I have just exchanged emails with my friend, Itinerant, and we are both very concerned. As many of you are probably aware, it has been over a year since Julie O last posted a story. I can't claim that Julie and I are friends, but we did share an editor in AmeliaR, we have exchanged numerous emails, and she graciously gave me permission to set a story within the Julieverse. She has always responded to my emails promptly in the past, but that hasn't been the case for almost a year. Itinerant informed me that their last contact was May of last year, when Julie sent a new story for editing. Since then there has been no communication from her.

So, here's what we're asking; please, send out your prayers, best wishes, positive energy or whatever you can muster, for Julie. My own absence is testament to the fact that such things do not necessarily mean anything dire has occurred, and I hope that an outpouring of love and positive energy can reach her. If anyone out there knows Julie personally, please let her know she is loved and missed. I'm not asking anyone to betray any confidence, but if you do have information about her and can share it, it would be greatly appreciated. If Julie never gives us another story, I would be heartbroken indeed, as I'm sure many of you would, but more than wanting to see more from her wonderful universe, I want to know that she is all right.

Scott

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
-- Tom Clancy
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