End of an Era

Fiction Friday 55 is no more.

G-man, who hosted it for seven years, passed it along to a couple of fine ladies who promptly moved it to Tuesday. So I guess it is now Fiction Tuesday 55. Unluckily, that doesn’t work real well for me. I already have something going on Tuesdays, and would rather not quit it or double book. Besides, that leaves a hole in my schedule on Friday.

If that all sounds dry to you, I assure you, the change is far from cold reasoning on my part. When G-man first announced the change a week ago, he assured us Fiction Friday would be in good hands. He did not assure us that he would still play, but I assumed at least now and then I’d see him around. So I didn’t make a big good bye post out of my 55.

What a rude awakening to realize that even though G-man will still be around and even though Fiction Tuesday will be around, I will not. I think of myself as pretty solid, but in this case I feel like a starfish left on the beach when the tide ran out.

There are so many people I only see on Friday that are unlikely to visit me without Fiction Friday as an excuse. I know, because I have visited them on other days of the week, and I know who will and who will not return my attention. Seeing all those good byes became very painful very quickly.

Worse, I accidentally linked to a totally inappropriate post about a run away colt. It was left in the spreadsheet I use to generate HTML code. Pure accident, but I could see how some people might not look at it that way.

Also, I’d like to point out that the kind of bloghop Galen had going is rare. His kickass good humor and gentle shepherding combined with a great group to start with made Fiction Friday a particularly inviting party. It was fun and easy and rewarding. I am seriously going to miss it.

So what’s next? Frankly, I’m not sure. I’ve checked out a few possibilities. If I can get my act together, I’ll be giving one or another a try this coming Friday. If not…

Here’s the scary part. Last time I had something like this happen, I ended up completely restructuring my blog. It’s possible that this will cause another major overhaul.