Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Crank up the PR Machine

Before Anya engaged an agent (which happened just after her BBC interview was published on April 24th) she was still desperately trying to drum up interest in her blog (don't forget, it was a personal thing). Posting on The Guardian on April 6th she commented:

I think supplements in bread, for those who can't afford them and might benefit nutritionally from the addition is a good idea. There should of course be choice, so not all bread/foodstuff, so that people could vote with their feet. Personally I would use it right now, because I am in extraordinary circumstances, living in my car, on an extremely tight budget (see my blog:http:wanderingscribe.blogspot.com) and cannot afford all the supplements I might need. Posted by W. Scribe on April 6, 2006 09:31 AM.

Oh my! What an amazing touching story. What current hot topic will she think of next to comment on (with a link to her site, naturally)?

Immigration I feel sorry for Asylum Seekers but although I am homeless at least I have my car to live in. Read my amazing story on my blog at blah de blah ....

The World Cup I feel sorry for the fans who won't be able to get hotel rooms because, although I am homeless I have somewhere to stay. My Car. Read my amazing story on my blog at blah de blah ....

Special Constable Murder to appear on Crimewatch Like many Londoners, I was appalled at the recent murder of a special constable on her own doorstep. But at least she had a doorstep whereas I live in my Car. Read my amazing story on my blog at blah de blah .... As her legion of fans appear to have run out of superlatives to describe their leaders list of qualities (you forgot "God Like" folks), they have turned to emulating Anya in everything she does in the hope that they will be smiled upon and, who knows, even get a mention in the forthcoming book. Here's a post from April 27th, also on The Guardian:

When you are homeless you need to plan a life. Cities are in many ways good for homeless people. They concentrate more services and opportunities in one place. One can remain anonymous and live alternative lives. So here's to cities and the memory of those who plan them. billdyke.blogspot.com The Streets of Amsterdam inspired by wanderingscribe.blogspot.com Posted by BillDyke on April 27, 2006 06:12 PM.

Anya truly is an inspiration, even garnering a mention on Madmums.com, a site for pregnant mothers (!?!). Such a shame that she can't silence ALL her critics (like she does on the comments section of her blog). Even the BBC article which eventually gained her the recognition she sought brought forth comments such as : If all this is true, and I'm yet to be convinced, I think it's a load of self-indulgent claptrap. There is plenty of government and private help available to this person, both medical and financial. But if she chooses not to take it, spending time to set up and maintain a blog instead, and then cry about it, then good luck. You have to question this person's priorities. Come on people, assuming this person really does live in a car, this is clearly a middle class stunt by someone who probably has a Visa or Amex card in the glove box, just in case. Stuart, Ipswich It seems to me a sad indictment of our shallow, media-obsessed age that somebody like this should think it a more worthwhile use of their time and effort to write a "blog" than to try and sort themselves out by making social contacts and efforts to get housing. Bertie, Stockport I am very sceptical about this story. I think it is a media stunt. Very clever, but not clever enough. Kathryne, Berkshire Perhaps her agent will get those comments deleted from the BBC site too. After all, we can't have the facts getting in the way of this heart warming story, can we ...........

79 comments:

wanderingScribe said...

But what's 70p to a homeless person, TE?
Just the profit from a couple of Big Issues

Sorry, I was forgetting she's too proud to do any menial work like all the other homeless people that do something to improve their lives in a positive way instead of just bleating about it.

To be fair it was probably emailed in as the poor thing can only afford to exist on figs and oranges.

wanderingScribe said...

I'm sorry.
Does even she not realise when people are taking the piss on the comments section of her blog when they post stuff like this excerpt from toay.
You are so fabulous, fantastic and wonderful. You have given thousands of people so much inspiration and become a heroine for all of them.

Perhaps the decay into mental illness is far more advanced than we thought. :)

Wobblingscruffbag said...

There are other ways too, I told her to go fuck her mother, in Dutch, and the stupid fuck posted it, no doubt thinking it was foreign adulation. What a cunt, or should I say kut!

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According to Ken Livingstone laneways are exempt from the congestion charge as "an unknown thoroughfare that exists only in the imginations of piss-poor writers"

Anonymous said...

It's true what Kevin Costner said....If you build it (a spurious blog) it, they (stupid Americans) will come

Apparently he said something similar to someone in Gleneagles too...

Anyway she still hasn't read Hunger by Knut Hamsun, depsite my recommendation, otherwise she'd have given up by now after realising that her efforts are no better than sixth-form, angst-ridden poetry.

wanderingScribe said...

Anya?
Explain herself?
I fear you are barking up the wrong laneway matey.

The truth is a stranger to our Ms Peters.

Anonymous said...

I'm pretty sure Anya ain't her real name either.

I wonder how much longer she can keep this up? Where does the blog go from here as she pens her great literary work? SH emust have deadlines by now?

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Guess who else lives in Goring, West Sussex and is into motorbikes – alienspirit
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