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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 12h

Today a landscaper mistakenly cleared away my perfect-soil compost pile of 10 years. I’m kinda still in shock. Is there a Buy Nothing group for compost?

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Today I found that the flavor of oatmeal I loved with stuffy allergies tastes repulsively cloying without allergies. 🤧

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I have on-paper proof clients (huzzah!) and I’ve been trying to use up my Scarlet Red Col-Erase, but this morning in the gray rainy light, the ugly tinge of the orange finally grated on my last nerve and I paid $23 to rush new Carmine Red pencils to my house. Welcome to my freelance life.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This is my absolute favorite typo. I have been an emoployee many times.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

What is the scientific term for birds clapping shut their beaks right after you poke the Merlin app? Cause I swear they know.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I love that the Bride said nothing in 1935 but her action figure has 14 articulation points.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

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”??

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

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!!”

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

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.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

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.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

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. 💔

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

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.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

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.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

My neighborhood is pulling no punches.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

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

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Index, The Complete Peanuts, 1955-1956

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Proofreading a medical article and came to a superscript citation range of 17-112. Gonna be a long day.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Once my mom hit 80, all her holiday food contributions are from “the freezer.”

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Met up with a former editorial coworker at a bookstore, told him I’m no longer buying books so that I can clear my TBR pile, and walked out with the 2024 Booker Prize novel. Is there a Sniglet for that?

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I have never been so glad for a fence.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I bet blue jays were once velociraptors. It’s the pairing up to screech-scare songbirds and get more seed, the black-hole-button eye that peers from the side of the tilted head. *shiver*

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Did Ryan Seacrest just say that riding a bike sounds like more fun than reading a book? #crankybibliophile

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

It’s a fact that the best Saturday morning waker is your senior shelter rescue dog.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Mother Earth to NJ in late autumn: Enjoy the Sun at the worst possible angle for driving at all times.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Favorite word of the week: German for a gelatin-Jello dessert is Wackelpudding (which I will use from now on, of course!)

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

My kid’s school does not teach first conditional.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I have three guinea pigs. The American is the only one that eats with a look of guilt.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Although the warm feeling is sure to fade, last night’s underdog football in snow lit my low fire of normalcy.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

For anyone who thinks the fear of stepping on random LEGO is the worst, I introduce Purina Pro Plan small breed kibble and a fussy dog.

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Amy VO Snyder @avosnyder.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The Complete Peanuts volumes. This morning, I find in Oct. 31, 1955, the word “mimeographed” and I’m smiling.

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