I know that, for many people, using generative AI feels like a viable solution for the constraints of time, capacity, creativity, and even capitalism – but I just do not see it that way. This episode explores why – including the biggest reasons I avoid generative AI and LLMs in my work.

*****

This piece is part of my experimental email + audio series, Existential Phase, where you'll find a combination of memoir-style essays, musings on politics + culture, reflections on work + life as a self-employed person, ruminations around uncomfortable questions, and an exploration of being human –

all through the lens of a Humanities degree holder, professional copywriter, and grown-ass woman who refuses to choose between depth and delight.

*****

Hi Listener! While you're here...

Does writing about yourself feel hard, even though you’re a good writer? Same, and help is here! Beyond Little Treats: The About Page Kit for Smart People Who Care About Things is open for a few more days – only until June 8! 

Sooo if you’re ready to learn how tf to write a website about page that features both Legit Professional You and Delightful Human Being You – you know, the kind that gives your perfect-fit people that “Oh shit – THIS is my person!” feeling, click here to get started 🙂

Reflections on the privilege required to decide to opt out

This piece is part of my experimental email + audio series, Existential Phase, where you'll find a combination of memoir-style essays, musings on politics + culture, reflections on work + life as a self-employed person, ruminations around uncomfortable questions, and an exploration of being human –

all through the lens of a Humanities degree holder, professional copywriter, and grown-ass woman who refuses to choose between depth and delight.

*****

Hi Listener! While you're here...

Does writing about yourself feel hard, even though you’re a good writer? Same, and help is here! Beyond Little Treats: The About Page Kit for Smart People Who Care About Things is open until June 8. 

Sooo if you’re ready to learn how tf to write a website about page that features both Legit Professional You and Delightful Human Being You – you know, the kind that gives your perfect-fit people that “Oh shit – THIS is my person!” feeling, click here to get all the details 🙂

It’s quite a thing to reckon with – coming to realize that your country, your government, your church, your community, whatever it is – is not what you always believed it was. When people say, “This is not who we are!” I get it – because for a very long time, I felt that way, too. This is my story.

Hi! I'm Carly, the copywriter + messaging strategist behind Moon Pup Creative, and this is Existential Phase: an email and podcast series that combines memoir-style essays, 

musings on politics + culture, reflections on work + life as a self-employed person, ruminations around uncomfortable questions, and an exploration of being human – 

all through the lens of a Humanities degree holder, professional copywriter, and grown-ass woman who refuses to choose between depth and delight.

Get WTS: What the Specificity!? my free workbook + audio featuring the 9 questions that’ll help you get more specific in your copy so that you can connect with your reader more deeply and start selling more confidently (by, like, tomorrow) right here.

Find me on the internet (I am here to make friends):

• MoonPupCreative.com
• Instagram: @CETWrites and @MoonPupCreative
• Threads: @CETWrites

How a 1993 movie – one that I wasn't even allowed to see – helped this Spring Bitch™ become a person who hits the seasonal delights HARD – during the pumpkin spice months *and* beyond

More:

• Wish you knew how to make your words connect with your audience more deeply (so you can start selling more confidently)? Get WTS: What the Specificity!?, a free workbook + audio to help get you started
• Come say hi on Instagram, where I'm @CETWrites and @MoonPupCreative
• Interested in working together? Stop by MoonPupCreative.com!