I promised a status update at the end of the week, so here it is.

Thank you everyone for the kind words. I thought it was going to be more difficult to step away from the site, but your understanding is making it a lot easier to do so.

Updates: 03/10: I've gone through the 35 or so applications that I've received and have shortlisted them down to ~8 people, many of whom are female. There are a lot of candidates who show promise and fit RC's perspective on anime, so I may even bring on board more than 4 writers. I apologize for taking a while with this review process and keeping everyone in suspense, but I want to make sure that I give everyone proper consideration.