Edmund Alyn Jones
@eddywithay.bsky.social
Writer | Host | Actors | I help actors avoid career potholes so they can actually make money doing what they love
What's your biggest struggle? #OffBookEd
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What's your biggest struggle? #OffBookEd
I went home devastated. I told my mom I was quitting. Thank heaven she reminded me of how bad I wanted this opportunity. How I wished and prayed for it.
With Brute Force, I went from being the fourth understudy, to a lead role a few months later.
But ... it was painfully difficult.
With Brute Force, I went from being the fourth understudy, to a lead role a few months later.
But ... it was painfully difficult.
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I went home devastated. I told my mom I was quitting. Thank heaven she reminded me of how bad I wanted this opportunity. How I wished and prayed for it.
With Brute Force, I went from being the fourth understudy, to a lead role a few months later.
But ... it was painfully difficult.
With Brute Force, I went from being the fourth understudy, to a lead role a few months later.
But ... it was painfully difficult.
One line.
I couldn't remember it.
The pressure of the opportunity was too much.
Water can burn, you know. I got the tears to prove it.
One line.
I couldn't remember it.
I couldn't remember it.
The pressure of the opportunity was too much.
Water can burn, you know. I got the tears to prove it.
One line.
I couldn't remember it.
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
One line.
I couldn't remember it.
The pressure of the opportunity was too much.
Water can burn, you know. I got the tears to prove it.
One line.
I couldn't remember it.
I couldn't remember it.
The pressure of the opportunity was too much.
Water can burn, you know. I got the tears to prove it.
One line.
I couldn't remember it.
I had seen Mosaic perform in my middle school two years earlier.
Now here I was rehearsing with the people I wanted to be like.
The director gave me my shot.
One line.
I had one line.
My time came to show the others.
My cue.
My body stood up.
My mind sat back down.
Now here I was rehearsing with the people I wanted to be like.
The director gave me my shot.
One line.
I had one line.
My time came to show the others.
My cue.
My body stood up.
My mind sat back down.
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I had seen Mosaic perform in my middle school two years earlier.
Now here I was rehearsing with the people I wanted to be like.
The director gave me my shot.
One line.
I had one line.
My time came to show the others.
My cue.
My body stood up.
My mind sat back down.
Now here I was rehearsing with the people I wanted to be like.
The director gave me my shot.
One line.
I had one line.
My time came to show the others.
My cue.
My body stood up.
My mind sat back down.
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Our privacy seeking protagonist is assaulted by a well intentioned surprise party …
… thank goodness hospitals are quiet and lonely and tend to be extrovert repellent !
… thank goodness hospitals are quiet and lonely and tend to be extrovert repellent !
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Our privacy seeking protagonist is assaulted by a well intentioned surprise party …
… thank goodness hospitals are quiet and lonely and tend to be extrovert repellent !
… thank goodness hospitals are quiet and lonely and tend to be extrovert repellent !
Introvertigo (see image) was my expression of the plight of the introvert in this extremely extroverted place called America.
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Introvertigo (see image) was my expression of the plight of the introvert in this extremely extroverted place called America.
In a weird way social media offers that prospect.
I’m writing this in the wee hours, alone, spilling my subconscious on the table for others to probe and forage for inspiration.
I’m writing this in the wee hours, alone, spilling my subconscious on the table for others to probe and forage for inspiration.
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In a weird way social media offers that prospect.
I’m writing this in the wee hours, alone, spilling my subconscious on the table for others to probe and forage for inspiration.
I’m writing this in the wee hours, alone, spilling my subconscious on the table for others to probe and forage for inspiration.
Then syndicated distribution would ship piles of money into my bank accounts along with licensing deals and quiet fame.
No need to be interviewed.
No public speaking engagements.
Just images expressing my neuroses in humorous relatable scenarios.
No need to be interviewed.
No public speaking engagements.
Just images expressing my neuroses in humorous relatable scenarios.
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Then syndicated distribution would ship piles of money into my bank accounts along with licensing deals and quiet fame.
No need to be interviewed.
No public speaking engagements.
Just images expressing my neuroses in humorous relatable scenarios.
No need to be interviewed.
No public speaking engagements.
Just images expressing my neuroses in humorous relatable scenarios.
So, how do you present yourself to the market to exchange your skills and value for income?
If you were a cereal what would your box look like?
Are you promoting Wheaties on the outside of your box, but you’re Cocoa Crispy on the inside?
If you were a cereal what would your box look like?
