Bethany Salway
Bethany Salway asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

It may be worth noting that Goodreads recently changed their default messaging settings. Members can no longer direct message authors unless you change your 'Who Can Send Me Private Messages' setting to 'anyone'. I noticed you recommended this form of contact to readers seeking to send fanmail, so I thought you might prefer to keep that option available. Much love! https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?tab=settings

Lois McMaster Bujold
Aha, I did not know that. Change made. Thanks!

I consider Goodreads to be my public PR face, not a private one, not that anything is truly private on the internet. I'll have to see if this change puts me in the way of more spam. GR is pretty good about keeping that out.

Ta, L.

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