A Sabbatical for Sam

Sam's off for the next three months, which I'm sure many of you saw in his post yesterday.

We tell people it's because we do that at Hidden Gnome--we make sure each member of our team gets an extended vacation every few years, and my brother Sam is the sixth person to benefit from this policy--but the reality is that I had to banish him to the Vacation Dimension as thanks for his loyalty.

My hands were tied. I had no other choice.

At LitRPG Con this month, more people said "Your family is awesome!" than said I was awesome, which is the appropriate ratio. They're correct to compliment my brother before me because he's cooler than I am.

Then, after LitRPG Con, I went on a cruise with my friends (for fun this time, not work), and my siblings went along to work and help out and make sure the cruise went well. Seriously, they were hustling. We had them wear butler suits and everything.

But after all that, I had only one recourse. I had to call upon the incredible power of the Vacation Dimension to overwhelm Sam with reward.

"What will he do with all that time off?"

Who said that? Where are you asking these questions from? Are you in my walls?

"Lucky him. I wish I could get three months off."

Is that...are you hiding in my vents? How did you get there? Is this like that one X-Files episode where the guy could squeeze through tiny spaces?

"Do you have any job openings at Hidden Gnome?"

I'm going to get the hose. I can't have people crawling around in my vents asking me questions at all hours of the day and night.

Anyway, let's all wish Sam a restful Sabbatical! Even though this means that my social media presence will almost certainly be way worse without Sam around.

Now I'll have to do most of the posting myself, so be prepared for things to get a lot less relevant and a lot more goblin-forward.

-Will