Electric Speed is a free newsletter that shares resources for creative people (since 2009!), brought to you by Jane Friedman. | View in browser | Sign up here A note from Jane Strong businesses don’t happen by accident. So when I encounter one I admire, I’m always digging underneath. Whose vision is driving it? My favorite restaurant in Cincinnati is Mid-City. From the moment I first walked in, I felt like a friend. The food and drinks are excellent, but now I go just as much for the vibes....
15 days ago • 6 min read
Electric Speed is a free newsletter that shares resources for creative people (since 2009!), brought to you by Jane Friedman. | View in browser | Sign up here A note from Jane One dream I often hear expressed by writers is that they’d love to open a bookshop. It sounds lovely, doesn’t it, to spend all day surrounded by books and talking about books? But do you like dealing with inventory management? Who will you order from and how often? How will you decide which books to stock? What should...
29 days ago • 6 min read
Electric Speed is a free newsletter that shares resources for creative people (since 2009!), brought to you by Jane Friedman. | View in browser | Sign up here A note from Jane Recently I attended a showing of Sundance Shorts, seven short films chosen as standouts by the Sundance Film Festival. My favorite by far was We Were the Scenery, about a couple who fled Vietnam by boat in 1975 and ended up in the Philippines as refugees. In the first minutes of the film, I was expecting nothing but...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Electric Speed is a free newsletter that shares resources for creative people (since 2009!), brought to you by Jane Friedman. | View in browser | Sign up here A note from Jane The last time I bought a new car was in 2003. The process was rushed and not well-considered. This year, my husband and I began thinking about a new car purchase with no urgency attached. For me, it felt like an opportunity to do things right and not repeat 2003. After some weeks of test driving (it was hard to make a...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Electric Speed is a free newsletter that shares resources for creative people (since 2009!), brought to you by Jane Friedman. | View in browser | Sign up here A note from Jane “There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.” —Alain de Botton Some of my new business cards carry this quote on the reverse side. It addresses a frequent question I’m asked: how to balance writing, business, and the rest of life. Maybe I look like I have it all...
2 months ago • 6 min read
Electric Speed is a free newsletter that shares resources for creative people (since 2009!), brought to you by Jane Friedman. | View in browser | Sign up here A note from Jane What fills you with so much liveliness that you want to do the work yourself? James Clear posed this question recently in his newsletter, a question that particularly resonates with me as AI gets used as a shortcut, both good and bad, to getting work done. It’s a question I’m keeping in my back pocket when authors ask...
3 months ago • 6 min read
Electric Speed is a free newsletter that shares resources for creative people (since 2009!), brought to you by Jane Friedman. | View in browser | Sign up here A note from Jane Should you discuss politics on social media or in your newsletter? A year ago, I subscribed to a women’s health newsletter by a doctor who regularly offers comprehensive, educational posts about confusing and complicated health issues—plus analysis of new research, drugs, and supplements on the market. But when my...
3 months ago • 6 min read
Electric Speed is a free newsletter that shares resources for creative people (since 2009!), brought to you by Jane Friedman. | View in browser | Sign up here A note from Jane My mom has smoked all her life, and I’ve always hated the habit. As a kid I used to plead with her to stop and even hid her cigarettes on one occasion. (That did not end well.) Over time, I stopped begrudging her the habit. In fact, during those rare moments when she tried to stop, I felt anxious. She didn’t engage in...
4 months ago • 7 min read
Electric Speed is a free newsletter that shares resources for creative people (since 2009!), brought to you by Jane Friedman. | View in browser | Sign up here A note from Jane What changes in publishing have surprised me? And what hasn’t surprised me? That was one of several great questions asked at my book launch event at the Mercantile Library in Cincinnati last week. Like most people, I vividly remember what I get wrong. So it was easy to talk about that. In the early 2010s, I believed...
4 months ago • 7 min read