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When "hello" means "goodbye"

Jane Friedman posted in her "Electric Speed" newsletter on 2/1/25 about how she will normally ignore a message that just says "hello" or "hello Jane." She linked to a post someone made about this very thing, and why it can be so frustrating to those of us who are very busy and must be selective with how we spend our time online. But she is not the only one who has expressed this concern. I have seen many posts on social media from other very busy writers or editors who feel the same way! It is quite validating, actually. And it reminded me of a blog post I wrote about this nearly three ago. I never put it up on the blog, though, because I thought it was rude and off-putting. But, well, times being what they are, I think it should see the light of day. Here it is!   "When 'hello' means 'goodbye'"   Being on the Internet means that I get a lot of emails, DMs and messages from people I don’t know online. Most of the time, the pers...
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Books I Read – and Finished Reading – in January

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  It may be a new year, but I was still reading books this month which I had started reading in the previous month/year, as well as beyond.   Because these posts are meant to share about books (because booklovers are always interested in learning about other books they might want to read), these posts will include ALL books I have read, as well as those I finished reading, each month. I’m still reading a couple of other books I started reading this month which I have not finished yet (and my headaches won’t allow me to binge-read them before midnight!), so they too will go on a “finished reading” list.   As I looked over the list of books I have read this month, I noticed two things:   1.   I did not read 10 books this month, as I had hoped to.   2.   I did not finish every book I started reading this month, as I had also hoped to do.   These were two goals I had for my reading this year. But that’s not happening this month...
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