I ask cuz I was chatting with someone today about a creative project I'm working on, and said if I ever were to publish it I'd want to do so under a pseudo-name because if it did really well I wouldn't want to become famous, the idea of being famous at all makes me anxious.
They felt this was weird of them. Personally I think this can't be an uncommon sentiment, I mean plenty of authors out there despise public life, so I think it's a pretty common feeling.
Lol if I never do become a mega successful author I think I may do the Magnum PI thing where I pretend "author me" if off jet setting and being a playboy while I pretend to be the groundskeeper in my isolated mansion and just kinda show up to all the events about me and drink wine in the corner.