A bored twenty-three-year-old woman suddenly leaves her dull suburban job for L.A. becomes
Internet-famous and falls in love Zelda to a semi-famous Scott. One day I was not famous the
next day I was almost famous and the temptation to go wide with that and reject my past was
too great. When I was legit famous it was hard to tell when the change had occurred... If I
had been born famous the moment I would have started engaging in social media I would have
seen this fame not the rise of it. But first I saw the low numbers and later the high ones.
from Surveys Wryly mirroring the classic female coming-of-age narrative Natasha Stagg's debut
traces a few months in the life of Colleen a twenty-three-year-old woman with almost no
attachments or aspirations for her life. Working at an unsatisfying mall job in Tucson Colleen
sleepwalks through depressing office politics and tiresome one-night stands in a desultory way
becoming fully alive only at night when she's online. Colleen attains ambiguous Internet
stardom when she's discovered by Jim a semi-famous icon of masculinity and reclusiveness. When
Colleen quits her job and moves to meet Jim in Los Angeles she immediately falls in love and
begins a new life of whirlwind parties and sponsored events. The pair's relationship launched
online makes them the Scott and Zelda of their generation and they tour the country cashing
in on the buzz surrounding their romance. But as their fame expands Colleen's jealousy grows
obsessive.
