I'm taking a vacation...

First, very soon I'll continue my work on the bookshelf and post new weekly updates again, and that's also in part the reason for this "vacation" I'm taking.
Second, for some time now I've received more and more messages, particularly Notes coming in all the time which is likely a result of dA's own efforts as much as the bookshelf, and lately I've had problems getting anything else done in order to make replies. And once I begin posting weekly updates again, I'm sure the number of messages will only go up, so while I'm sure this will sadden some, replies in February is going to have to be reserved for only my closest friends, although I will still aim to clear out any comments and Notes I have from before February 1st from my inbox. That means some of you will hear from me in February but any messages that comes after that will have to wait until sometime in March. Hopefully I'll even make some much needed progress on a short story that's taken me half a bloody decade to edit on and off, and honestly it quite simply needs to come to an end. (And yes, it's THAT short story, and it still lives!)
So to everyone this will affect, know that I'm not simply ignoring you. I'll be on "vacation"! I love writing back and forth, but I need to switch back to spending more time being creative creating things again and actually looking around dA rather than to spend most of it being creative finding the time to reply and I hope you'll all understand.