Tragic tale of meeting an author

[monicawitt at msn.com]

I met listmates from another site before. I really hit if off with 
one of them -- like instant friend, it was uncanny the things we had 
in common that we were unaware of until we'd actually had the time to 
chat by ourselves...

That sort of thing (meeting online people IRL) works pretty well if 
you keep it group-oriented. That way no one is socially obligated to 
be a companion to someone they may not, in fact, like once they've 
met. I'd reccomend getting the largest group together that you can.

-- Monica