Alex, this is a great article, thank you for sharing it with us. I’d been thinking about emailing you privately to get some advice and a pep talk, and this is pretty much exactly what I would have hoped to hear from you.

You must get requests to be people’s humor writing coach all the time so I won’t ask. Kidding, I will — do you tutor/coach individuals?

Once again, your writing is so crisp, imaginative and funny. Your work inspires and entertains, and I’m so glad I stumbled upon you via Slackjaw and McSweeney’s. Happy Thanksgiving.