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Half-Season Break

December 8, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Sometimes life sends you little subtle signals like a string of insomnia-laced nights.  When it does… it kinda pays to listen to them.

I’ve got a social calendar that’s really filled up until Christmas, (Hell I’m out every evening from Wednesday till Sunday this week).  I’ve also an adventure to write that must be delivered in the next 45 days.  Since things are often interrelated, I’m also having some health stuff to deal with.

Thus, I’m turning Musings into rerun mode until the week of December 20th. I plan to post at least three of my old articles a week.  Each will have open comments which I’ll follow and respond to.

Alternatively, if you’d like to step up the plate and write a (or a few) guest posts on this here blog here, I would be very appreciative!  Just send me a short email at chattydm@chattydm.net and send me a pitch.  If I retain it, I’ll create you an authors’ account and I’ll let you post your piece!

I’ll be back with new content at around Christmas time.

Until then, I hope you’ll enjoy some of my oldies and/or the guest posts and I hope they will kindle some new and great discussions.

Have a great week!

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Comments

  1. Michael M says

    December 8, 2008 at 1:36 am

    Take it easy Chatty! Your SAN and HP is more important than your EXP.

    It sounds busy, but we all know you can tackle it! Hope things lighten up for you soon.

  2. greywulf says

    December 8, 2008 at 5:44 am

    Good decision, Phil.

    If we’re busy can we rerun our comments too? 😀

    Have a great breakette, look forward to your return. Now get outta here!

    greywulfs last blog post..Marvel RPG Week Day Seven: Collation

  3. ChattyDM says

    December 8, 2008 at 6:12 am

    For those who care, I actually had a good night’s sleep.

    And since my friend PM asked, I’ve haven’t yet felt the urge to write a colossal post like I always have been doing whenever I said I was taking a break. If such an urge does hit, it’s going to go all in my adventure… Which is shaping up nicely…

  4. Zachary says

    December 8, 2008 at 7:43 am

    Hey, take it easy, Phil, and get that rest! If you need anything at all, you know I’m here.

    Zacharys last blog post..Monte Cook Weighs In On WotC Layoffs

  5. ChattyDM says

    December 8, 2008 at 8:15 am

    @Zach: I most certainly will.

  6. Eric Maziade says

    December 8, 2008 at 9:52 am

    Glad you’re planning on resting up and taking care of yourself!

    …

    Perhaps I should follow your lead… 🙂

    Eric Maziades last blog post..Playing a zombie character

  7. tbit says

    December 8, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    Here here on the Guest Posts !! You have a lot of avid readers who are damn decent bloggers themselves. Call it the community giving back to someone who gives a lot 🙂

    Now that said, no not me. Unless you want a post about a guy moaning about how he doesn’t play anymore 😉

    Get some rest, have some fun, finish that adventure so I can buy it 😀

  8. tbit says

    December 8, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    holey moley; me with my emoticons.

  9. ChattyDM says

    December 8, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    @Tbit: Thanks man. Guest posters are lining up. This won’t be a boring break I feel!

  10. sandrinnad says

    December 8, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    sounds like an excellent plan 😀

    have a good break from posting and we’ll enjoy you even more once you’re back!

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