Are you promoting Wheaties on the outside of your box, but you’re Cocoa Crispy on the inside?
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
So, how do you present yourself to the market to exchange your skills and value for income?
If you were a cereal what would your box look like?
Are you promoting Wheaties on the outside of your box, but you’re Cocoa Crispy on the inside?
If you were a cereal what would your box look like?
Are you promoting Wheaties on the outside of your box, but you’re Cocoa Crispy on the inside?
I understand that brand and promise are vital to earning an amazing income.
People need to know what problem you solve well so they can get to their desired outcome ASAP!
I’m having a heck of a time whittling that down.
People need to know what problem you solve well so they can get to their desired outcome ASAP!
I’m having a heck of a time whittling that down.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I understand that brand and promise are vital to earning an amazing income.
People need to know what problem you solve well so they can get to their desired outcome ASAP!
I’m having a heck of a time whittling that down.
People need to know what problem you solve well so they can get to their desired outcome ASAP!
I’m having a heck of a time whittling that down.
When people ask me what I do I often have a glitch moment because it’s such a tough question to answer.
My usual reply: Depends on what time of the day it is?
My usual reply: Depends on what time of the day it is?
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
When people ask me what I do I often have a glitch moment because it’s such a tough question to answer.
My usual reply: Depends on what time of the day it is?
My usual reply: Depends on what time of the day it is?
I continue to live many lives in my professional career…
… business analyst, ScrumMaster, project manager, teaching artist, front-end developer, screenwriter, game show host … and that’s just since COVID.
… business analyst, ScrumMaster, project manager, teaching artist, front-end developer, screenwriter, game show host … and that’s just since COVID.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I continue to live many lives in my professional career…
… business analyst, ScrumMaster, project manager, teaching artist, front-end developer, screenwriter, game show host … and that’s just since COVID.
… business analyst, ScrumMaster, project manager, teaching artist, front-end developer, screenwriter, game show host … and that’s just since COVID.
… acting allowed me to live a thousand lives.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
… acting allowed me to live a thousand lives.
Trying to distill what one has to offer society into a clear package has been frustrating.
Especially for an actor.
We are convinced we can do all the things.
Which is why acting was so attractive to me in the first place …
Especially for an actor.
We are convinced we can do all the things.
Which is why acting was so attractive to me in the first place …
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Trying to distill what one has to offer society into a clear package has been frustrating.
Especially for an actor.
We are convinced we can do all the things.
Which is why acting was so attractive to me in the first place …
Especially for an actor.
We are convinced we can do all the things.
Which is why acting was so attractive to me in the first place …
I’ve been trying to figure out this online branding thing.
And as a very private human who has strong misgivings about participating in social media, I’ve found this journey in to “content creation” rewarding and disturbing.
And as a very private human who has strong misgivings about participating in social media, I’ve found this journey in to “content creation” rewarding and disturbing.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I’ve been trying to figure out this online branding thing.
And as a very private human who has strong misgivings about participating in social media, I’ve found this journey in to “content creation” rewarding and disturbing.
And as a very private human who has strong misgivings about participating in social media, I’ve found this journey in to “content creation” rewarding and disturbing.
… I started seeing different ways to present myself.
And the truth is none of them are inauthentic!
Which makes it all the more confusing.
And the truth is none of them are inauthentic!
Which makes it all the more confusing.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
… I started seeing different ways to present myself.
And the truth is none of them are inauthentic!
Which makes it all the more confusing.
And the truth is none of them are inauthentic!
Which makes it all the more confusing.
Who’s your tribe that’s really your sorority/fraternity???
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Who’s your tribe that’s really your sorority/fraternity???
That type of community unifies. Across generations and backgrounds.
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
That type of community unifies. Across generations and backgrounds.
Wherever I go and someone sees me rocking my Mosaic gear, they inevitably know SOMEONE (sibling , friend, ex-girlfriend’s second cousin twice removed) who was a part of Mosaic.
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wherever I go and someone sees me rocking my Mosaic gear, they inevitably know SOMEONE (sibling , friend, ex-girlfriend’s second cousin twice removed) who was a part of Mosaic.
No matter what city I’m in, nine times out of ten, there’s a Mosaic alum waiting to welcome me with open arms.
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
No matter what city I’m in, nine times out of ten, there’s a Mosaic alum waiting to welcome me with open arms.
… I realize I’m a part of one of the best sorority/fraternity communities in America!
MYT
MYT
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
… I realize I’m a part of one of the best sorority/fraternity communities in America!
MYT
MYT