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Amy Holman's avatar

You had me until personal fitness.

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Belindajk's avatar

Me too!

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Joan S's avatar

Me too!

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Anne Anthony's avatar

same.

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David Harris's avatar

Ditto - paragraph 4!

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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

Me, too!

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Jenny Hauf's avatar

Likewise 🤣

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Shifra Sharlin's avatar

Same!

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Nona Lea's avatar

I look forward to your new fitness regime of benchpressing books

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JayinToronto's avatar

I was just about to unsubscribe. Sheesh.

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Michael Dickel's avatar

When I saw the change to fitness, I laughed because I knew the date. :-)

But some serious news last week did make for some chaos, with SPD closing down. Wow. Not April Foolish.

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Nancy Chapple's avatar

For those who were not quite sure what that meant, I Googled quickly and found this

https://lithub.com/what-the-closure-of-small-press-distribution-means-for-readers/

sigh

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LindaAnn LoSchiavo's avatar

Yes, very sad.

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Amy Holman's avatar

That’s why I believed it for three paragraphs.

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Kathy Leonard Czepiel's avatar

Excellent example of satire LOL. Study up, all! Becky's got it down. (I wasn't sure until I got to the book titles!)

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John Kirsch's avatar

You had me going there for a minute.

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Andrew Binks's avatar

How many calories did I just burn off chuckling at this! Thank you!

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Carol Coven Grannick's avatar

Yes - when you mentioned fitness I knew it had to be a joke.

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Anne Anthony's avatar

When I read the name change, I just knew it was an April Fool's joke & scrolled down.

Glad nothing is changing!! Love reading Lit Mag News.

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isthisanything?'s avatar

Reading this on the 14th.. April fools wasn’t on my mind, I was gonna recommend David Goggins for the 1st interview :(

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Dennis A.Blackledge's avatar

Hilarious. Needed a good laugh.

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Herb Kitson's avatar

LOL You might get a prize for the most lengthy written April Fools joke in history. It's rumored that the Prize Van is scheduled to stop at your house tomorrow--April 4--around 11:59 pm. They'll be bringing you.....Excuse me. I smell something burning. It's my roommate. He's set himself on fire again. He does this every spring.

He believes that "April is the cruelest month of all."

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Timothy Kenny's avatar

Nice one. Thanks.😊

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Elizabeth Vrenios's avatar

Whew! I've been had!

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Robin's avatar

I love more reps on lifting the decision, haha!

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