“My constant longing to be without social media is actually a longing to be in deeper connection with the world.”River Selby was born in Los Angeles and grew up in the Pacific Northwest. They worked as a wildland firefighter for seven years, and their debut memoir, Hotshot: A Life of Fire, was published in 2025 by Grove Atlantic.Today, River joins me to talk about the realities of being an author from a working class, no-safety-net background — and how that has shaped their relationship to social media.Together, we explore:The gifts (and perils) of refusing to niche downHow to quit performing & projecting on social mediaWhat to do when compare & despair becomes unavoidableHow financial insecurity might impact your social media optionsWhy many authors have to hire publicists (but we couldn’t afford to)Ways social media impacts your financial well-beingWhy we have to stop commodifying books  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com!  ✨ Ready to finally figure out relationship marketing? Join my friend, Janna Carlson, on Monday, June 22 from 12:30–1:30pm EDT for: Your 2026 Referral Partner Playbook: Strategies that Work NOW.    FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK❊ 7-Day Savings Challenge from Dalene Higgins❊ Toolkit for Navigating Capitalism & Other Fuckery from Kristi Amdahl❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!