I started the Glamorous Trash ep and here is my Eat Pray Love/Liz Gilbert contribution: I had also never read it, on principle. I was also an early hater. Then I was in a memoir class and we read three wildly different chapters from different authors and an excerpt from EPL was one of the selections. Then we had an assignment to try to emulate the voice and style of one of the excerpts we read. I had HATED the EPL excerpt, found her voice insufferable. So I decided to challenge myself as a writer and choose to try to write in that style and it ended up being one of my favorite chapters of CNF/memoir I’ve ever written 😂
Ok also I’m further in now and I want to recommend my favorite (hybrid) memoir about codependency and Al-Anon: Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls by Nina Renata Aron. Maybe a good companion piece (or chaser) to Gilbert’s!
I feel like I started it but doesn't it start with her going to some place like Bali to find herself? I think I threw it across a room and went on with my life.
Thanks Chelsey. Sadly this isn't actually a break, I just need to focus my time and attention some place else right now. I am still very much working. I'll get a break one day, I promise.
I started the Glamorous Trash ep and here is my Eat Pray Love/Liz Gilbert contribution: I had also never read it, on principle. I was also an early hater. Then I was in a memoir class and we read three wildly different chapters from different authors and an excerpt from EPL was one of the selections. Then we had an assignment to try to emulate the voice and style of one of the excerpts we read. I had HATED the EPL excerpt, found her voice insufferable. So I decided to challenge myself as a writer and choose to try to write in that style and it ended up being one of my favorite chapters of CNF/memoir I’ve ever written 😂
Ok I love all of this very much. I feel like Gilbert is a really good writer and compelling storyteller even if her style isn’t for you.
I’ve been reading a lot of addiction books this year, sorta randomly, and so I’ll add your rec to the list.
Ok also I’m further in now and I want to recommend my favorite (hybrid) memoir about codependency and Al-Anon: Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls by Nina Renata Aron. Maybe a good companion piece (or chaser) to Gilbert’s!
I feel like I started it but doesn't it start with her going to some place like Bali to find herself? I think I threw it across a room and went on with my life.
Yeah that’s the premise of the book lol. She got paid like a $200k advance to go take her little white lady trip
I love when creators I care about take breaks. It's so rad. Thank you for modeling this for us!
I wish I didn’t have to tbh.
I hear you. Take care of yourself <3
Your hustle is unmatched. I'm so glad you're taking a much-needed break! I hope you get to rest and have some great snacks.
Thanks Chelsey. Sadly this isn't actually a break, I just need to focus my time and attention some place else right now. I am still very much working. I'll get a break one day, I promise.
Nobody EVER asked 98 Degrees to do a damn thing but here comes Nick and Two Other Guys I Could Not Pick Out of a Lineup to do some nonsense.
Nobody ever.
If the boy band is not *NSYNC, I do not currr. :D