So we're walking to a friend's house for lunch yesterday after shul, and after about 15 minutes' discussion with the couple who are also guests, the subject of this blog comes up.
"Oh," says the wife, "what's the name of your blog?""Since we're in Denver, it's called View From a Height."
"Are you, like, sometimes on the radio?"
"Well, as a caller, locally occasionally as a guest."
"We know you. You're with that Rocky Mountain Alliance thing that Hugh Hewitt is always talking about, aren't you?"
That's never gonna get old. Of course, fame's the easiest one, and also the least substantial. Better than "I've heard of you" is "you write really well," or "you changed my mind about something," or "I learned something on your blog." Because Hollywood is filled with basically inconsequential people we've all heard of.
None of those, however, is nearly as good as, "here's the advance check for your book."