If this book project could be compared to a birthing.....then I am now in labor.

Woohoo.
Production starts in a couple of weeks...........

Since writers tend to be (at least a bit) Word geeks maybe someone can help me here.
I need two, short,  phrases - one that is a welcoming greeting and one that is a 'goodbye'.

'Trick is they need to have the same number of letters.

Any takers?

???

does a space count as a character?
WELCOME
SO LONG

Can't use "Aloha" it's not an "Hawaiian" mat.

Can't use "Aloha" it's not an "Hawaiian" mat.

Since writers tend to be (at least a bit) Word geeks maybe someone can help me here.
I need two, short, phrases - one that is a welcoming greeting and one that is a 'goodbye'.

'Trick is they need to have the same number of letters.

Any takers?

My oh my, look who the cat just drug in ! 

Guests like fish smell after 3 days..

This is pretty much the final draft of the book summary that will go on the back cover of my novel:

The Internet: a cyber-playground in which we can be—or not be—whomever we want. Yearning for escape from her stagnant job as a textbook editor in Cincinnati, thirty-eight year-old Cara Shannon frequents the message boards of an eclectic online radio station where she meets a host of unique people including the mysterious "saffire_21," whom she begins to suspect is her niece Arianna. There's only one problem: Arianna has been dead for seven years. Although it seems far-fetched and insane, Cara is driven to learn the truth about her niece. Was Arianna's death staged? Should their family have questioned the mysterious circumstances surrounding it? With the support of Kevin, her intriguing and attentive cyber-crush from Santa Barbara, Cara ventures into the scenic wine country of California's Central Coast in search of saffire_21. On her journey, unexpected discoveries about love and life emerge, bringing her  future into focus like never before.

This is pretty much the final draft of the book summary that will go on the back cover of my novel:

The Internet: a cyber-playground in which we can be—or not be—whomever we want. Yearning for escape from her stagnant job as a textbook editor in Cincinnati, thirty-eight year-old Cara Shannon frequents the message boards of an eclectic online radio station where she meets a host of unique people including the mysterious "saffire_21," whom she begins to suspect is her niece Arianna. There's only one problem: Arianna has been dead for seven years. Although it seems far-fetched and insane, Cara is driven to learn the truth about her niece. Was Arianna's death staged? Should their family have questioned the mysterious circumstances surrounding it? With the support of Kevin, her intriguing and attentive cyber-crush from Santa Barbara, Cara ventures into the scenic wine country of California's Central Coast in search of saffire_21. On her journey, unexpected discoveries about love and life emerge, bringing her  future into focus like never before.

Since writers tend to be (at least a bit) Word geeks maybe someone can help me here.
I need two, short,  phrases - one that is a welcoming greeting and one that is a 'goodbye'.

'Trick is they need to have the same number of letters.

Any takers?

That oughtta do it, Alexandra! 

Bright Blessings...Good luck Alex!

I've already posted this question among writers on Chris Moore's boards......but how do fiction authors handle phone numbers these days? Do they use the fictitious "555" exchange that they always used in TV shows and movies? Would that sound laughable or cliche now?

My character is leaving his digits in an email for someone to call him...and I'm using NYC's 212 area code...so I don't want to make up a number, lest it be someone's real one.

What have you seen in current novels? Anything? 555?

Since writers tend to be (at least a bit) Word geeks maybe someone can help me here.
I need two, short,  phrases - one that is a welcoming greeting and one that is a 'goodbye'.

'Trick is they need to have the same number of letters.

Any takers?

This is pretty much the final draft of the book summary that will go on the back cover of my novel:

The Internet: a cyber-playground in which we can be—or not be—whomever we want. Yearning for escape from her stagnant job as a textbook editor in Cincinnati, thirty-eight year-old Cara Shannon frequents the message boards of an eclectic online radio station where she meets a host of unique people including the mysterious "saffire_21," whom she begins to suspect is her niece Arianna. There's only one problem: Arianna has been dead for seven years. Although it seems far-fetched and insane, Cara is driven to learn the truth about her niece. Was Arianna's death staged? Should their family have questioned the mysterious circumstances surrounding it? With the support of Kevin, her intriguing and attentive cyber-crush from Santa Barbara, Cara ventures into the scenic wine country of California's Central Coast in search of saffire_21. On her journey, unexpected discoveries about love and life emerge, bringing her  future into focus like never before.