The Burnt Ones: Service Indefinitely Suspended
Date: September 16, 2007 | Discussion: 5 Comments
Due to the lack of time that I have to properly run this website, I have decided to stop actively working on it. The Burnt Ones, therefore, effectively closes its doors.
I am currently at a point in life where I don’t have the amount of time and energy for my hobby projects as I used to. Consequently, I am forced to more carefully choose what I want to do, and while The Burnt Ones has always been both a lot of fun and very interesting to work on, I am sorry to announce that it is now one of the things that I have decided to drop from my daily schedule. Simply put, the service eats up more of my time than I am really able to give it at the moment.
While I could probably run the website half-heartedly (as I have admittedly been forced to do in the past few months), I don’t frankly see any point in doing so. A poorly run news service, even when done with the best intentions, is still a poorly run web service, and it wouldn’t in the end serve anyone’s interests.
The website and the archives will remain as they are now. As for the future, I may at some point re-launch The Burnt Ones if I find myself once again with more time at my disposal. But that at the moment looks like a big ‘maybe’.
Thanks for the ride, everyone. I hope it was at least somewhat useful to some of you!
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#8824 | Lisa writes on September 16, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Yes, it is very disappointing. This is a great site for bibliophiles! I will keep checking back to see if you’ve changed your mind! Thanks for all of your past work…it has been really helpful!
#8838 | Irina writes on September 17, 2007 at 7:42 am
“Somewhat useful” doesn’t do justice, Vili.
The Burnt Ones has been the MOST useful website for lovers of literature on by far the most diverse range of genres and categories of literature. I have spent hours on links to books and writing that I would otherwise never have heard about.
What a shame to see you go (even temporarily)!
Good luck in all your other projects/career path/life.
Thanks to everyone for the e-mails and comments that I have received regarding my decision to shut down the Burnt Ones. On the one hand, it is really heart-warming to know that the website has been useful to at least a handful of people. On the other, it hurts even more to let go of it, knowing that so many people have enjoyed it.
Unfortunately, the reality of the situation is that I simply don’t have the time to work on the website to do it properly. Things may of course change in the future, but I can’t promise anything.
Once again, thanks for the messages!
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#8817 | Pat writes on September 16, 2007 at 1:26 pm
What a disappoint. This is a great site for book lovers! Please reconsider.