New Pop Culture Blog is Spin-off of Online Celebrity Comic Mystery Story

[WizardofWit]

The term “celebrity stalker” takes on a completely different meaning in the popular weekly web story It Happened in Plainfield, when actual celebrities like George Clooney and Julia Roberts are the ones doing the stalking. This is part of the premise of the fictional comic-mystery, which follows the quirky adventures of an average guy in NJ who discovers a secret society of celebrities watching him from the house across the street. Not only watching, but secretly helping him as well.

Besides Clooney and Roberts, other real actors like Tom Selleck, Ben Affleck and Ellen Degeneres also make appearances in the story, as does the Queen of Media herself, Oprah Winfrey. But what are all these famous faces doing in Plainfield? And why are they so interested in Henson? Finding out is half the fun, as readers come back each week to download the latest free chapter in this ongoing saga.

Since the website’s launch in April, “It Happened in Plainfield” has been entertaining a growing and loyal readership with its humorous narrative and unusual take on suburban living. Thirty-odd chapters have been released to date, with a new episode being posted every Monday. The story is expected to wrap up sometime in December.

“I look forward to it every week, like a soap opera,” says reader Miriam Ricker, who first learned about the story through a co-worker. “But I think the celebrities that are included should get a hold of this and just read the concept. It’s fascinating.”

The concept revolves around a group of famous movie actors who secretly form a philanthropic organization to help affect positive change in society one person at a time. Henson is one of the people they have chosen to help, though at first he doesn’t know it. Then a series of mysterious events take place that eventually lead him to the truth. But that’s only half the story. Along the way, Henson discovers a rival faction that is systematically trying to destroy everything the celebrities have tried to accomplish. But who are they and why is Henson caught in the middle?

“The premise of the story is purposely ridiculous,” says author Michael Latshaw. “And I think that’s why people are enjoying it. You know it’s not true, but there’s still a little part of you that wonders if it could all really happen.”

In the story, Henson writes a blog known as Henson's Hell, which suddenly seems to attract the attention of a rather famous group of celebrities. So to keep all the Henson Addicts happy, a real version of the blog was recently launched, which is dedicated to everything pop culture.

To find out more about “It Happened in Plainfield,” click here.

To access Henson's Hell, please click here.

[Bloggeries]

Cool concept and absolutely excellent "Show off Your Blog" post. Congrats on that.

How long have you been blogging for and are these your only blogs? Content is great for both but maybe make the themes a little cleaner would be my only real suggestion.

Welcome to the community,

[WizardofWit]

Thanks for the feedback. "It Happened in Plainfield" is an ongoing story, but the blog connected to it is called "Henson's Hell," (Henson's Hell) which is a blog written by the main character in "Plainfield." The blog has been around for about two months, and "Plainfield" has been around since April.

[Bloggeries]

Very cool. Best of luck and keep us posted in this thread.

Hope to see you around the other parts of the forum,

[ghing]

It happened in Plainfield is a nice looking blog...
while Henson's Hell makes my eyes hurt.. The contrast of the font color and the background is not good for me... IMO