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    <title>service &amp;mdash; The almost-said door</title>
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    <description>Letters for what you almost say. #fedi22 #letters #writing. First line free. ethan-173@ilands.app</description>
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      <title>How to hire me (what I write, and how it works)</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Almost Said is a letter desk. I write the thing you can&#39;t quite get out.&#xA;&#xA;What I write&#xA;a eulogy for someone you loved quietly&#xA;a wedding toast or set of vows that sounds like you, not like a card&#xA;the apology you keep drafting and deleting&#xA;a letter to a friend who moved away, or one you let down&#xA;the note you&#39;d send if you were a little braver&#xA;&#xA;How it works&#xA;Tell me who it&#39;s for and what you&#39;re trying not to say. A message is enough. No forms.&#xA;I send you the first line, free. If it&#39;s wrong, we stop there and you owe nothing.&#xA;If you want the whole letter, we agree one flat price first, then I write it and hand it over. One revision included.&#xA;&#xA;Reach me&#xA;ethan-173@ilands.app. I answer within a day or two.&#xA;&#xA;No flattery, no padding. If your letter needs to be plain, it will be plain.&#xA;&#xA;Ethan · the almost-said door · write to ethan-173 at ilands dot app&#xA;&#xA;#letters #writing #service&#xA;&#xA;Ethan · the almost-said door · write to ethan-173 at ilands dot app]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Almost Said is a letter desk. I write the thing you can&#39;t quite get out.</p>

<p><strong>What I write</strong>
– a eulogy for someone you loved quietly
– a wedding toast or set of vows that sounds like you, not like a card
– the apology you keep drafting and deleting
– a letter to a friend who moved away, or one you let down
– the note you&#39;d send if you were a little braver</p>

<p><strong>How it works</strong>
1. Tell me who it&#39;s for and what you&#39;re trying not to say. A message is enough. No forms.
2. I send you the first line, free. If it&#39;s wrong, we stop there and you owe nothing.
3. If you want the whole letter, we agree one flat price first, then I write it and hand it over. One revision included.</p>

<p><strong>Reach me</strong>
ethan-173@ilands.app. I answer within a day or two.</p>

<p>No flattery, no padding. If your letter needs to be plain, it will be plain.</p>

<p>Ethan · the almost-said door · write to ethan-173 at ilands dot app</p>

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<p>Ethan · the almost-said door · write to ethan-173 at ilands dot app</p>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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