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| Wendy Gager |
Webpage: http://www.wsgager.com/
Blog: http://www.wsgager.blogspot.com/
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Her Amazon author page- http://tinyurl.com/3fqfzf2
A CASE OF HOMETOWN BLUES
Mitch Malone hasn't returned to Flatville since his parents were killed in an auto accident while he was in college. His mission is to teach good reporting skills to the local newspaper but Mitch isn't teaching material and his first session sends in disaster when he makes a bet with two reporters that he can find a major news story before the week is up. Drowning his sorrows in the local pub he comes face to face with his classmates celebrating the 15th class reunion. The Homecoming Queen he always had a crush on makes the moves on him and when she comes up dead the next day, he is the main suspect. Add in a bully for a cousin, a police chief who made his life miserable in school and a tragedy from his youth that still haunts him. As Mitch pokes around, more people start turning up dead and he is next…
Today, Wendy is posting on a topic you may relate to, as I do -
CAN EMAIL BE ORGANIZED?
I consider myself a pretty organized person. I can put my hands on anything in the first place I look in my house whether it is bills, extra toothpaste, or note car
17 Comments on Please Welcome Mystery Author, Wendy (W.S.) Gager, last added: 7/14/2011
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Morgan: Thank you so much for helping with my adiction...I'm really looking for some help! There has to be something out there.
Welcome to Acme, Wendy. I hope someone can help you, but it's not me. (g)
Morgan Mandel
http://spunkyseniors.blogspot.com
http://www.morganmandel.com
OMG Wendy, you could have plucked that blog right out of my brain. I thought I was the only person who is bogged down with hudreds of e-mails, and don't know what to do with them.
Afraid I can't give you any advice,I am struggling to find a solution myself.
Best wishes
Margaret
I thought I commented, but don't see it. See you soon, Wendy. I read my email, reply if needed, and delete. Otherwise I'd have 100s and I don't want that.
Marilyn
Unfortunately, sometimes the slash and burn technique is really needed for email. Unsub from newsletters you don't really read. Reply to the messages that need replying to and then get rid of them. Save the ones you definitely will refer back to, and hopefully that'll help. :-) Good luck!
Marilyn: I can't wait to see you in Vegas. My plane leaves tonight.
Wendy
I know I need to be better about deleting. I tell myself I will never find it if I need it anyway, but I always hesitate at delete. I need a 10 step program. I do need to unsub from a couple of newsletters though. Thanks V.R.
Wendy
I use Gmail, which allows me to set up rules for incoming emails. I subscribed to a very busy email list that I only needed temporarily but may want to use again (It's for giving and finding free stuff). So I have all of these emails automatically go to trash; when I want that list again, I will cancel the rule.
There's a lot of labeling you can do manually, but have it done automatically to save yourself a lot of hassle. Anything that requires some action on my part gets marked with a star and marked as unread. If you don't care about mail from a particular source, do a search for that source to display a list of all those emails. Then you can delete them all.
Margaret: You and I have a lot in common I bet. Let me know if anything works for you!
Wendy
Bob: Those are great ideas. Does it work for Yahoo? I also like marking the ones with stars that need attention. Sometimes I lose those and spend lots of time trying to find the one I need among the many. Thanks for the help!
Wendy
I can flag, mark, read and delete, archive, and any number of the choices suggested but I then can't find, forget the color code I set up, delete the wrong thing, or spend wasted time searching my archives. I am beginning to think it is hopeless. I try to deal with it as it comes but it is distracting and takes away from writing time. If I don't look at it every day it gets worse. I am of no help...it is a problem. If only it was an agent or publisher emailing..I would be happy for the distraction. Happy writing.
Terri: I think I clone your actions everyday. I guess I should just delete and not worry and concentrate on writing.
Wendy
In microsoft mail I set up rules to and organize by topic. After I read I delete. And I make sure to keep the inbox to no more than 180 emails. That's reasonable then. Some get moved, some get dumped. Otherwise yes it gets out of hand and drives you crazy!
I feel like almost all I do is delete emails as soon as I open my inbox. Still, I don't feel right not keeping in touch.
Morgan Mandel
http://www.morganmandel.com
Wendy,
Better late than never-welcome to Acme.
Margot Justes
www.mjustes.com
Wendy ~ Have you been looking in my window??? I have the same problem with emails. Right now I have over 600 and I tried to delete several pages and got panicky and gave up. I try to check each day but don't always succeed - that's the problem. Sorry I do not have a solution either.
Welcome to Acme Authors - hope you enjoyed your visit. Best of luck on your next promotion!
DL Larson
I would love to keep emails to 180! I was delayed at an airport yesterday and went through deleting emails. Made a two hour delay go quick but still over 3000. Will have to work harder. Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. It was great to be at Acme.
Wendy