So sometimes I’m writing away on this blog, and I forget that it really is visible to anyone who wants to see it. And the people who comment? Occasionally I grasp the totally wrong end of the stick when it comes to identifying them.
For instance, yesterday, and for many days before that, I was under the mistaken impression that regular comment-poster “Charlene” was a YA and inspirational romance writing friend. Apparently, Charlene is actually Charlene Teglia, Ellora’s Cave author and current RT Nominee for best Erotica of 2005. Hee hee. Oops. We welcome all Charlenes here on Diana’s Diversions, and would like to make it known that if we ever made any jokes that Ms. Teglia did not get, it’s because we thought she was someone else.
In another instance, Sailor Boy is chatting with me yesterday as I was stirring the spaghetti sauce on the stove, and mentions that his friend Adam is now commenting on my blog. “Wait, a second,” I say, almost tipping over the pot. “‘Adam’ is Adam?” Eloquence while cooking is not my forte. So, um, hi, Adam. Oops.
Now I’m curious as to who else I have been misidentifying on this thing. Who are you people? Do I know you? 
Some of you post, and are kind enough to say things like, “Your cousin, Maggie” so I don’t get this idea in my head that there’s this other Maggie wandering around my blog willy nilly, and that’s great. Other times, weeks go by, and I don’t have a clue that the Adam I’ve been corresponding with blogly is the same one whose girlfriend I had drinks with last night.
I feel like such a space cadet. Please tell me this has happened to someone else on blog or email.
December 28th, 2005 at 12:19 pm
Aren’t you glad I post under my full name?
December 28th, 2005 at 12:36 pm
Oh, sure, this happens to everyone. I always thought Ellen was an old-fashioned and uncommon name, but Ellens seem to be proliferating like mad. There are two of us writing for my publisher, as well as a reader. In addition, there’s an Ellen who’s a publisher on some of the other loops I’m on. This is why I always sign myself with my last name, or at least as Ellen F.!
December 28th, 2005 at 1:00 pm
See and I thought if I signed “Charlene Teglia” it was kind of formal for a blog comment! *g* Just wait ’til you have family members comment and realize “my god, my mother reads this…” - Charlene Teglia
December 28th, 2005 at 1:12 pm
Charlene, (Hi!) sign in at blogger under your full name and then you won’t have to sign at all. As it is, your comments come in under Anonymous.
December 28th, 2005 at 4:43 pm
Yeah, um, I forgot my blogger login. Not my fault. I use WordPress! Anyway, I created a new account. : D I’m not Anonymous anymore.
December 28th, 2005 at 7:32 pm
I haven’t even noticed what my blogger ID says, but I should because there are two or three blogs at which Shannon McKelden and I cross paths. If it doesn’t have the Stacey, I should add it if I can.
I’m forever confused by the proliferation of pseudonyms. I know people who go privately by one name, have a screen name for eHQ, then a different one for groups, and then a writing pseudonym, and I’ll respond formally to an email, only to get a note back saying “You moron, it’s me…so and so…from eHQ.”
Ooops.
December 28th, 2005 at 7:35 pm
Since you started it, I’ll test it here. *g* Hopefully my display name should be my full name.
December 28th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
Oh, Charlene, I wasn’t saying that you had to use your name. Anonymous is fine. I’m just saying that this might have gone on for years without me figuring it out.
Funny you should mention it, Shannon! Whenever I see a post from a “shannon” I click on it. Yours shows a picture of ROADTRIP, and Shannon McKelden’s (the other Shannon who is most likely to post here) shows a pink shot of feet in fuzzy slippers. I never know who is talking unless I click.
And, naturally, with the number of Julies in this business, it’s always good to see the whole name.
Shannon, I know what you mean about eHq. I can’t keep any of the names straight. When I first started posting there, I was using the name “Diana P” and people kept asking me if I was Diana Palmer. LOL! If only, right?
December 29th, 2005 at 4:03 pm
For years I posted on eHarlequin under my dog’s name, “Hollie.” Since my real name is rather unique, I figured I’d better hide behind another handle in case I posted something stupid and an editor connected the dots between a manuscript I’d submitted and my eHarlequin post. I started using my real name after I sold, but I still haven’t been able to ditch the “Hollie” part of my handle altogether.
Tawna