya and Mozambique. Logorrhea is truly a global phenomenon.

Let’s do it again this year. Whether you’re a regular reader or you’ve just found this site after searching for "bad sci-fi writing cliche", take a minute to leave a comment.

Some suggested topics:

• the worst book you ever read (and why you read it)
• the thing that annoys you most about other writers
• what you hate most about this site

If you commented on last years’ thread, now’s the time to gloat about how you were reading the blog before the New York Times told you to.