“Going Silent”

When I notice that someone I’ve been following on a social media site (including a blog) has “gone silent,” I want to know why. Some of this is idle curiosity of the gossip type. Occasionally, the reason can be much more serious than such happy occasions as the person taking a vacation or being buried in an engulfingly-wonderful work project. My own excuse for not posting more regularly this year is that I’m happily wending my way through editorial revisions (that is, revisions in response to...