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Fierce Love

How I Learned My "Too Much" Was Exactly Enough

A love letter to my fellow "over-emotional" writers

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Amanda Saint
Oct 07, 2025
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Amanda Saint was one of the first people I admired on Substack when I joined back in November 2023. I told my husband “this woman has a whole career of teaching writing on Substack…it’s amazing!”

. . . and I was totally jealous . . .

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