Networking and Haircuts

I've recently made a shift from content marketing back into the publishing world, and it feels both terrifying and thrilling. (AI and capitalism have done their numbers here, too, so it feels extra daunting.) I've been immersing myself in the local publishing scene with gusto – getting to know other editors, reading more books by local authors (as well as figuring out if I want to start publishing my own writing), and generally just making my presence felt. It's been going fairly well, but there's still a part of me that's freaked out by the idea of moving away from something I've been doing for the last four years, to an industry that's shifted dramatically into a more social-media-oriented world than when I was last in it. On the haircut front, I've been chomping at the bit for a buzzcut, or a very short pixie. This is partly a fashion statement, and partly a thing where I start going crazy any time my hair gets long enough for me to tie it in a ponytail. The thing holding me back…