Amy Schmittauer

I've been to a few events this year.

So there was the APCTC, which is in London.

Um, I did an, I'm doing an event next week in Richmond, Virginia with the AMA.

I write them back and I say, unfortunately, I'm all out of free gigs this year, which is what happened.

I'm actually totally unavailable for free stuff because here's the thing, as much as I adore and love and want to practice speaking, I can do it on my own time for free.

So I have put in my time that I've needed to, and I am a $5,000 speaker.

There is no doubt in my mind.

So if you're telling me not happening, then I'm going to tell you no biggie.

I have signed one contract for next year, which is the one conference I had in mind that I would show up to no matter what.

So they are, of course, are not paying.

But the one the I'm negotiating another and I've turned down two more because the other two didn't want to pay my fee.

They wanted to pay a percentage of it.

I probably got somebody to come up to three, three and a half.

But that wasn't my fee.

So I said, I'm sorry, I can't do it.

And they were like, oh, OK, well, that's sorry.

We can't do it either.

And I was like, OK, cool.

Well, sounds like we're on the same page.

Say it.