Well, I can report that njvc is doing quite well out in the real world, but in spite of my encouragement is uninterested in returning to the forum or fanediting. We remain close friends and in regular contact and even hung out just before Covid changed the world (which was quite the accomplishment since we live on different continents).
He's an enormously creative guy who in addition to his family and professional life is a very talented musician and likes to find ways to express his creativity. I think he eventually exhausted all of the projects he found both interesting and capable of completing so moved on to fill that creative need in other manifestations.
I agree that his not completing the Lovely Bones project was a major bummer, but there are a few projects like that where they never crossed the finish line and the editor departed.
Which reminds me of another faneditor I'd add to that list whom I miss both creatively and just as an all around great person on the board;
@El Barto. Another great talent and great contributor.