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Kathleen Donahoe's avatar

okay yes to "When I am pregnant, my main symptom is stupidity." My main symptom was grumpiness. So now when I'm grumpy I think "OH GOD WHAT IF THESE MEANS I'M PREGNANT TOO SOUNDS LIKE ONE MORE THING TO BE MAD ABOUT!!!"

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Priyanka Mattoo's avatar

Hahahah my brain dials down to 30% and it’s so relaxing honestly. I once drove into a parked car at 5mph.

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Kathleen Donahoe's avatar

incredible. The car probably deserved it.

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Emma Straub's avatar

<3 <3 <3

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Seyth Miersma's avatar

“Vomiting in a bush” is as good a way of describing the creative writing process as I’ve found in a minute.

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Priyanka Mattoo's avatar

Xoxo mortifying but we can’t help ourselves

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Bob Hoebeke's avatar

"But the second I start to write for an audience, I feel that expression start to tip into performance, and I catch myself, and reel it in." Great quote - seems like writing for a publisher would be sort of that way. Caught your podcast with Courtney Maum - loved it. For forty years I was paid to be anonymous, learned a lot from clients living in a fishbowl, and came away with lots of take-homes, here's one: It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice. Great article, thank you!

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