Blog for Fame
Friday, January 16th, 2009
Many individuals—myself included—have aspirations of writing a witty, fun, insightful personal blog and it becoming a wildly successful digital memoir. It’s a romantic idea, really: baring your soul to the world and the world eating it up with a spoon the way an enthusiastic child devours an ice cream sundae. One can only hope said metaphorical dessert of a blog has the success of, for instance, Neil Gaiman’s Journal, which recently won the 2008 Weblog Award for Best Literature Blog. Gaiman is a prolific author whose comic book series The Sandman and New York Times bestselling novels American Gods and Anansi Boys, among others, have created an obsessive cult following—and Hollywood has taken notice too. An avid reader of all things Gaiman, I was thrilled (though not surprised) to learn of yet another award in his impressive résumé. Gaiman’s success in creating and maintaining a fan base has allowed him to grow and thrive creatively, about which he could only say: “[L]et’s put it this way: it’s a very, very good thing for me that I am a bestselling author.”
I’d say it’s also a very, very good thing that you’re a blogger, Neil. continue reading
