A question of identity
Nov. 17th, 2004 02:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsTurns out, you can change your LJ name for $15, in such a manner that you don't automatically lose all your back posts or get dumped off anyone's f-list.
I am seriously considering this.
When I signed on, I was mostly chasing people who'd left chat lists I was on, so when I picked a screenname, I just plugged in what popped quickly into my mind. Now I'm in a situation where I'm meeting people through LJ and even doing a little bit of business through it, and an acronym for "fan girl writer" is simply not how I want people thinking of me. (Because let's face it - these days, screenname=real name for a lot of our relationships. Already there's a significant portion of the fan community who gets my last name wrong because I cut it short on my email address.)
The question is - what do I change to? My name? I already have a free LJ for one variant of it, although that's gathering dust. The commonly used short version of my name - ie, what most people call me to get my attention? Something "cool" that I wouldn't mind people calling out to get my attention - and that 1003 people haven't already grabbed?
Certainly something a little more suitable to introducing myself to the greater world. But not something so topical that I'll be shelling out another $15 in a few years to update it again. Something book or writing related would be high on the list. (Hmmm... Hypatia, book, & a couple variations of Constant Reader and bookworm are taken, but nushu is not.)
I am seriously considering this.
When I signed on, I was mostly chasing people who'd left chat lists I was on, so when I picked a screenname, I just plugged in what popped quickly into my mind. Now I'm in a situation where I'm meeting people through LJ and even doing a little bit of business through it, and an acronym for "fan girl writer" is simply not how I want people thinking of me. (Because let's face it - these days, screenname=real name for a lot of our relationships. Already there's a significant portion of the fan community who gets my last name wrong because I cut it short on my email address.)
The question is - what do I change to? My name? I already have a free LJ for one variant of it, although that's gathering dust. The commonly used short version of my name - ie, what most people call me to get my attention? Something "cool" that I wouldn't mind people calling out to get my attention - and that 1003 people haven't already grabbed?
Certainly something a little more suitable to introducing myself to the greater world. But not something so topical that I'll be shelling out another $15 in a few years to update it again. Something book or writing related would be high on the list. (Hmmm... Hypatia, book, & a couple variations of Constant Reader and bookworm are taken, but nushu is not.)
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Date: 2004-11-17 02:49 pm (UTC)But I'll look forward to whatever you come up with anyway. :-)
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Date: 2004-11-17 05:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-11-17 06:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-11-18 05:45 am (UTC)If you're deadset on doing this, chose something as easy to remember. Not something cute or hard to pronounce.
I once took a SF writing course where the teacher made the intelligent comment that if you can't pronounce the name of the characters, you may have a hard time remembering them all the way through the story. That's certainly true with Chinese novels, and a lot of fantasy.