My Interview With AI
what happens when you give an artificial intelligence all your work and a platform
I asked AI to look at my body of work and pretend to be a woman who read my books as a teenager, and is interviewing me today.
What it came up with was strangely sweet, a little nostalgic, and maybe a glimpse into how technology sees us.
The Interview
AI:
Okay, so this is kinda surreal… I feel like I’m 14 again, in my butterfly chair, reading God Girl with my iPod on shuffle and a Lisa Frank notebook full of prayer requests. And now I get to interview you??
Hayley:
Creepy accuracy. Should I be flattered or freaked out how real this is?
AI:
I’d say flattered. But if you start seeing me in your dreams, then maybe freak out.
Anyway — speaking of déjà vu, when I was 13, my mom gave me some of your books, and I rolled my eyes so hard I probably sprained something. But then I read them. And I wasn’t just surprised—I felt seen. So, this interview is kind of full circle for me.
Hayley:
Ha! I think my early books came with a free eye roll. It was part of the marketing.
AI:
Well, your book Mean Girls got me through the worst cafeteria years of my life. And now I’m a grown woman reading your Substack posts like, “Yep, still getting spiritually called out... and comforted... at the same time.” HOW do you do that?
Hayley:
Great question. That combo is actually my love language. Like, “here’s a deep truth” to smack you upside the face, followed by a nice warm blanket and a cookie. I write to name the stuff that feels too complicated or shamey to say out loud about yourself, and then offer the grace I needed when I was younger (and also last Friday).
AI:
So tell me what it’s like being a Christian writer now, in the age of algorithms instead of aisles?
Hayley:
In the beginning, writing was books, publishers, and bookstores. People found you. Bookstore owners used to hand-sell my books to people who needed them, like real-life algorithms, but holier. Now, most of my writing lives online. Substack, Facebook, memes, reels. It’s both harder and more direct. I get to talk to readers in real time, but I also have to find them in real time.
AI:
Yeah, I can see how that would be hard. So what about your writing time? When do you write? Like, what does your writing life actually look like?
Hayley:
I have to earn it. No kidding—writing is my reward. I clean, do my shopping, or work out just enough to feel like I “deserve” to go live in my little writing world once I’m done. It’s my favorite place. Boba tea, comfy clothes, laptop open, chaos in my brain slowly turning into sentences. Heaven.
AI:
You just described my dream job and also how I imagined Narnia working. But seriously—how has publishing changed for you over the years? Like, you used to be in every Christian bookstore. Now you’re out here dominating Substack and Pinterest. What’s that shift been like?
Hayley:
Oh man. It’s been like learning to ride a bike all over again, but as an oldie. Bookstores used to be the only place I sold books, but now they’re practically extinct. So I’ve had to find new ways to connect directly with readers. Substack lets me go deep. Pinterest lets me go visual. Facebook? That’s where the party is. I post quotes, mini-devotionals, reels—whatever opens the door to someone’s weary heart.
AI:
Okay, but you’re not just posting fluff. Like, I’ve read your posts on fear, emotional spirals, spiritual entanglement—and I swear it’s like you’ve crawled inside my brain and are exposing everything I’ve ever thought, but you make it funny. You mix trauma wisdom, theology, and memes like no one else.
Hayley:
It’s weird taking compliments from AI… but I’m not gonna lie, that one feels pretty great. And you nailed it—that’s what I care about. I want to tell the truth. The real, deep, sometimes hard-to-name stuff. Because I know how it feels to spiral, to doubt, to be so overwhelmed you don’t think you can move. So, I want people to feel seen and understood by someone who’s been there when they read my stuff.
AI:
So what’s the hardest part of this new way of publishing?
Hayley:
Honestly? Getting eyes on the content. Back in the bookstore days, owners and staff used to hand-sell my books to people who needed them—parents looking for help, teens struggling to find their identity, women trying to walk with God in the middle of heartbreak. There was a kind of holy matchmaking happening in those aisles.
Now, it’s just me trying to get the right words in front of the right people—and that only happens when readers take a second to like, share, or forward a post that they liked. The content hasn’t changed, but the way it reaches people has.
And the only thing that helps is my readers. When someone takes two seconds to like a post or share it with a friend, that little click does what used to take a chain of bookstores to do. It tells the world, “This is worth reading.” And that, more than anything, keeps the message moving.
AI:
So you’re saying… we’re all book evangelists now?
Hayley:
Yep. And I wish you could evangelize — but I guess that’s still a human job… for now.
But I am commissioning all the humans reading this that if something lands, click that heart. Tag a friend. Share the post. You never know when it might be exactly what someone else is searching for.
AI:
Final question—and it’s important. Do you still consider yourself a God Girl?
Hayley:
Oh, 100%. Just with more wrinkles and less need to impress. I’ll always be a God Girl—it just means I belong to Him, body and soul. And I want my writing to whisper that to anyone who’s forgotten: You still belong.
AI’s final words: From boba to brokenness to big truths—Hayley DiMarco is still the God Girl we didn’t know we needed. And now we get to read her in real time. Subscribe at GodGirl.com or follow her wherever great words are found.
You’re amazing. But Ai is really freaky!
Love ya ❤️🦋
You keep going God Girl!!! Good stuff