Longhand Almanac

Jane Friedman

janefriedman.com · a site they built themselves

Read them at janefriedman.com → The writing is on their site. This page is what the index measured.

Jane Friedman publishes writing about books & reading at janefriedman.com, a site they built themselves. Last published August 2026, still publishing this year. Vouched for by 6 other writers in the index.

6 writers vouch

Years at it, against the index

0 yrs10 yrs20 yrs30 yrsthis writer · 2

Every writer in the index by years since their earliest evidence. This writer: 2, from the earliest date the crawl saw. The index reads front pages, so it sees most writers as younger than they are.

Anatomy of the site

Pages
1 captured
Front page
128 KB, 34 scripts, 7 imagesindex median front page: 112 KB
Built with
a static generator
Trackers
present
Links out
0 other writers in the index, 9 other sites, 0 platforms
Found
2026-08-29, by following another writer's link

Words they use that almost nobody else in the index does

publishing651class525browse185industry254newsletter662craft409business538synops4query85paid184selfediting9evaluating12reporting54publisher543

Single words from their own pages, weighted by how rare each is across the 4,473 sites in the index. The small number is how many sites in the index use the word at all. Never a line of the writing.

Who vouches5 writers in the index

5 writers in the index keep a link to this site. What they call it is printed as they wrote it.

Their neighbourhood

Jessica StrawsercornerofmadnessFoxPrint EditorialKillzoneblog.comPlatform Number 49 sites outside the indexJane Friedman
in the indexoutside itthis writer

Why it ranks on Longhand Featured

ranked here because: still publishing · vouched by 6 other writers

How the machine sees this site

  • Ranked about 152,242 in the top million domains.
  • A feed. Readers can follow the site without a platform in between.
  • Built with a static generator. The pages are files, written once.
  • The copyright line names a person, not a company.
  • Some tracking is present.
  • Carries a full set of search-engine tags. This site is trying to be found, and the almanac scores that against it.

Why search does not surface this site, and why that is the machine's problem.

Readers

Hearts show once a writer reaches three. No account, no cookie.

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