Message-ID: <2337eli$9707281257@qz.little-neck.ny.us> X-Archived-At: From: annd@pop.tiac.net (Ann Douglas) Subject: And Now The Time Has Come To Say Goodbye To All Our Company ... Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories,alt.sex.stories.d,alt.sex.stories.moderated Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d Path: qz!not-for-mail Organization: The Committee To Thwart Spam Approved: X-Moderator-Contact: Eli the Bearded X-Story-Submission: X-Original-Message-ID: <33dc7f65.5935100@news.tiac.net> "Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans." John Lennon (Beautiful Boy - 1980) I’m sitting here this morning thinking about how true those words are. If you asked me at the beginning of the year where my life was headed, I would have been able to give you a pretty good guess. Since then, so much has happened that would change that guess. Those of you on my mailing list know about some of those changes. Now I’m going to tell you about one more -- one which makes all the others seems inconsequential. Last May, my husband put in for a position in his company that would’ve required us to relocate to the southeastern United States. At the time, we discussed it a great deal and were very disappointed when he didn’t get it. Now, through a series of events including the sudden poor health of the gentleman who did get that position, it had been offered to him again. After more serious discussion, we had decided to accept the fortunes of fate and take the job. So I find myself one again packing my life into assorted luggage and boxes. It was a lot easier when I was 30 (the last time I did it) and my life fit in two suitcases. As any of you who have moved well know, one of the things you do at a time like this is go though all your stuff and decide what not to take along with you. That is the point of this note. One of the things I’ve decided not to take along on this move is Ann Douglas. This is not a decision I make lightly. Over the last few months, I’ve found that the enjoyment I’ve been getting from writing has been declining steadily. Also, I feel the need to allocate more of my free time to my real world concerns, the most significant of which is my soon to be 8 year old daughter. So I’m afraid that this is goodbye. As I’ve said many times, I never started out to be a writer of erotica. I just wanted to give a little back to the newsgroup where I found so many great stories. I did a little figuring last night and found that it I put all the stories I’ve written together, it comes out to an almost 700 page book. After 370,393 words, I think its time to call it a day. Time is at a premium right now, so I don’t know if I will be able to finish my last two stories. If I do I will most certainly post them. The bottom line is that Ann Douglas (the author, not the person -- don’t want to spread any more of those nasty ANN IS DEAD rumors again) will be gone as of September 1st. I’ve met so many wonderful people online and I will miss you all immensely. There are so many people that I want to thank for there help over the years and rather than try and list them and perhaps leave someone out, I’ll just say that I hope you all know how much I appreciated your assistance. Well, I guess that’s it. Best Wishes To All, Kate "It was fun.”." Captain James T. Kirk (Generations - 1995) -- +--------------' Story submission `-+-' Moderator contact `------------+ | story-submit@qz.little-neck.ny.us | story-admin@qz.little-neck.ny.us | | Archive site +--------------------+------------------+ Newsgroup FAQ | \ .../assm/faq.html> /