I read your book recently, and I found all of it very genuine, and I never wondered if you were making things up. I’m looking forward to reading more of your work.

At the heart of it, I still simply don’t understand why someone would make up such horrific events – ultimately, it reduces (and ridicules) the experiences of people who actually had to endure such events. In general, I fear the worst: that memoir will turn into reality television of the word. The reason why I read Nick Flynn, Virginia Woolf, Joan Didion and Paula Fox before writing my book was because I felt that not only was it important to talk about my story, but it’s also critical to elevate the work to that of art. I want people to be able to pick up my book years from now (I doubt it because it’ll probably be out of print, but one can dream) and feel that it resonates, still.

xoxox, f.

Drama whores… I hate them. People who think it must be glamorous and ’special’ to have ‘problems’ to overcome. They need to create their own problems to create their own fame (no matter how insignificant)

Thankyouverymuch, but I’d love to trade their opportunity to choose their level of irrationality for my true reality.

Life would be much more ‘fun’ if I could choose instead of deal with life throws at me on a whim…