Poisonin Bret Michaels: ”Kirjan kirjoittaminen oli vaikeinta mitä olen tehnyt”

Rock-yhtye Poisonin laulaja Bret Michaels julkaisi Auto-Scrap-Ography -kirjansa viime kuun alussa. Mies kertoili journalisti Allison Kugelille kirjastaan ja mainitsi sen tekemisen olleen yksi haastavimmista asioista, joita hän on tehnyt. Kyseessä ei ole perinteinen elämäkerta, vaan Michaels pyrki ottamaan erilaisen lähestymistavan kirjan kirjoittamiseen. Kirjaa voisi kuvailla leikekirjaksi, ja nyt julkaistulle teokselle on luvassa jatkoa myöhemmin. Opus on myynnissä Bret Michaelsin omassa verkkokaupassa. Michaels kertoi:

”Writing a book is one of the toughest things I’ve ever done, and it’s one of the most fulfilling. I wanted to do something unique. I grabbed some timestamped photos. I took blank pieces of paper and I would scotch tape an image to a piece of paper and start writing the story surrounding that image, kind of like a Chicken Soup for the Soul vibe. The reason I didn’t write a normal biography, and I love to read those, by the way, is because I could take a picture and write stream of consciousness about what my thoughts were in that moment, what I was going through and what happened. Every picture has a story and every story has multiple tentacles. This book is Volume 1. Over the next volumes I’m going to give you different tentacles of each story and really deep dive into it, so you are living the experience with me.

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It’s an autobiographical scrapbook diary. Some of it are pages of inspirational stuff; some are intense and impactful moments from my life. For example, there are five pages talking about me almost drowning in Caracas, Venezuela. I share with people what was going through my mind when I knew I was in a rip current. I had that fight or flight that happens. I thought that was it. Everyone on the beach thought I was kidding around, because I wasn’t that far off the shore. I’m waving frantically and everyone on the beach is partying with their band and crew and they’re just waving back at me, and I’m drowning out there.”

Kirjassaan Bret Michaels kertoo myös, kuinka hän on voittanut elämässään kohtaamiaan haasteita:

”A lot of the stories in Auto-Scrap-Ography are stories of how I overcame challenges, and true stories of inspiration. But a large part of my book is, of course, what I like to call a Rock ’n’ Roll Thrill Ride. I’d like to think the overriding theme of the book is inspiration; it’s telling people that if I can do this you can do it, regardless of what your dream is.”

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