Comments on: Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me #3: Emily Gould

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:38:36 +0000

I am totally mailing this link to your mom.

By: Lissa

Lissa — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:17:07 +0000

Great interview and fascinating timing. I just emailed my aunt about this issue less than a week ago. I’ve recently established a blog and didn’t realize I’d painted myself into a corner until I started receiving feedback from my family (worry, concern, disappointment) on each post. Now I’m stuck. I might do as is suggested in the article and tell (ask) them to stop following. However, will they? Or is that like telling a teenager they aren’t allowed to drink beer?

By: a

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:16:47 +0000

It’s nice to hear about a writer who struggles with writing truthfully about their personal history. Having spent a good portion of my life telling my parents I was always the designated driver for my ‘crazy friends’ just so I could go out without complications, I now realize that I’ve painted myself into a corner. I currently only write about drinking and partying and it’s hard to explain why I’m obsessed with that subject. I cringe whenever my mom asks to read my stuff. All I can really do is refrain from writing a memoir so that I never have to get into the dirty details of it all. Wink.

By: Nine

Nine — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:38:57 +0000

I would really like to read that Marie Claire article!

I’m really enjoying this series, and right now I’m feeling thankful that no members of my family seem interested in my writing. Unless that’s just foreshadowing …