Ed Lynskey's Blog: Cracked Rearview Mirror - Posts Tagged "fleeting-fame"

Remember him during the 2008 presidential campaign? I have't kept up, I guess. My bad.

That set me to thinking of our "fifteen minutes of fame" occurring once in our lifetimes. Have you gotten to bask in your fifteen minutes under the limelights? If so, how was it? Or maybe you've cashed in your fifteen minutes and didn't even know it. Pity.

I've heard or read of other authors who worry about their literary legacy. They sweat over whether their words will live on after they die. Of course, the statistical answer stares them square in the face: NO!

Look it, every year the library systems cull out millions of books from their systems. They have no choice. Millions of more new books are getting published and distributed. Your and my books will get pulled. The next generations will ask WHO? if our names ever come up in converations.

Or maybe there's an eternal quality to cyberspace and our e-books will remain out there for the future readers to download, or ignore.


Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles