“Because that’s when they get you, that’s
when they getcha.”
“In bed!”

Heather knows, she knows, how to connect with people through stories and writing, she knows how to make you feel seen, buoyed, valued, special, important, remarkable.

It’s the second issue of the best little behind-the-scenes newsletter EVER.

“no one gives you a free personal pan pizza when you do something you really, really don’t want to do! we live in a crumbling society”

“Goblincore is in and we’re embracing being the spooky cryptid who lives in the swamp! (Dewy skin amirite? Clammy even).”

“I want you to know that three different people in my life sent me this video the day it dropped. I have not been the same since.”

“i don’t care about this at all except i would like to request hot pictures of the lesbians involved for a feature”

“Is “Puzzle Box” central to Hellraiser?”

“Unless one of you all sent me a mesh shirt that said Pizza Slut???”

i would also watch an incredible ryan murphy show about this with sarah paulson and jessica lange as the wronged lesbian penguin parents.

Tell us, do you have any superstitions?

“I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BEING INTENSELY EMOTIONAL OR BAD WITH BOUNDARIES SOUNDS FAKE”

Here’s all the good, bad and the ugly about our first time viewing porn. Remember VHS tapes? Were we ever so young?

“Her dreams are just real nights at lesbian bars
And then she wakes up covered in a man
Wish I didn’t relate so much”

It was a real treat watching her learn to love the series too, and so when she was all finished, I called her up on the phone and talked to her about her magical journey.

“Drink with nerds and feel good about people calling you mom.”

“I hope you gave birth to a swan, invented a new way to eat pineapples, started recycling or used a cucumber as a dildo after your dog ate your dildo. I hope only good things for you.”

“I will probably be Connie Britton Editor from now on. Also heading up our Star Witness Akita division.”

Can you help me understand why I identify so strongly with 80s music videos?

In honor of our seventh birthday, we’re talking about the writing we’re proud of, the writing that scared us, the writing we regret, the writing coming up soon and so many other fascinating things!