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Text Messages from My Mother After I Publish a Single Article Online

Great work, hon. Maybe they’ll offer you a job!

Have you added the article to your résumé yet? Just a thought. XO

Question re: the article you published. Do you know if the pay is negotiable?

Sweetie, I left you a voice mail about updating your Web site to mention you-know-what.

Maybe you could turn it into a book! Have you floated that idea around?

Social media. That’s the way to get your name out there.

Maybe you could turn it into an e-book! Have you floated that idea around?

Honey, I tried leaving a comment but it looks like comments are disabled.

Did they give you a free subscription? They will if you ask.

Honey, remember to deposit the check in your checking account before it expires.

Just found a typo. Call me ASAP.

Honey, I was thinking that you might want to put the piece up on LinkedIn so people offering jobs could see it and see you and then maybe you could get a job.

Just had a great idea for the next one! Call me when you can.

Did you tell them that your sister’s a good writer, too? Good and maybe not so wordy.

Maybe they could create a new position for you! That sort of thing happens all the time.

Dad’s having trouble loading it on his Kindle. Call me ASAP.

Maybe you should offer to translate it into French! Your French is good.

I e-mailed them about the no-comments thing but haven’t heard back.

Maybe you should show them your tweets! Your tweets are good.

Honey, I took the liberty of printing it out and giving it to our neighbor Joe Metcalf, who works in publishing. It’s legal publishing, but you never know.

Did you add it to your OkCupid profile? I’d swipe right!

Well, did you even ask them if the pay was negotiable?

Did they ever e-mail you to say that they liked it or to ask if you have other ideas or just to keep in touch?

Maybe they could write you a letter of reference, I don’t know.

Did you want to invite the editor over for dinner on Sunday?

Maybe they could write your sister a letter of reference, I don’t know.

Can you at least try to help dad with his Kindle?

Last thing, hon: Have you considered writing more? Just a thought. XO

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