SHE WROTE: New Blog Smell

I swear, you could cut the paranoia here with a knife.

You can get into all of the CherryForums without registering EXCEPT the craft forum. That will include the HWSW forum in January. I put the test under the craft forum because I thought, duh, that's where it would go, forgetting for the moment that it was the only one you had to register for. My mistake.

You have to register for that one because that's where people actually talk about their work so that's the one place we thought people would want to feel protected. Any place else, anybody can just walk in and post. The craft topics, we actually talk about the stuff in our stories, give away all kinds of content, and while we're probably being over-protective, that's kind of the Cherry way. We want you feeling safe. But really, you could have gone on any of the other boards without registering and I should have put the HWSW test somewhere else. I just forgot you had to register for craft.

Mollie is the one who approves you. All she does is click "approve." The only thing she checks for is to make sure you're not spam. Sometimes she goes out for coffee. Occasionally she has dinner. At night she sleeps. I told her you were heading her way so she stuck closer to the computer than usual and you should have been approved fairly rapidly once the e-mail got to her, but as I said, sometimes she eats. You know kids these days.

But everything seems to have gone pretty smoothly. I no longer worry about the first week in January when we start the new year. The only other thing is to remember that this isn't where we'll be in January, but again, I think there'll be a link here on Dec. 31, and if not, you can always find the new blog through my website. And JenT is right, as always.

Also, you're going to LOVE the new blog. Everytime I go over there I giggle at how cool it is. It's like moving into a new house. It has that new car smell. Which is what Bob said when he got into my car. I said, "That's what every guy who's gotten into this car has said. What is it with guys and new car smell?" He said, "How many guys have been in this car?" Five, if you want to know, but I still want to know, what is it with guys and new car smell? Women never say that when they sit in my car.

You're going to love the new blog smell on the new site. I'm just saying.

Thank you for going over the cliff. It was very helpful.