Sentence 1: Mike wrote a popular book and became a famous author. 
 Sentence 3: Mike began to speak about himself publicly 
 Sentence 4:  After only weeks of his success, tabloids began to lie about him 
 Sentence 5:  Mike became paranoid and more reclusive after the bad experience 
 Option 1: He was never given the public recognition he thought he deserved though. 
 Option 2: People began to ask for him to appear in interviews.