Blog Spurs Book and TV Drama
This one illustrates the potential of doing your own blog-thing, found at blogcruiser from The Daily Yomiur:
It’s a blog called “True Stories: A Diary on My Demonlike Wife” and is written by a Japanese man who started it as a way to deal with the stress of his domineering wife. Written under a pseudonym, the author “comically details a miserable daily life under the thumb of his wife.” Described as “farcical,” it’s apparently very popular, with photos to elaborate and a reported 40,000 hits and day. It won the nation’s best in the “Kono Burogu ga Sugoi 2005” (Amazing Blogs 2005) awards and has been turned into a book, which has the same name as the blog. According to the Tokyo-based company that published it, it has sold about 80,000 copies since publication in January. A TV drama based on the blog is next.
Unfortunately, there was no link to the blog included in the story. With a Google search, I was able to verify the truth of the story, but still no link. That’s okay because I don’t read Japanese. I wonder; will there be an American spin-off?
