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Originally Posted by phenomshel
Hank is a nickname. I used to know what her real name is, but I can't remember it at the moment. I do know that she is one of the friendliest people on the planet and can make you feel like you've known her for years very quickly. Let me give you an example. I'm acquainted with Hank through Facebook and various blogs, and I won a copy of Prime Time, so that necessitated some correspondence. We're not like best friends or anything. But the second time I ever talked to her, she asked me if I was going to be at the latest mystery convention, and if so, she'd be glad to show me around. A few weeks ago, (before the Macmillan/Amazon thing), she announced she was going to be at an event with a few other authors, Donna Andrews included. Well, I am a huge, huge, huge fan of the mysteries that Donna Andrews writes. So...going out on a limb, I messaged Hank via Facebook and asked her if she got a chance could she ask Donna what was up with the unavailability of her titles in ebook formats. She said, "sure, no problem". The day after she got back from the event, I had a message from her, saying Donna was thrilled that I asked, and that her publisher (Macmillan) was blaming Amazon for the hold up. The fact that she remembered to ask at all shocked me to the core - Hank is probably one of the ten busiest people on earth, so that really touched me.
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That really is great! Next time you talk to her you can say she has a new fan - read a lot this morning and I'm really liking PRIME TIME!
