101 Reasons to Stop Writing

It’s been a long time since this blog was abandoned updated. Here’s a quick message about what our contributors have been up to.

Sean Lindsay
For the last four months Sean has been involved in a long-term study on the effects of not writing, conducted by social scientists at the University of Helsinki, Literary Psychology School. Though it is too early to discuss specifics, the results are encouraging, and it seems possible at this stage that former writers may be able to successfully transition back into mainstream society.

Paul Riddell
Though rejected as a subject in the same study, Paul Riddell has ceased writing on his own. He has eliminated writing in every form from his life — no blog, no books, no keyboard on his computer, no text messaging, no post-it notes. He only communicates orally, and even then only with people he isn’t tempted to punch in the mouth. He is presently working in plant genetics research, attempting to develop a gene therapy that will make trees impervious to woodchipping and pulping.

Stephen Jayson Harris
Stephen Harris recently resigned from his position as Books Editor for the Boise Gleaner, after the Books section was reduced from a quarter-page at the back of the International Finance section, down to a column heading in the Classifieds. He is suing the newspaper to regain rights to the backlog of book-related articles they’ve refused to publish, while covering the McCain campaign for New England Prose Poetry magazine.

Edgar Harris
It’s finally been conclusively proven that Edgar Harris, former sports editor for Science Fiction Age, never actually existed. “Edgar Harris” was the collective pseudonym used by a group of freelance writers who felt their science fiction sports coverage wasn’t being taken seriously by the Peabody panel. The group disbanded in 2002, leaving the “Edgar Harris” moniker to be abused by domain name squatters.

Sir Thomas DeKay
Having decided to update his resume, Sir Thomas has been diligently studying modern computing via the For Dummies book series (he is presently reading eBay PowerSeller Business Practices For Dummies). He expects to be able to post his own articles on this website, when he gets to Wordpress for Dummies. His latest volume of poetry, Inspired by The Predictions of the Death of Print, is seeking a publisher.