“…and I’m not a person who says that sort of thing lightly. I do not read many self-help books, or look to astrology, or arrange crystals and semi-precious rocks in a certain configuration (though I have half-assedly tried all of these things, and super-envy people who find direction in them). I am a cynical old bag who believes in nothing.
I believe in Amber. I had written pretty much nothing in years, and had the deep-rooted belief that nobody wanted to hear anything from me. How would I even go about pitching them anyway? Ugh. I should probably just roll over and die.
Whatever magic Amber has in her writing exercises and dulcet voice nudged me toward putting pen to paper (finger-nubs to keyboard?) until I was actually getting published in a bunch of online magazines, which eventually led to my nabbing of a full-time writing gig (a gig I ALSO found through Amber). I suppose I worked hard for these things, but I really-truly wouldn’t have done it at all if her advice hadn’t been so inspiring and anxiety-reducing.
So listen to everything she says and act accordingly! Amber is the only semi-precious rock I believe in!”
JoanieKoobs via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/07/22