Comments on: Email bankruptcy, or, attempting to cope http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/07/28/email-bankruptcy-or-attempting-to-cope/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: nichole http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/07/28/email-bankruptcy-or-attempting-to-cope/comment-page-1/#comment-52747 nichole Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:48:55 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=695#comment-52747 1) you do not suck. at. all. not even a little bit. 2) i don't understand why people look at me wierd when i talk about my shopping fairy or my parking fairy. Oh, but they will totally understand once your book comes out. They will understand, even if I have to sit on top of them and read the entire book out loud. 3)not answering hundreds of emails is a valid lifestyle choice. that's just what happens when you're a literary rock star. 4) we still love and adore you. 5) I will gladly give you all of my big letters. :) 1) you do not suck. at. all. not even a little bit.

2) i don’t understand why people look at me wierd when i talk about my shopping fairy or my parking fairy. Oh, but they will totally understand once your book comes out. They will understand, even if I have to sit on top of them and read the entire book out loud.

3)not answering hundreds of emails is a valid lifestyle choice. that’s just what happens when you’re a literary rock star.

4) we still love and adore you.

5) I will gladly give you all of my big letters. :)

]]> By: Tim Walker http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/07/28/email-bankruptcy-or-attempting-to-cope/comment-page-1/#comment-52708 Tim Walker Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:47:45 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=695#comment-52708 Help with e-mail is close at hand. Try this: <a href="http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2007/07/fight-email-overload-with-sentences" rel="nofollow">A Low-Fi Solution to E-Mail Overload: Sentenc.es</a> The *very* short version: pick a small number of sentences (e.g. four) and commit to answering every e-mail in that number of sentences or less. It makes the task of going through a loaded inbox much less daunting, since you know there's only so long any one reply will take. My extra piece of advice: add a short note to your e-mail signature that says something funny like "Please pardon typos, run-ons, lacunae, and incoherent syllogisms: I'm wrestling a big piece of writing and it's not clear just now which of us is winning." Hope this is helpful - good luck with your big project! Help with e-mail is close at hand. Try this:

A Low-Fi Solution to E-Mail Overload: Sentenc.es

The *very* short version: pick a small number of sentences (e.g. four) and commit to answering every e-mail in that number of sentences or less. It makes the task of going through a loaded inbox much less daunting, since you know there’s only so long any one reply will take.

My extra piece of advice: add a short note to your e-mail signature that says something funny like “Please pardon typos, run-ons, lacunae, and incoherent syllogisms: I’m wrestling a big piece of writing and it’s not clear just now which of us is winning.”

Hope this is helpful – good luck with your big project!

]]> By: janet http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/07/28/email-bankruptcy-or-attempting-to-cope/comment-page-1/#comment-52691 janet Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:22:49 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=695#comment-52691 Well, now I understand why you haven't replied to my email about the exciting chervil sighting in my local grocery. I'm not offended. Really. Well, now I understand why you haven’t replied to my email about the exciting chervil sighting in my local grocery. I’m not offended. Really.

]]> By: Rebecca http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/07/28/email-bankruptcy-or-attempting-to-cope/comment-page-1/#comment-52688 Rebecca Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:49:03 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=695#comment-52688 all your caps are belong to justine!! bwahahahahahahahahaha!! just noticed the tagline above the comment box. alright, sorry, leaving now. all your caps are belong to justine!!

bwahahahahahahahahaha!! just noticed the tagline above the comment box. alright, sorry, leaving now.

]]> By: Rebecca http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/07/28/email-bankruptcy-or-attempting-to-cope/comment-page-1/#comment-52686 Rebecca Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:44:09 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=695#comment-52686 will miss you but yay <i>ufb</i>!! will miss you but yay ufb!!

]]> By: niki http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/07/28/email-bankruptcy-or-attempting-to-cope/comment-page-1/#comment-52685 niki Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:28:00 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=695#comment-52685 you should really get your spam filter fixed... you should really get your spam filter fixed…

]]> By: Dawn http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/07/28/email-bankruptcy-or-attempting-to-cope/comment-page-1/#comment-52679 Dawn Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:10:41 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=695#comment-52679 As a loyal reader of your blog and your works, I completely respect your need to focus on ufb. I want to read it asap, after all! :) Sometimes I wish I could get that many emails so I could be cool like you and John Green and declare email bankruptcy. Alas, I'm far too devoted to checking my email multiple times a day...and it often says 0 new emails. hehe. Anyway, I hope everything is still going well! Good luck. :D As a loyal reader of your blog and your works, I completely respect your need to focus on ufb. I want to read it asap, after all! :) Sometimes I wish I could get that many emails so I could be cool like you and John Green and declare email bankruptcy. Alas, I’m far too devoted to checking my email multiple times a day…and it often says 0 new emails. hehe. Anyway, I hope everything is still going well! Good luck. :D

]]> By: amirah http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/07/28/email-bankruptcy-or-attempting-to-cope/comment-page-1/#comment-52672 amirah Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:53:52 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=695#comment-52672 hey justine! i just wanted to tell you that i finished reading magic's child this week and that i absolutely loved the trilogy! (i'd've written the word "loved" in capitals, but they don't exist on here, do they?) i'm from malaysia and i got strangely excited about the mention of rambutans in magic's child. =) can't wait for the next one! hey justine! i just wanted to tell you that i finished reading magic’s child this week and that i absolutely loved the trilogy! (i’d've written the word “loved” in capitals, but they don’t exist on here, do they?) i’m from malaysia and i got strangely excited about the mention of rambutans in magic’s child. =) can’t wait for the next one!

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