time to say goodbye?

I haven't felt the urge to write here in awhile. Part of this has to do with the fact that I'm a little tired of divulging every little detail of my life, significant or not, to the world at large; and the other, perhaps more defining reason, is simply that I'm tired of writing. 

I'm not tired of writing as my passion, per se. No, on the contrary. I have been writing nearly 12 hours a day for the past three months, transitioning from working on my magazine to working on my book like a well-oiled machine, so that by the end of it, there's really nothing left for this humble site of mine. 

The book, I am happy to say, is finally completed at nearly 60,000 words and in the process of being assessed by a manuscript reader. I am also now undertaking the more arduous task of finding an agent to represent it so that I can quit my full-time job as an editor and fulfil my dream of being a full-time author, while simultaneously embarking on my second novel and working on the fifth issue of my magazine. All in all, it's an uphill process that doesn't seem to see any sign of relenting in the near future. 

I am, quite frankly, needing a break from words. Yet it surrounds me and encompasses me in a way I will never be free of. When I am not constantly writing, I am constantly reading, and somewhere in between also trying to make a living and spending time with my husband. Something's gotta give, and at this point, it seems like my much-loved domain in cyberspace, is it. 

After nearly five years and a few hundred posts, I am putting this site on hold for awhile so I can focus on other, more consuming tasks. Perhaps I will re-visit it once in awhile, when I need an outlet for griping for example, when I have thoughts I'd like to send out to the void, or when I've successfully published my first book.  

But until then, I bid you all adieu, I thank you all for having read and followed my misadventures this long, and I hope to greet you again sometime in the near future.

Hello, and Goodbye.