The F*ck It Diet: Author Commentary

Part 1: The Audiobook

This was originally released as bonus content for people who pre-ordered Tired as F*ck. Now I’m releasing it on substack behind the paywall.

Ok,

I don’t know if there is an official name for what I want to create here, but I’m thinking of it as an author’s version of “director’s commentary” on a DVD (how do they do those anymore without mass use of DVDs?) It’ll be my memories from writing or from book production of The F*ck It Diet, *commentary* (of course), mentioning the parts I had to cut, the things I meant to add, things I want to change or reword, fears I had about what I wrote, or how it would land, and FUN FACTS, etc.

Fun fact: I have not read The F*ck It Diet since I narrated the audiobook. Well, maybe I’ve read a paragraph here and there. And I read the intro out loud for the book launch... but that’s it. Sometimes I look for references in the book, or flip to a page to take a picture of the page and post it, but I have never read the book, properly, since the audiobook narration. And it’s because I am terrified to read my own writing, especially now that it’s too late to change anything. I have also never listened to the audiobook. Ever. I have heard a line here and there when people tag me on their Instagram story, but I quickly turn it off. Surprise surprise, I am still very critical of myself, these days mostly when it comes to any sort of creative endeavor... so instead of just picking myself and my writing apart, I prefer to just... not revisit it once it’s too late to change anything. And once I finish this Author Commentary project, which will definitely be poorly-edited because it’s just me doing this little project, I will also never re-read it. And only you will know of my typos. I probably never will.