Holy shit.

First of all, Girlbomb just went into its seventh printing, just weeks after its sixth.

But that's not even the holy shit.

HOLY SHIT: Laura Albert, aka JT Leroy, just wrote to me on Facebook to say that we were roommates at one of the group homes where I lived, and she dropped a detail that makes me think she's telling the truth. I'm looking at pictures of her on Google right now, and I seriously think she might have actually been my old roommate, Laura. How could I have not put this together until now? I have to send her my book. Maybe she can challenge its veracity!

Comments

[satia]

LOL! Holy shit indeed.

I remember a friend showing me a copy of Aloud! This was before I realized that you were published because . . . well, you know how communication can be. Anyway, I took it and said, "Gee, I wonder if my step sister is in it." Of course, after flipping through the table of contents I found your name and eagerly turned to the page to read you piece.

But gee . . . you think I might have noticed your picture on the cover! It took me owning the book before I said, "Holy shit! That's Janice on the cover."

Do send her a copy. I doubt she'll find any fault in what you wrote.

[M. David Hornbuckle]

That's totally insane weird.

[Stana Weisburd]

It's a small world after all.

[christopher lee]

another facebook miracle :)

[luckydave]

Hey, maybe if she likes it, she'll tell her friends, and it'll sell! Oh, wait, you said seventh printing, didn't you? Yeah, maybe she'll like the book! And that's plenty.

I wonder if she'll identify with "Past-Due Flounder"...

[The Brooklyn Boy]

That's awesome! Congrats on printing No. 7, superstar.

[Laura Albert]

I think the reason we survived is we were able to take problems of the soul and spirit and transform them into problems of craft. Hey Janice - ya wanna set and clear for me? I'll get ya back next week...
I hung last night with one of our sistahs...

[Laura Albert]

I think the reason we survived is we were able to take problems of the soul and spirit and transform them into problems of craft. Hey Janice - ya wanna set and clear for me? I'll get ya back next week...
I hung last night with one of our sistahs...

[Lauren Stauber]

Small world. I was there too and I remember you -- and Laura!

Glad to know yet another one of us has survived.
Congrats on making something of it all.
I'll pick up a copy of your book(s).

Lauren

[Ashley]

Whoa that is weird stuff! Keep us posted.

Congrats on the 7th printing. I personally take some credit for that since I've recommended the book to so many people :)

[Judy]

Congratulations!!! Seventh printing!!!! Damn, woman!

[Danika]

That's exciting!! Now tons more people can fall in love with the book and you...just like I have... :Sigh!: No seriously, ever since I picked up that book a year ago "I stop this feeling....deep inside" (Referencing the song "Hooked on you" lol)Congrats girl!!!!

[Genice Paullay-Beazley]

Ditto ditto, Janice, Laura and Lauren... I stumbled upon this link by non-coincidence I suppose. Good to see that we are all vertical after our time at 465. I'll order your book, I hope it ships to New Zealand...Genice

[Lauren Stauber]

Holy shit. Genice! So glad to know you are vertical! Thought of you many times over the years...

Hey Janice, we're having a little reunion here because of you.

[Heather]

Shit shit shit. JT Leroy is a woman? I read Harold's End about two years ago, recommended by a friend who was reading incessantly about troubled teens. I never even thought about JT being a woman. Before Girlbomb, I never went to author's websites. Janice, I was a virgin when I came to your site..haha. Unbelievable. I'm stunned. Hope you can all get together one day.

[Heather]

Oh! And congratulations on the seventh printing! NOW will you come to the West Coast pleeeeeeeez!

[Kirsten]

Un-freakin'-believable!