November 3rd, 2010 / 12:00 pm
Author News

So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You

Friends,

It is with a heavy yet satisfied heart that I announce my resignation from HTMLGiant. I have enjoyed just over two wonderful years (roughly equivalent, in internet time, to a decade and a half) as a contributor to this blog. It has been a privilege and a thrill to be part of this site since its inception.  Endless thanks are due to Blake Butler and Gene Morgan, for inviting me to join up in the first place, and for all the good times since. A hearty cheers as well to the other contributors here (past and present) and to our legion of commenters and readers. It has been a lot of fun to talk and debate with you (most of you, at any rate) and I’m sure we’ll still be seeing plenty of one another around the web, and maybe in meatspace too. Now, before things get too sentimental, here’s Woody Guthrie to play us out.

28 Comments

  1. Adam Robinson

      Damn, I guess we won’t have Justin Taylor to kick around anymore.

      Hats off to you.

  2. Andrew Tolve

      I too found my way here because of your nod to HTMLGiant in the back of Everything here is the best thing ever. Glad I found it (your book and the site), good luck, and I look forward to reading your novel.

  3. mimi

      the reason i ever got into htmlgiant in the first place is because i was teaching a creative writing class to high schoolers in oakland and i came across jt’s posts about his creative writing class while trawling the internets for outre ideas
      it did not take long for me to get hooked to this whole crazy internet magazine blog of the future deal
      happy trails (sounds corny! but i mean it!) justin

  4. Rick Hale

      BYE BYE!

      Finally reading Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever. Good S.

  5. mark leidner

      you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave..

  6. Amber

      Well, that sucks. It was the election, wasn’t it? WASN’T IT? Finally drove you over the edge…:)

      Bye and good luck with whatever’s next, Justin.

  7. Richard Thomas

      Hope you’ll still hang, Justin. Thanks for all of the great posts, informative and inspirational, brother.

  8. crookteethsmile

      i found this blog because of Everything Here like amber im assuming the election drove you to the bottle and not the blog cant wait to read the novel when it comes out

  9. Jon Cotner

      We’ll always have meatspace.

  10. Andrew Tolve

      I too found my way here because of your nod to HTMLGiant in the back of Everything here is the best thing ever. Glad I found it (your book and the site), good luck, and I look forward to reading your novel.

  11. JustinTaylor

      Thanks, guys. And yes, it was the election that changed everything- I’m proud to say that I am going to be Rand Paul’s Chief of Staff.

  12. Kevin Sampsell

      You were always a force to be reckoned with, Justin. Your work here has always been impressive and I often wondered how you had the time to do it for free. Or did Gene have you on some kind of secret minimum wage plan?

  13. Mike Young

      good work, bud, and good luck with whatever’s next!

  14. jereme_dean
  15. Matthew Simmons

      I disapprove of this post and this decision. Strongly.

      Thanks for all the fantastic posts, Justin.

  16. Matthew Simmons

      Stomp on my neck.

  17. James Yeh

      The end of an era. Damn. Feel like one of my favorite bands is losing a founding member, or a buddy is graduating early from college and getting a job in another state.

      At least we’ll still have Brooklyn.

  18. Ken Baumann

      Sad, but no doubt I’ll see you in meatspace. Thanks for all you’ve poured into the Giant house.

  19. Igor

      Ciao and thanks for the good stuff. Particular thanks for the Zach German review, it made an impression.

  20. the blob is alive and well

      now who is going to upset the tao lin groupies

  21. letters journal

      Welcome to Kentucky!

  22. jesusangelgarcia

      Ditto.

  23. jesusangelgarcia

      I wonder about this end of an era thing and what it means. What does it meeeean, man?

  24. Lincoln Michel

      damn dude

  25. Scott mcclanahan

      Sorry to see you go JT.

  26. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      no!

  27. Dawn.

      Aw. That’s too bad. I always enjoyed your posts.

  28. Jordan

      Aw man.