For starters, "In Control Like: Janet" is an adult book that contains profanity, vulgarity, overtly sexual rhetoric/situations and may be quite offensive to the homophobic, religious or easily offended.

But understand something. The book wasn’t written to entertain you per se.' It was written to tell a story word for word, about how a situation went from good to bad to downright ugly. I had to write the book in order to be able to tell the story in order for me to be heard-simply because of the complexity of it, the celebrity involved and why and how it all got started.

If you cannot approach the book like you would a mere newspaper article that tells a brief story about a thing, then trust me-coming from me-the author of the book; "In Control Like: Janet" is not the book you want to read. It just happens to be a "situation" that got spun out of control.

In a direct, honest and non confrontational manner, regarding this (unfortunate) situation, I feel I must address you, and it is up to you to determine what category you fall under, and please note that these terms aren't dictionary terms but rather terms related to this very unfortunate situation that I speak of:

The "fan:"

The "fan" is someone who merely like/loves the Janet as an entertainer, likes/loves and respect what she does: her dancing, the fact that she is tenacious and had been able to overcome many of the perils that had come her way-things like that. A "fan" may go see her in concert or care to read/watch bios about her-simple as that. This person may or may not be able to approach the situation or the book OBJECTively depending on their own level of maturity and wisdom.

The "fanatic:"

The "fanatic" is a step past being a "fan," in that they are unreasonable, enthusiastic and over zealous-plain and simple.  This person does not possess the cognitive skills to be able to approach this situation or the book any other way than SUBJECTively.

The "skeptic:"

The "skeptic" is someone (who may or may not be a "fan" or a "fanatic"), but may automatically doubt or question the validity of this (unfortunate) situation. This person, like the fan, may or may not be able to approach the situation objectively depending on their own level of maturity and wisdom. 

The "indifferent:"

The "indifferent" are the individuals who are neither a Janet "fan" or "fanatic." A certain level of skepticism is there of both myself as well as Janet-equally.  This is the person who can approach the situation totally objectively and quite frankly is my most preferable reader.

I apologize to any Janet fan, fanatic or skeptic whose life is ruined by this book seeing as though Janet is going on with hers and she's known about it since the day I began writing it: 7/20/99.

To the sagacious skeptic and the indifferent, I deeply and SINCERELY apologize for your having to read beyond this point.

But let me explain to you all what this book is and is not about.

This book is not a "tell-all" or an "unauthorized biography." This book is about the chain of events that occurred from July 1994, then September 1998 through February 2000. This book is about the total abuse of social power and the professional boundaries that Janet crossed and my personal ones that she intruded upon. She came to my neighborhood and now I'm in hers-the public. This book is not about my trying to make a quick big buck and instant fame. It's quite the opposite. I'm a private individual. This book is not about my trying to ruin her life, career or reputation. It is what I had to do in order to put my life back together the way it was before she entered and ruined it. Simple as that.

Of all four aforementioned types, the Janet "fanatic" is definitely someone who does not and will not be able to approach the book or the situation with an objective frame of mind. And objectivity is key here when approaching this book (seeing as though neither the fan, fanatic, skeptic or the indifferent does not know me or Janet personally). Considering that fact, any approach to this unfortunate situation with anything less than skepticism on both sides (mine and Janet's) is to say that you are merely a (closet) fanatic.

No one has the right to be "fanatical," or has the right to approach the situation SUBJECTIVEly but two groups of people:

1)  her friends, and the people who KNOW her personally.

2)  my friends, and the people who KNOW me personally.

It's just that simple.

You don’t me personally. Therefore you do not know that I'm capable of.

You don’t know her personally (either). Therefore you do not know what she is capable of-just the same.

Simply because you have bought memorabilia: records, tapes, posters, cd's, caps, bumper stickers, got the "Pleasure Principle" hair wrap, can sing like Janet, dance like Janet, may have chatted with Janet, took pictures with Janet, stood next to Janet or even met Janet, does NOT make you her "friend." Because you may be an "FOJ" (abbreviation for her fan club: "Friends of Janet") does not mean you are literally her "friend," regardless of how "connected" you may feel to her. She is an "entertainer." That is her "job." Her job is to "entertain" you-and that is what she does. Her "job" is to make you feel like she is your friend. But the reality is: you're just a mere fan.

Writing me, emailing me and posting fanatical messages will not grant you some magic phone call, email or drop in visit to your home from her-to personally thank you. She don’t give a damn about you. So instead of lashing out at me any which way you can, I'm sure many internet fanatic forums will be more than glad to share your energy. Feel free to go there to vent, kick, scream, hoop and holler, jump up and down and ram your head into every wall that surrounds you, but don't come over to this room with that because I totally rebuke that kind of energy. All you can do over here is grit your teeth, read, scratch your ass and get glad, because I'm in control of this here.

To waste time and causing your blood pressure to rise based on mere synopsis,' details and rumors about the story is foolish and therefore you shouldn’t bother wasting your money on purchasing the book-because your (fanatical) money-I do not want, and why should you even take yourself through it?

Excerpts listed on all the dot coms are about 5% of what the story is about what happened. This story is not about some chat room freak scenes, or some concocted tale about a major superstar in an effort to launch off my new writing career. No dear, it is just the opposite, I have entirely too many other creative ideas to write books about, and that is what I was doing before she fe, fi, fo fommed her way down to my lil' neighborhood. As a result, I stopped what I WAS writing, to write the book and I am angered that it had to have been written and that I had to introduce myself to the world in this way as an author-first.

My writing this note is to make myself VERY clear on my motives and purpose.

My purpose for writing the book is not to "prove" anything to anybody but two people:

1) myself and

2) Janet and hired help who was in on this whole mess.

...For them to know that they couldn't get away with what they were doing and that the influence of her social power does scare me. I would never sleep at night and be able to continue my days if I spent my time trying to "prove" anything to her fans, fanatics and skeptics who, if it had been them; couldn't have done what I did nor have the gutts to do it.

In closing, I say this.

It is your choice to pick up the book and read the entire story about all that occurred from 1998 through 2000.

The 27 paged court filed petition (which as of April 2005 is now blocked) briefly tells of the harassment and intimidation tactics orchestrated by Janet during 2001-2005. The two of those things along with the "sealed" pages will give you a VERY good idea of how all this began and how it ended up in my needing the file a stalking and harassment protection order. 

Quite frankly, (an unfortunately) this is a book that cannot even be "rated," it's not even "critiquable," because it simply IS what it WAS-verbatim. It is not even a book that you can say, "oh well, this character could have done or been this or I think you could have done that" or whatever. So to even do so, is merely your own personal feelings about me-via my website and its content (seeing as though you don’t know me personally), or your fanaticism as a whole. Either way, that is your problem, not mine…sorry. And to approach this entire situation any other way than OBJECTIVELY is to ask yourself (not me) who's (really)…"crazy."

                                                     Hoping we are now on the same page,

                                    Angela Whitterson