# Celebrities online - anyone met? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802 "2003-08-26T18:37:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/21 "2003-08-27T15:19:39Z")
> [@](#): > > That said, I am in awe of Little Nemo’s circle of correspondents. [shameless bragging mode]I’ve been mentioned by name in books by Newman and Turtledove.[/shameless bragging mode] A surprising amount of SF authors used to hand out on the AOL SF book boards. Harry Turtledove’s was at one time one of the most active boards on AOL. Turtledove, Stirling, and Flynn were among the daily posters. Obviously there were some top notch discussions of alternate history. However Harry eventually decided that his online activities were taking too much time and energy away from his professional writing and cut himself off. After his departure the traffic gradually faded. I myself no longer post on AOL. Kress and Newman also posted on their AOL boards which is where I met them. Wrede is a personal friend of Lois McMaster Bujold and was (is?) a frequent poster on her board. ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/22 "2003-08-27T15:50:05Z")
I once emailed and got a response from Dave Abrruzezzese (sp?), former Pearl Jam drummer. He had a message board for some reason, I forget why, and I forget why it was that I emailed him. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/23 "2003-08-27T16:06:07Z")
I’ve gotten personal responses from authors Julia Quinn and Kate Forsyth (I think it was Kate Forsyth). I think I’ve also received a personal email from Elaine Cunningham, but it was a long time ago, and I can’t remember for sure. Julia Quinn is finding it more and more difficult to respond as she’s becoming more famous, so I try not to bother her, but she’s responded to every email I’ve sent her. Even more famous, even though it’s not really online, but if you send Sue Grafton a letter, she responds personally (it’s not a vague form letter, but references things you mention in your own letter). I suppose it might really be an assistant writing the letter, but it’s at least signed in pen by her. And she sends out Christmas greetings signed by her. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/24 "2003-08-27T16:12:21Z")
Forgot one. I used to keep up a short email correspondence with John Romero, the game developer. He’s nice but a bit whiny. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/25 "2003-08-27T16:14:02Z")
When [Patti D’Arbanville](http://us.imdb.com/Name?D%27Arbanville,+Patti) was on Guiding Light she used to chat with her fans all the time and regularly posted to message boards. She was very cool and acted just like any other poster, which eventually got her into trouble. She got into a big flame war with some fans who didn’t like her character and ended up disappering from the net. She’s probably still out there somewhere under an alias. ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/26 "2003-08-27T19:27:21Z")
Not really celebrities, I guess, but I was pretty involved in the community for the game Sin, developed by Ritual Entertainment, including developing mods for the game. I was in correspondence with several of the developers, but just about everyone in the community had talked to them at some point. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/27 "2003-08-27T23:42:33Z")
I’m pretty sure (90%) that Mike Flanagan, former Cy Young winner and current Co-Gm of the Orioles, pops in now and again on an Orioles board I’m on. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/28 "2003-08-28T01:18:52Z")
I’m one of a few Dopers who participated in a AOL hosted chat that featured Cecil and Ed. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/29 "2003-08-28T06:48:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\*[shameless bragging mode]I’ve been mentioned by name in books by Newman and Turtledove.[/shameless bragging mode] > \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > **I’m one of a few Dopers who participated in a AOL hosted chat that featured Cecil and Ed.** Now _them’s_ **CREDENTIALS**! ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/30 "2003-08-28T07:20:05Z")
I’ve had a little correspondence with Harry Shearer. It was a thrill. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/31 "2003-08-28T14:46:27Z")
I spoke with Mike Judge online. Weird guy. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/32 "2003-08-28T14:52:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by watsonwil \* > \*\*Kevin Smith posts on comic forums (and his own) all the time. \*\* Do you have a link to those forums? Inquiring minds want to know…😃 ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802/33 "2003-08-28T15:42:50Z")
Richard Herring of BBC’s ‘Fist of Fun’ and ‘This Morning With Richard Not judy’ posts often enough in the comedy forums at [NOTBBC.com](http://NOTBBC.com) . There are other semi-famous people who have jobs in ‘the biz’ who have posted there also. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-online-anyone-met/197802.md?page=1)