Comments on: Why Aren’t You Famous? http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Wed, 16 May 2012 16:30:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Camille http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6949 Camille Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:35:26 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6949 What do you mean "my" latest humor column? I think we can all agree Sam has stolen it. Sorry, Randy. What do you mean “my” latest humor column? I think we can all agree Sam has stolen it. Sorry, Randy.

]]> By: Judith http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6951 Judith Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:44:25 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6951 Despite their aloof reputation, cats are sensitive creatures. They know when their support is needed. Forget Sam. It's Zephyr's opinion that counts. Despite their aloof reputation, cats are sensitive creatures. They know when their support is needed.

Forget Sam. It’s Zephyr’s opinion that counts.

]]> By: Sally Ferguson http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6952 Sally Ferguson Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:39:46 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6952 Why is it the plumbers get all the good trucks? Why is it the plumbers get all the good trucks?

]]> By: Melissa Stroh http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6953 Melissa Stroh Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:54:07 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6953 Well, it's not just plumbers. Miners have nice trucks too. :) Well, it’s not just plumbers. Miners have nice trucks too. :)

]]> By: Camille http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6955 Camille Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:33:26 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6955 BTW - Randy, could you change your feedblitz settings to notify subscribers as soon as a new post posts instead of at some insane hour of the night? Or is there a perfectly good reason for this torture? Is Sam behind this? BTW - Randy, could you change your feedblitz settings to notify subscribers as soon as a new post posts instead of at some insane hour of the night? Or is there a perfectly good reason for this torture? Is Sam behind this?

]]> By: Don http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6957 Don Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:28:23 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6957 Randy, Sorry. I don't understand Sam's latest point. You've written a lot about getting famous, in the sense of getting known for a particular niche. In part, Sam is saying, "Get on with it, despite the odds." The fame associated with Joe the Plumber is a Black Swan event (Google "Fooled by randomness"). Nice when it happens, perhaps (is all publicity good publicity?). And then the article concludes with an anti-fame message from Zephyr. A message that probably helps most of us keep getting out of bed each morning, despite knowledge of odds. Randy,

Sorry. I don’t understand Sam’s latest point. You’ve written a lot about getting famous, in the sense of getting known for a particular niche. In part, Sam is saying, “Get on with it, despite the odds.”

The fame associated with Joe the Plumber is a Black Swan event (Google “Fooled by randomness”). Nice when it happens, perhaps (is all publicity good publicity?).

And then the article concludes with an anti-fame message from Zephyr. A message that probably helps most of us keep getting out of bed each morning, despite knowledge of odds.

]]> By: Adam Heine http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6958 Adam Heine Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:14:02 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6958 Yes, all publicity is good publicity, as evidenced by Captain Jack Sparrow. Norrington: "You're about the worst pirate I've ever heard of." Jack: "But you *have* heard of me." Yes, all publicity is good publicity, as evidenced by Captain Jack Sparrow.

Norrington: “You’re about the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of.”

Jack: “But you *have* heard of me.”

]]> By: Laura Essendine http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6960 Laura Essendine Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:26:11 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6960 A quotation from the 1980s TV series Fame, of all places - I'm already famous but not many people know it yet It's my mantra! Laura Essendine Author – <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/4787924" rel="nofollow">The Accidental Guru</a> <a href="http://www.booksltd.blogspot.com " rel="nofollow">The Books Limited Blog</a> A quotation from the 1980s TV series Fame, of all places

- I’m already famous but not many people know it yet

It’s my mantra!

Laura Essendine
Author – The Accidental Guru
The Books Limited Blog

]]> By: Andra M. http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6970 Andra M. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:11:32 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/12/05/why-arent-you-famous/#comment-6970 Makes me wonder if all fame is accidental. Makes me wonder if all fame is accidental.

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