Comments on: Sheepish

By: Tawna Fenske

Tawna Fenske — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:03:00 +0000

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

By: Diana Peterfreund

Diana Peterfreund — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:08:00 +0000

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?

By: Shannon Stacey

Shannon Stacey — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:35:00 +0000

Since you started it, I’ll test it here. *g* Hopefully my display name should be my full name.

By: Shannon Stacey

Shannon Stacey — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:32:00 +0000

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.

By: Charlene Teglia

Charlene Teglia — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:43:00 +0000

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.

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:12:00 +0000

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.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:00:00 +0000

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

By: Ellen Fisher

Ellen Fisher — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:36:00 +0000

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.!

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:19:00 +0000

Aren’t you glad I post under my full name?