As I checked my microphone one last time while also praying that my notorious pup (we call her Pebbles) doesn’t break into an impromptu melody only she knows the notes to, a Zoom notification echoed across the room.

*Cole Schafer entered the waiting room*

(THE Cole Schafer, who runs Honey Copy and along with it, three newsletters - Sticky Notes, Stranger than Fiction, and Chasing Hemingway)

At 2.30 am, there's a thin line between dreams, illusion, and reality. And this sure seemed more like the former two than the latter.

“She’s cute,” Cole spoke in a baritone that still hasn’t escaped my ears, when Pebbles unexpectedly jumped in to claim her spotlight, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (quite literally).

A sheepish grin and multiple failed attempts at shoving a canine tail away from my face later, the conversation you’re about to witness began.

This is episode #8 on The Newsletter Nerd Show.