Speak of the devil and he appears

I just realized, thanks to Google Alerts, that mentioning someone's name online can act as a kind of demonic summoning. That is unless, like myself, they have an already over-burdened name (a famous Irish revolutionary, an Apollo astronaut, a Booker-nominated novelist, and, uh, me).

They may give no sign of their presence, or if they are quite famous they likely visit by proxy (publicist or agent or fan-club president), but the fact remains!

I have a google alert on for Anne Bronte. I may be the only one.