{"id":19801,"date":"2025-08-18T06:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T04:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/a-new-start-after-60-i-read-out-my-old-diaries-online-and-my-youthful-secrets-went-viral\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T06:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T04:38:25","slug":"a-new-start-after-60-i-read-out-my-old-diaries-online-and-my-youthful-secrets-went-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/a-new-start-after-60-i-read-out-my-old-diaries-online-and-my-youthful-secrets-went-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"A new start after 60: I read out my old diaries online \u2013 and my youthful secrets went viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Betsy Lerner began her unfiltered readings, she found an unexpected following and a new sense of connection<\/p>\n

Betsy Lerner doesn\u2019t see herself as a TikTok star \u2013 though the New York Times described her as one \u2013 or an influencer. That means payment and swag \u2013 all she\u2019s had is a free pen. \u201cI really do it for myself,\u201d she says, \u201cand for the people who follow me\u201d.<\/p>\n

Lerner, 64, has for 20 <\/strong>years <\/strong>worked as a literary agent for writers including Patti Smith and Temple Grandin. She\u2019s an author of nonfiction and now of a debut novel, Shred Sisters \u2013 \u201ca love letter to loneliness\u201d. But the \u201cdoing\u201d she\u2019s talking about is on TikTok, where she has amassed 1.5m likes<\/a> for videos in which she reads from the diaries she wrote in her turbulent 20s.<\/p>\n

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\nWhen Betsy Lerner began her unfiltered readings, she found an unexpected following and a new sense of connection
\nBetsy Lerner doesn\u2019t see herself as a TikTok star \u2013 though the New York Times described her as one \u2013 or an influencer. That means payment and swag \u2013 all she\u2019s had is a free pen. \u201cI really do it for myself,\u201d she says, \u201cand for the people who follow me\u201d.
\nLerner, 64, has for 20 years worked as a literary agent for writers including Patti Smith and Temple Grandin. She\u2019s an author of nonfiction and now of a debut novel, Shred Sisters \u2013 \u201ca love letter to loneliness\u201d. But the \u201cdoing\u201d she\u2019s talking about is on TikTok, where she has amassed 1.5m likes for videos in which she reads from the diaries she wrote in her turbulent 20s. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Betsy Lerner began her unfiltered readings, she found an unexpected following and a new sense of connection Betsy Lerner doesn\u2019t see herself as a TikTok star \u2013 though the New York Times described her as one \u2013 or an influencer. That means payment and swag \u2013 all she\u2019s had is a free pen. \u201cI …<\/p>\n

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