After much thought i have decide to unsubscribe to the List. I have
several reasons for doing so the prime of which is my Net life and Real
life are at cross purposes. For the past several months i have been
getting off work at three or four am.I hit my bed at three forty-five
and spend some time deleting and sorting my mail. I have no time to read
fiction,write authors or work on my own projects. I have a web site at
geocities that i have not worked since i got it in March.I'm tired
,irritable and my head hurts.

Another reason is i have become frustrated with the excessive Ranma
traffic on the List. I'm tired of reading that Akane is a uncute
tomboy,that Ranma is the best teenage martial artist in the wotld and
Ryouga can't find his way out of a empty room."Don't like it ",you say?
"Then write your own non Ranma fiction,"you tell me. I plan to do so.

My ego has recieved a bruising lately. With the new blood on the
List,i'm seeing first time posters with stories six to seven times
longer than my first post and i'm man enough to admit i'm jealous.I
know,intellectually, that more writing will improve me but it was still
an emotional kick in the crotch.

I have also had a small bit of innocence taken from me . A author i
respect recently posted some material that was interesting to say the
least. I had not thought this person could do such work.That naivet'e
was my fault. No on stays the same and i know of two other writers
who,IMHO, are ruining their stories with lemon bits. A mistake,IMHO. I
have not seen a lemon dealt with in a realistic manner. Look at what you
are writing about,teenagers engaged in unprotected sex.
Pregnancy,Aids,Abortion,the social stigma attached to out of wed lock
births.These issues are never addressed. Can we realstically expect
forteen to eigthteen year olds to perform better than triple x movie
stars?

My rant and my humble opinion only. I dont want to preach to you and God
knows i'm not trying to burn my bridges behind me but the issue has been
on my mind for some time.

In closing i would like to thank the FFML for putting up with me these
months.Uniformly i have found you intelligent,helpful and honest. My
fellow webtvers often complain that when  they visit various news groups
or MLs they are ignored or flamed;i have never had that happen to me
here. Even when i was just lurking in your websites and writing you, you
wrote me back. Perhaps i should tell my fellows that its not the medium
but the message.If you come into a forum loud, obnoxius and disregarding
protocal then yes you will get burned.

Thank you to all who wrote me back about my fictions when i posted
them.Your critisms and encouragement were what i needed.

A special Thank you to Greg Sandborn (Uncle Fester) the very first
author i ever told i wanted to write.He provided me with advice,critisms
and paitently answered many newbie questions.

I dont know how long i'll be gone but once i buy the webtv printer
adapter,construct my website and work on my writing, i'll be back in
full force.

Peace to all of you.

Conrad Odell Whittle III   aka
                      
                   COWIII
                               cowthree
                                             con3