Amy VO Snyder

If I go down the rabbit hole on this one, I will miss a deadline, but seriously?! I have left cookies out through 50+ Christmas seasons without knowing the double “s”??

The Snowy Day: My favorite childhood book, and the shadow box my BFF made specially for me ❤️

I just wrapped my outdoor spigot with an old baby washcloth and a rewashed plastic zip bag and fastened that with the rubber bands you save from broccoli stalks and now I’m running around proud like I’m Bob Vila.

Blue jay. More snow coming.

After a look at my list, my favorite book this year.

Textbook editing: I just searched a possible general name for Silly Putty to avoid a brand, and I’m definitely taking the AI suggestion. “Mom, Cathy is hogging the unique silicone polymer toy!!”

I cannot focus on my editing! What could the snow possibly have to tell me?

Got a rejection message for a FT job I really wanted. It came this morning at 1 a.m. I literally can’t even have my weekends without crashing disappointment anymore. Come on, employers, give us a break.

Oh Wayback is a good idea!

Damn it! I just found out the APA 6 blog archives are gone! That resource had so many responses on how to style random things. I can’t stand the APA 7 site. Boo.

RIF for my product team; my last day as lead editor for science curricula K-5. So grateful for the years with such brilliant, hardworking colleagues. Eager to find new editorial challenges, but right now I can’t find sleep. 💔

Fixed it

Editor Amy mutters to herself, #72: “You might have ‘learned’ it, but you didn’t ‘discover’ it.”

Why editing is the best job: Need to complete a reference, look up editor of an animal behavior encyclopedia, see that the first ed name is MJ Breed.

Sesame Workshop will 'downsize significantly' with layoffs, CEO says The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.

The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.

I snapped these this afternoon at a local nature center and only just now realized the motif.

Will be editing today in the same sweatshirt I’ve worn for the past 4 days. That’s just how it is these days.

Interesting choice, Gap.

Can someone with tech talent please create an app that matches an eager-to-help citizen with a fed family in need?

Bean is a shelter senior. Toy fox terrier, chihuahua, toy poodle, and sass. 😆

I’m exhausted from uncertainty and fear. But my dog, my dog is just pissed.

Doing a sample edit for a potential fiction client today. I didn’t typically provide them, but more people ask than ever before, so I’ve been doing it. So far, more wins than losses.

Thank you! I’m interested.

Oh, Pete. We really need you.

If you shop with future Amy for my next copier and I say, “I don’t need one with an automatic feeder,” present Amy gives you permission to scream out, “Yes, you do!!” - signed, tired Amy placing each page separately

Yeah it was a quick hard burst. I thought a roof sheet of ice fell, but no.

2.8 earthquake here. Like this week wasn’t freaky enough.

Today I have the verb “to quail” in the book I’m editing. In my three decades of work, I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve edited that verb, which gave me a nerdy little thrill shiver. #wordfirsts

My neighborhood is pulling no punches.

First two birds I heard on first day of new year: crows. This seems to be good fortune. Crossing my fingers.