I ask cuz I was chatting with someone today about a creative project I’m working on, and said if I ever were to publish it I’d want to do so under a pseudo-name because if it did really well I wouldn’t want to become famous, the idea of being famous at all makes me anxious.
They felt this was weird of them. Personally I think this can’t be an uncommon sentiment, I mean plenty of authors out there despise public life, so I think it’s a pretty common feeling.
I mean, I won’t say I don’t want to be a public figure but I would say “feck off” to any fan who notices me and tries to ask for a bit of unwanted attention, if not tries to do some weird shit like stalking … if they’re chill, I’m fine with them…
After all, there are only so much famous people you would know in your life…
Honestly though, I would rather be in a figurehead position rather than in a role of credibility and authority if that’s the case…