Boy, this is really hard to write! I've been away from Rendie for several days as I thought this over, to be sure of my decision.

The past few months I haven't had as much time or energy to give to this forum as you all deserve, and with some personal things going on (thankfully, not all of them bad), I know that won't change in the near future so I gave my resignation to the Admins a few minutes ago.

To quell the rumor mill: I wasn't asked to step down, I'm not resigning after learning of some hideous, heinous Renderosity plot to enslave the world, etc.

This isn't a good-bye; I'll still be wandering around here, perhaps even a bit more than before as I won't be doing any behind-the-scenes work. I just won't have as much run of the place.

Oh the plus side, I have written 11 pages in the last week which I'm generally happy with, I have stories ideas coming out my ears, and I'm involved in a small freelance writing project (for pay, even!) I hope this will finally be the year I get some of my novels finished, perhaps even submitted for publication.

Thanks for understanding,

Cres