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[heaven_sword]

Scott Lynch's job desc for his personal assistant. An Indonesian bestselling author did tell me once that, were he to hire a personal assistant, the assistant would reply to e-mails and manage social media accounts. In short, things unrelated to the actual writing of novels. I'm curious whether any Indonesian writer has a personal assistant. I can

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[helike]

Having someone who would handle my emails and other forms of professional contact is not something that I wouldn't like to have myself. I still detest emailing and calling people by phone >.> The story of my dislike for these activities a kind of an urban legend in my Institute.

[heaven_sword]

I don't mind replying to reader mails. Writing emails to people like editors though... The good thing is, I can take my time composing the sentences. Whereas in real life, like in a phone conversation, I'd have little time to think up the replies.