Amy VO Snyder
@avosnyder.bsky.social
Professional editor looking for full-time editing, project work. Freelance edit/proof for nonfiction and fiction. Published poet. Prog girl. Nature chick.
I cannot focus on my editing! What could the snow possibly have to tell me?
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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.
October 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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.
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.
October 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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. 💔
May 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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. 💔
Editor Amy mutters to herself, #72: “You might have ‘learned’ it, but you didn’t ‘discover’ it.”
March 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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.
March 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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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The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.
Sesame Workshop will 'downsize significantly' with layoffs, CEO says
The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.
www.npr.org
March 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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.
February 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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.
February 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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.
February 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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?
February 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Can someone with tech talent please create an app that matches an eager-to-help citizen with a fed family in need?
I’m exhausted from uncertainty and fear. But my dog, my dog is just pissed.
February 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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.
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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.
Oh, Pete. We really need you.
January 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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
January 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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
2.8 earthquake here. Like this week wasn’t freaky enough.
January 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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
January 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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.
January 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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.
January 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
First two birds I heard on first day of new year: crows. This seems to be good fortune. Crossing my fingers.
Index, The Complete Peanuts, 1955-1956
December 30, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Index, The Complete Peanuts, 1955-1956
Proofreading a medical article and came to a superscript citation range of 17-112. Gonna be a long day.
December 22, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Proofreading a medical article and came to a superscript citation range of 17-112. Gonna be a long day.
Once my mom hit 80, all her holiday food contributions are from “the freezer.”
December 18, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Once my mom hit 80, all her holiday food contributions are from “the freezer.”
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?
December 17, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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?
I have never been so glad for a fence.
December 15, 2024 at 2:24 PM
I have never been so glad for a fence.