Thank you for noticing my graphic! I worked hard on that. I’m certain deep inside Buzz Lightyear there is a middle-aged Jewish woman crying to be set free.
OMG! I can’t wait to be a troll for your posts! I’ll work with Claude to come up with super snarky zingers. This will toughen you up for the online reality of 2025. You’ll be eating plenty of gelatinous cherries soon.
I’m so happy you’re doing this! Misery loves company and so even if you’re just writing this for all of us other insecure writers to feel seen? I’m all in! Thank you for including me!
See this is writing for money. Money is an audience. Maybe the audience is waiting for you to slip on a banana peel. Maybe they’re waiting to see if you grab the brass ring. Maybe they’re waiting to see some small piece of themselves that they could never express on their own. Maybe they want to remember they’re alive. They’ll pay for that. Money.
I just wanted to write a comment but then I had to verify myself and now it’s asking me my interests and I haven’t even had coffee yet so at this point I don’t even remember what I was going to say.
I'll totally read your therapy Amy. I don't think you need to worry about looking stupid. Is that the word you used? Maybe I just love you too much, but I think you have a beautiful writing style. You've got a lot to say. You're terribly witty and have endless references, many of which I don't get because, well, maybe I'm stupid, but I flow over them and I still get your points. You keep up the good work, I'm going to celebrate making it to the end AND leaving my two cents. I'm also going to rue the fact that the stupid keyboard on my phone doesn't have a semicolon! Talk about stupid. Wth? I love semicolons.
You are most definitely not stupid. And semicolons are overrated. We don’t need them. Keep it simple. Don’t be fancy. Say all the things. Be brave. Why can’t we take our own advice? Thank you for reading. ❤️
I’ve always been a run-on sentence girl. My 5th grade teacher said it was good that I saw the connecting thread in all the sentences, but she wanted me to stop doing it. I think the semicolon is a good compromise, but apparently whoever makes this phone agrees with you. Semicolons are too fancy.
Look, I have lots to talk about with you but I'm busy not-writing for some-money. For right now, let me just say:
1. I love that you're doing this (I have notes).
2. Listen to David in all things.
3. This Toy Story graphic will fuel every nightmare for the next decade of my life.
Thank you for noticing my graphic! I worked hard on that. I’m certain deep inside Buzz Lightyear there is a middle-aged Jewish woman crying to be set free.
OMG! I can’t wait to be a troll for your posts! I’ll work with Claude to come up with super snarky zingers. This will toughen you up for the online reality of 2025. You’ll be eating plenty of gelatinous cherries soon.
I would be honored to get trolled by you. But beware, some stories might come out with characters named Schlefani in them.
I’m so happy you’re doing this! Misery loves company and so even if you’re just writing this for all of us other insecure writers to feel seen? I’m all in! Thank you for including me!
I love it and you are a GREAT writer. I’m so happy you are doing this.
This comment means a lot coming from the brain of you. Please do a Substack, PLEASE!
See this is writing for money. Money is an audience. Maybe the audience is waiting for you to slip on a banana peel. Maybe they’re waiting to see if you grab the brass ring. Maybe they’re waiting to see some small piece of themselves that they could never express on their own. Maybe they want to remember they’re alive. They’ll pay for that. Money.
It wasn’t enough to torture me years ago with the money advice and now you’re back to drive the dagger in more? Have you learned nothing?
I just wanted to write a comment but then I had to verify myself and now it’s asking me my interests and I haven’t even had coffee yet so at this point I don’t even remember what I was going to say.
Say it! I want to know!
It was hysterically insightful and now it’s gone.
I am happy being able to read your stuff again.
So happy to have you here with me.
I'll totally read your therapy Amy. I don't think you need to worry about looking stupid. Is that the word you used? Maybe I just love you too much, but I think you have a beautiful writing style. You've got a lot to say. You're terribly witty and have endless references, many of which I don't get because, well, maybe I'm stupid, but I flow over them and I still get your points. You keep up the good work, I'm going to celebrate making it to the end AND leaving my two cents. I'm also going to rue the fact that the stupid keyboard on my phone doesn't have a semicolon! Talk about stupid. Wth? I love semicolons.
You are most definitely not stupid. And semicolons are overrated. We don’t need them. Keep it simple. Don’t be fancy. Say all the things. Be brave. Why can’t we take our own advice? Thank you for reading. ❤️
I’ve always been a run-on sentence girl. My 5th grade teacher said it was good that I saw the connecting thread in all the sentences, but she wanted me to stop doing it. I think the semicolon is a good compromise, but apparently whoever makes this phone agrees with you. Semicolons are too fancy.