Wellll....it's time for a longer break, for a lot of good reasons (which is, of course, a far, far better thing than taking it for bad ones.) Think 'talking 25 year old son with autism' for starters. I will be flashing intermittently here like a sick modem till June, if at all, and then taking stock again.
For now, the Internet's going to continue as a fine distraction, taken neat, rather than an enthralling one, diluted with mixers (for example, if I see one more post on e-readers in my feeds I will probably mutate into an iTablet myself). I will lurk on my friends' blogs - that's a given, and there might be a review, or two at some stage - but only general maintenance will be undertaken here.
You might like to follow* LiteraryMinded, the Wheeler Centre, SPUNC news (yes, that's the feed to the whole site down in the lefthand corner of the homepage), the engaging blogs of the book artist known as Ampersand Duck , Emerging Writers Festival director Lisa Dempster, and artist Fifi at Strange Fruit, and keep an eye on this page, and things magazine, while I'm gone.
Till June, adieu.
*apologies to those left off this list earlier today....what was I thinking?

I shall miss you, Ms Reeling and Writhing, however I am lucky I still (hopefully!) will get to see you in the flesh between now and June. Take Care, x
Posted by: Karen (miscmum) | January 25, 2010 at 11:50 AM
aww.
I must say, I totally understand. Every time I go to do new post, my hands hover uselessly above the keyboard, and I think 'I have nowt to say'
But am compelled now to post something, now that you have directed folks my way.
I wish you an excellent year Ms reeling, and thank you for all this.
Posted by: fifi | January 25, 2010 at 12:18 PM
I wish you an excellent year as well, with eyes that start to get rounder rather than squarer...
Looking forward already to your return.
Best
&Duck
Posted by: ampersand duck | January 29, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Hi Genevieve,
Happy lurking. Hope things go well in life off-line. I can think of plenty of other things I could be doing with my hands than typing and clicking.
Cheers,
Jill
Posted by: Jill | January 29, 2010 at 04:35 PM
Thanks very much for the kind wishes, all. Now to drag myself out of the reader, little by little...!
Posted by: genevieve | January 29, 2010 at 11:09 PM
Genevieve Tucker - hmmmm is that of the Hickey (maiden name) variety?
Posted by: Dips | January 31, 2010 at 10:50 AM