tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792745986850454057.post5798416026535000747..comments2023-06-01T08:48:30.536-07:00Comments on BIKE WITH JACKIE: Should you tell the family secrets?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505661913107994459noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792745986850454057.post-47679417999254439572009-09-27T18:55:39.170-07:002009-09-27T18:55:39.170-07:00Brette, are you able to write? Or do you get block...Brette, are you able to write? Or do you get blocked because of the feelings the writing invokes? I think that's the toughest part. How do you write through that? I think that's what this gentleman on LinkedIn was talking about. I've experienced that before too, having scrapped a number of different projects for that reason. The book I'm writing now, well, it's going to includes sensitive information. I won't use names and feel it's a part of the story I can't deny. Of course, this is many years in the making and much reflection.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505661913107994459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792745986850454057.post-53502786199904127762009-09-27T16:06:47.508-07:002009-09-27T16:06:47.508-07:00I've been struggling with this myself as I wor...I've been struggling with this myself as I work on a book that is memoir. It is my story to tell, but on the other hand, I want to be careful to consider the feelings of family who are mentioned. It's a fine line to walk. I think it's another situation when the person you write about is dead - as with Mackenzie Phillips.MarthaAndMehttp://www.marthaandme.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792745986850454057.post-32955163354977349332009-09-26T13:08:53.680-07:002009-09-26T13:08:53.680-07:00Holy cow, Jennifer! I just wrote another blog post...Holy cow, Jennifer! I just wrote another blog post there! Sheesh!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505661913107994459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792745986850454057.post-85174007460957953182009-09-26T13:08:20.062-07:002009-09-26T13:08:20.062-07:00I don't have an opinion on the Phillips' s...I don't have an opinion on the Phillips' story yet. I think it'll depend on how she promotes it. The thing with the McGreevey story is that the ex-wife seemed like she was looking for revenge. You could tell by the way she answered questions, by what she wrote. <br /><br />I read an essay of hers, I think it was in More, and I related very much to what she was feeling but felt she could have done herself much more justice if she could have stepped back a bit before doing the tell-all. I very much questioned her motives, only because of how she responded. <br /><br />I think that's because she was writing that book during the heat of the experience--when emotion is what drives you, not necessarily conscious choice. And probably money, too, which, you can't fault her for at all. You gotta survive, and her whole life was pulled right out from under her. I just think that book might have brought her more negative attention than positive. <br /><br />As far as the MacKenzie Phillips' story goes, I haven't read the book, either, and I haven't heard her speak about it enough to offer a fair opinion on it. <br /><br />I think, at this point, I agree that if it helps her heal--if it helps others speak out on this very delicate and misunderstood topic--then it could be a good thing? The ones who need to hear it will. The ones who can't handle the topic will ignore it or complain, thus, help advance a dialogue that may need to take place.<br /><br />I've heard the complaints that say something like, "Oh, sure! Now she tells this story, now that her father's dead!" But maybe that's exactly why she wrote it now. Maybe were he alive it would have been more problematic for her to tell it--and not just from a legal standpoint. Maybe his death has given her a different perspective, even room to breathe, some sense of freedom that she wasn't aware of until she sat down to write--or work with a ghostwriter, however that process transpired. <br /><br />The one thing that we can be sure of is that celebrities have the ability to bring attention to whatever it is they want to call attention to. Let's hope her story is being told with healthy motives, or it could do her more harm than good--no matter how much money she earns. So far, she hasn't appeared to be antagonistic about it...<br /><br />How's that for "no opinion on the topic yet"? LOLAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505661913107994459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792745986850454057.post-90726153517758706422009-09-26T12:15:20.161-07:002009-09-26T12:15:20.161-07:00I'm curious to hear your take on the Mackenzie...I'm curious to hear your take on the Mackenzie Phillips' story. Do you think hers met the reflection criteria, the trying-to-help others criteria? I admit to not having read the book, and I'm not sure of my own opinions here, esp. b/c the book publishing world seems only too willing to publish a book that will generate a lot of controversy and sell a lot of copies, regardless of the content.Jennifer Finkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568576650343979230noreply@blogger.com