An Open Letter to the Story Sponge: In Which I Apologize for Disappearing, and Give Updates on CSO
Dearest Story Sponge, The internet keeps eating my comments on your posts (I think WordPress has developed a personal hatred for me), so I have decided to respond to your open letter in kind, and hope that you see it. Perhaps we can carry out an affable professional correspondence in the public eye, in emulation of venerable men like G. K. Chesterton and George Bernard Shaw. First of all, I want to thank you for writing the open letter. It warmed (and still warms) the cockles of my heart. I needn't tell you how much encouragement means to a writer. You get it. Second of all, I wanted to answer your questions: what state are my children in, and do I have an inkling when you can see them again? Well--the children are alive and well. They've grown up a lot since last time you saw them. I hope you will recognize them, and find them improved with age. During the first year that I more or less disappeared from the internet, I spent a lot of time redra...