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I am a spinner of wool and more metaphorical yarns. Also, I'm a Spidey fan. So Arachne (weaver who bested a goddess and was turned too the the Spider); and Weave because they sound good together.
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ON prodigy classic, I was nbfb45a. During the time, I heard about problems of people using handles instead of real names. My first AOL address was rstegman, and I have used that ever since on every service I have used. My name is Roger Stegman, so rstegman is natural.
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In my book the literal character "Destiny" controls and manipulates my MC and other characters throughout out the seven books. I decided that I am the ultimate destiny for my books. I talk of her dealing the cards with pleasure as my char, deal with trials and good things.
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I stole mine from a friend in Junior High - he was starting fights in a chatroom we all frequented (Chatalyst, anyone?) and I always liked the name.
For those who care about such things, it is pronounced with a long E at the end, but not so long and pronounced as the ending of Wolfie sounds. And, my real name is
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It's my pen name and based of of my real name. It's my first initial (Dominique for the curious) and the initial of my first middle name (I've got two, L is for Lisette) and my last name. I plan on keeping the pen name even if/when I marry.
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and I'm just me. One of the fun things about people having user names is that sometimes I am really surprised to find out so-and-so is a woman, when I thought she was a guy, or vice versa. Stereotypes. Usernames give us a chance to look at people differently. But I am getting a real kick out of how everyone gets theirs. I bet there's a story in there somewhere. Posts: 1304 | Registered: May 2007
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Been using "Spaceman" since 1984 on bitnet. (Yeah, that's my knee creaking. Whatever happened to the dial-up BBS and the DOS prompt?)
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I got mine from the title of one of my son's HIM CD's. Darklight.
I'm not really into the music (its classed as Love Metal - whatever that's all about) but the name fascianted me and I've used it now in various places for the last year or so.
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I've found the "hidden identity" mystique of online posting more than a little puzzling---especially among a community of writers. For some reason, I've wanted acknowledgment of what I've been doing, good-bad-or-indifferent, and, somehow, posting under an assumed name doesn't seem like a good way to get it. The same applies to pseudonyms---I've contemplated names, but I've only sent, like, one thing out under a name that wasn't mine.
Surely we all have egos, that need stroking of some kind...don't we?
(The mania seems to be creeping into other aspects of life. In a lot of TV shows of late, I've noticed credits to what might be some kind of "handle." The credits of "Everybody Loves Raymond" list somebody as "the Hawk"---and it's surely not a name given by parents...)
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I agree writers should always use their real names in print, or, like Cordwainer Smith, pick a name and stick to it. In tv or movies, though, when your name may get lost in the credit crawl, something like "the Hawk" stands out. A lot of the people who work behind the scenes in film use a epithet, such as John (Hot Lips) Smith, to make there names stand out from the dozens of other names that surround theirs.
Rommel Fenrir Wolf II is fine provided you use that name when you submit your stories for publication. An example of a current writer whose name made his reputation: Uncle River.
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gah, darklight, you're absolutely right, I thought you were a he! Now I'm going to have to go back and read a bunch of your old posts and see exactly where in my head i got THAT stupid idea. DOH! I hate when I do that. You know, it's amazing to me how I accumulate all these really extensive pictures in my head of everybody based on very little info.
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For me, just something I made up from juggling names in my extended family. I wouldn't mind using it as a pen name if it were a result of me becoming notorious (positive sense) here.
I've thought some about pen names, mainly because in a perfect world, I hope to write in different genres; and there's a line if reasoning that says that situation might be a good time to use a pen name.
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Its what they used to call me when I was in Petawawa - Its the first letter of my first name and I am a man...its a far cry from my older ones, Swampfox, BigRed, Rusty..etc
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I've been kicking around pen names, thinking that I might want to separate out professional writing in my field from fiction writing. Haven't decided anything. Figured if someone is ready to publish me, they might have something pertinent to say.
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what if i was changing my name to Rommel Fenrir Wolf II.? would that work? Rommel Fenrir Wolf II
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One problem with using a "Party name" here---if you do go out and publish a novel, how will we be able to go out and buy it if we only know you by what you post under?
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I use my real name when posting to professional writing boards. I use "ArtsyLynda" when posting to art boards (I'm a professional sculptor). I use "Abraxan" (a gigantic palomino winged horse, one of those that pull the Beauxbatons carriage in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire") in my fanfic posts. I LOVE the word "Abraxan" for some reason. If JK Rowling hadn't invented it, I'd use it as a pen name or something. I know the word "abraxas" is a real word, but it doesn't hit me as well as "Abraxan."
The fun thing about using "Abraxan" in my fanfic is that a LOT of my readers think I'm a man. And a lot of them think I am or have been in the military, based on my battle scenes, which pleases me greatly since the only warfare I've seen is on TV or in films or books. But my hubby and son-in-law both know a lot about the defense industry, so I hear about it a lot. That must be how my battle scenes turned out as well as they did. All my bios say I'm a middle-aged married woman living on a farm in Ohio, yet I still get e's to "Mr. Abraxan" or mentions as "he" in posts sometimes. LOL!
Lynda, whose "real" published works will have her real name - Lynda Sappington
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My username is actually from my writing, an Alien race that meddles in other people's business. Very appropriate for a literary crit site, or so I thought.
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My name is a morph from my old one Pyro Foxx. Pyre is just a deriviative and Foxx is the name of a line of kings in my baby (otherwise known as my lifetime WIP). So I just referred to their dynasty. I had to change because with a name like Foxx you get some really nasty e-mails.
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Using your real name is fine if you like it....... However if you dont like it... I think Destiny is fine.....
I have wanted to write under an assumed name forever. I hate my name it sucks. I have actually thought about changing my name legally. But my DH is rather fond of my middle name which is the actual name I go by. Which is the name I HATE!!!!
So if you see a book series Authored by C.M. Jefferies or Michelle Jefferies you will know that it is ~Destiny... ( And that I chickened out on changing my name) Sigh*
~Destiny
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My real name is Frederick. Until I went off to college, I was Fred. When I arrived at college, I introduced myself as Rick. And that made all the difference.
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i dont use my realname for i am trying to hide from my family who are money sapping HIPPIES who like to spend MY MONEY ON USLESS SHIT. if anyone is wondering my name is
Jay Proctor.
Jay is short for my first name. Rommel Fenrir Wolf II
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I hate when I do that. You know, it's amazing to me how I accumulate all these really extensive pictures in my head of everybody based on very little info.
