Episode 221 #FeelingExposed in Memoir and Fiction

This week, Jess got a message from some family members who&#8217;d read the draft of her forthcoming book, The Addiction Innoculation. They had &#8230; thoughts. <br/><br/>Those thoughts turned out to be nothing drastic&#8212;but the emotional roller coaster Jess rode while waiting to hear more was a doozy, and got us all thinking about how much of ourselves is exposed when we write non-fiction with a memoir element, how real memoirists do it, and how often readers&#8212;especially those closest to you&#8212;read our fiction looking for hidden truths. It&#8217;s a fun conversation that also covers pool floats, parents, dream offices we probably wouldn&#8217;t use and more. <br/><br/>Links from the Podcast<br/><br/><a href="https://yardpods.com/">Yard Pods</a><br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780307588128">Don&#8217;t Kill the Birthday Girl</a> by Sandra Beasley<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781501133480">Mrs. Everything</a> by Jen Weiner<br/><br/><a href="https://www.frontgate.com/lazy-day-pool-collection/outdoor-decor-accessories/pool-beach/pool-floats/1359404?listIndex=7&#38;uniqueId=1359404">KJ and Sarina&#8217;s Pool Floats</a><br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780399590917">Rodham</a> by Curtis Sittenfeld<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781524760854">I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness</a> by Austin Channing Brown<br/><br/>Jess: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780316491556">Notes on a Silencing</a> by Lacy Crawford<br/><br/>Sarina: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780062958464">Don&#8217;t You Forget About Me</a> by Mhairi McFarlane<br/><br/>Thanks to everyone who supports the podcast financially. To join that team, click the button below:<br/><br/>But it&#8217;s all good. The pod is free as it always has and always will be. This shownotes email is free, too, so please&#8212;forward it to a friend, and if you haven&#8217;t already, join our email list and be on top of it every time there&#821