Internet Fame

[charliesmum]

This sort of thing seems to happen more frequently than I would've imagined: Write a blog about funny cakes, get a book deal. Write a blog about cooking and get a book deal AND a movie deal. Tweet stuff your dad says and land a book deal and possible television show.

Makes me wonder, like all those 'memoirs' that turned out to not be true, if this is made out of whole cloth. I rather hope it is true, because it is one of those 'it could happen to me' kind of things. I'm a regular person on the internet! Just like him!

Although I doubt it, really. The key, it seems, is to stick to a topic, something I can barely do in a post, let alone a whole blog.

Also, poor Stephen Fry got caught in a flounce. I think it seems he handled it well, ultimately. And now the guy who called him boring got his own 15 minutes of tweeting fame, so there you go.

Comments

[wrestlingdog.livejournal.com]

I'd just like to point out that there was a guy who graduated from C-Wood in 2007 who was also named Justin Halpern, and these stories keep freakin' me out because I keep thinking they're about him.

[placeboweek.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't it be nice if more people became famous for actually doing something important? Like, I don't know, curing diseases or helping people and/or animals? I mean, it's cool to do something entertaining on the internet, but it seems like people get book deals and movie deals from just about anything these days.

That was quite the mess Fry started. I think, if you are a celebrity, the best thing is to ignore all criticism (unless it becomes a serious enough issue). Because there are always going to be people who say "So-and-so sucks" and no one should take that personally. Also, I don't like that this article is trying to associate his flouncy comment with his being bipolar, like people who are depressed and/or bipolar are automatically flouncy-flounce. But it's really cool that he apologized.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't it be nice if more people became famous for actually doing something important?

Yes it would. Sadly I think we live in a world where the guy who, let's say, finds a complete cure for AIDS probably wouldn't be a household name until he showed up on 'Dancing With The Stars'.

[silverhill.livejournal.com]

it is one of those 'it could happen to me' kind of things. I'm a regular person on the internet! Just like him!

I always feel the same way about these stories!

[purplemer3.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about this a lot lately too. Maintain a blog about just about anything, and someone's interested in picking it up for a book or tv or film or even just an interview. Do these bloggers live off of the advertisements on their blogs? Because that's a pretty sweet deal! And they're all so simple, makes you go, "Why didn't I think of that?!"