Blog to book, big sales……and then the unmasking. Girl With a One Track Mind has been outed by The Sunday Times.
This weekend the woman behind it was revealed as Zoe Margolis, a film
assistant who lives in north London. Her recent film work includes the
forthcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Batman Begins
and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.
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I know ‘Abby’ personally and there are many very good reasons why she has remained anonymous. Frankly I’m angry at the Times for this invasion of her privacy. It’s not like it is in the public interest to know her real name.
I’d hate to be outed myself; it would be unfair to the other world leaders.
But being outed as having been involved in Batman Begins… talk about dirty secrets. Nobody needs to know that about someone.
It is ridiculous. I can’t see why they would unmask her when she is just a single woman having fun. It was always a risk that she would be outed by a former lover but to pre-empt that is just rather odd. Almost personal on the journo’s part.
I think if a blogger/author wants to be anon, like Belle du Jour, then they should be able to do so.
Yes – the pre-emption is the interesting part. I’ve tried to take a step back from the fact that I know her (as you probably have, Tom) – but the fact remains. It’s a genuinely nasty piece that was run in a genuinely nasty manner.
May I just add, that as a result of being named by the Sunday Times, I now have the tabloid press camped outside my house and also my parents’ place. They are photographing anyone who enters or leaves the buildings.
I’m now in hiding to try to avoid them. This is a complete invasion of my – and others’ – privacy. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
Dear The Girl.
Just stick a note in the window saying: “While you are all sitting here watching my family and friends, I am having the best sex ever somewhere else.”
Don’t stop writing your blog because of it. You wrote strongly and stay strong.
If I was your advisor I would tell you to give an interview to the tabloid giving you the most grief for a load of cash with copy approval. Front it out and make some money out of it.
Staying silent will force them to got to other sources. They will ferret out your past conquests, the ones in the blog and before. They will offer them loads of cash for stories. Sometimes a tell-it-all interview will dampen the interest.
For fuck’s sake, all you have done is have sex, enjoyed it and written about it. I don’t see why you have to be dragged through the papers and pulled to pieces.
definately sell your story. at least you make money and you can put your own spin on the story instead of having them fill in with lies.
I agree. This sort of thing is like a force in physics: you can’t destroy it, any more than you can destroy gravity. But when you turn it to your advantage, you end up in orbit.
Publicity (Good, Neutral, Neurotic, Anti) = £$£$ Stash the cash from the book and paper and interviews, carry on doing what you enjoy, and have the last laugh on the mugs – 99% of whom are men I bet!
The naivete of this woman is mind-boggling. Having a highly successful blog wasn’t enough. She had to go and say yes to putting out a book, surely knowing that doing so would raise her profile and open her up to ‘unmasking’ and scrutiny.
Dry your tears, folks: soon enough the controversy and embarrassment will die away, there’ll be mountains of cash and oodles of fame to be had, and the attention The Girl has long craved – hence the existence of the blog in the first place – will be hers at last. And the anonymity, friendships, confidences, and job opportunities which have likely been blown forever? Merely the cost of doing business…
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