Mary Lea
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Lisa Jakub:
Hey! I just found you on here! I was at the due South convention last year, and I feel like an idiot because I didn't talk to you nearly enough. (I'm the silly woman who fanflailed, if you remember that - I got the worst case of giggles ever known to man or beast.) So - anyway. Here is the question - I do hope you are still writing - what's next in the pipeline?
Lisa Jakub
Hello!! You are totally not silly - although I love the word "fanflailed."
I am indeed still writing. (I can't not write, I've realized. I just get weird when I don't write.)
I am starting to work on my next book. It will be another non-fiction, and will continue some of the same themes of authenticity and vulnerability that I touch on in You Look Like That Girl.
This book will be more research-based, and I'll intertwine other people's stories with my own experiences with anxiety, panic attacks and depression. I want to talk about what works, what doesn't and how we can all feel a little less alone with these struggles.
I think people who suffer from anxiety feel like they are the only ones, and that they should be able to handle these things. It can be very isolating - it was for me. It's very important to talk about mental wellness issues, and I want to encourage a conversation that will offer support and tangible tools for managing.
Thanks for asking!
I am indeed still writing. (I can't not write, I've realized. I just get weird when I don't write.)
I am starting to work on my next book. It will be another non-fiction, and will continue some of the same themes of authenticity and vulnerability that I touch on in You Look Like That Girl.
This book will be more research-based, and I'll intertwine other people's stories with my own experiences with anxiety, panic attacks and depression. I want to talk about what works, what doesn't and how we can all feel a little less alone with these struggles.
I think people who suffer from anxiety feel like they are the only ones, and that they should be able to handle these things. It can be very isolating - it was for me. It's very important to talk about mental wellness issues, and I want to encourage a conversation that will offer support and tangible tools for managing.
Thanks for asking!
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Alan Bickerstaff
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Lisa Jakub:
Hi Lisa, just noticed you're reading the book about Alzheimer's? Just wondered what you thought of it. My mother (93) is in the latter stages of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia having been diagnosed 4 years ago. I know it's too late to do anything for her, but I like to support a charity that is involved in caring for those suffering with it. Alan
Richard Kennedy
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Lisa Jakub:
I wanted to say that I've read your blog for......... I think a couple of years but not sure. I do know I enjoy all you've had to write about and I think you'd be most enjoyable to know. I am always concerned about publicly identified personalities and how they might be compromised or impaired by ridiculous comments from their theoretical fan base. Americans are not always the kindest of fans.
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