# Why I'm not a famous author (or, someone spelled my name wrong) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 29, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-not-a-famous-author-or-someone-spelled-my-name-wrong/366490 "2006-07-29T01:40:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-not-a-famous-author-or-someone-spelled-my-name-wrong/366490/1 "2006-07-29T01:40:32Z")
I just did a search for a favorite musical artist of mine, because I want to purchase one of her CDs. And one of the first hits that came up was an article about her… which I wrote, more than 10 years ago. Neat, I thought! I’m now published worldwide, on the internet! Woo-hoo! The article was all attributed properly, except for one little thing… My name was spelled wrong. It isn’t even my name any more; it was my name when I was married to my first husband, but still, it’s wrong. I sent off a friendly little e-mail to whomever runs the site, just for the sake of accuracy, and I even mentioned that I’m pleased that they’re posting my article, they’re more than welcome to it, and there are no copyright issues that they need to worry about (due to my generosity). Just spell my (former) name correctly, please. So now I’m feeling petty and vain for caring about it at all, but I’m also feeling ten-feet-tall and overly proud that someone liked my article enough to bother posting it. Apparently, someone thought that I wrote the somewhat definitive interview article about this particular artist, and I can’t help but be flattered. And just a trifle annoyed that my name was misspelled. My newest little brush with writerly fame, and they mess up my name. I just _know_ that all of the top publishers in the nation are frantically searching for me, but they don’t have the correct spelling of my former name, so they can’t offer me the $5 million book deal. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-not-a-famous-author-or-someone-spelled-my-name-wrong/366490/2 "2006-07-29T01:46:00Z")
Cite? Oh come on, share your immortality. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-not-a-famous-author-or-someone-spelled-my-name-wrong/366490/3 "2006-07-29T01:46:29Z")
This thread fails without a link to the article in question. Tease. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-not-a-famous-author-or-someone-spelled-my-name-wrong/366490/4 "2006-07-29T02:00:57Z")
Oh, fine, if you’re going be like that. Here’s the scintillating brilliance of my early journalistic effort: [http://www.dns.net/eyesore/html/interview/GermanoLisa.interview.bloomington-voice.html](http://www.dns.net/eyesore/html/interview/GermanoLisa.interview.bloomington-voice.html) But that ain’t my name on there. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-not-a-famous-author-or-someone-spelled-my-name-wrong/366490/5 "2006-07-29T12:08:00Z")
[QUOTE=MissGypsy] Apparently, someone thought that I wrote the somewhat definitive interview article about this particular artist, and I can’t help but be flattered. [/QUOTE] Hmm. Are you sure? [QUOTE=home is in your head] sorry it took me this long to type it in, i just found it in a pile of shite. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-not-a-famous-author-or-someone-spelled-my-name-wrong/366490/6 "2006-07-31T02:09:46Z")
Heh, now that you mention it, I’m not so sure. I originally read that as he found it in a “pile of shite” in his grungy little apartment, but perhaps I’m flattering myself. Regardless, I’m amused, and still a bit flattered that someone actually read something I wrote and made the effort to post it somewhere. Even if he did sorta compare it a bunch of shit. 😛