I would be sad to see you let go of the slammerkinbabe handle mostly because I can bring to mind every one of the entries you mentioned. I also think you maybe selling slammerkinbabe, and yourself, short. You've pointed out things that slammerkinbabe used to be, things she used to say and do that she, and you, wouldn't today, but what I see more than that is what she's picked up along the way, from, oh, '04, when I met her (and later you) and '08. a slammerkinbabe is a process of constant maturation, and maybe I'm superstitious but I feel if you lose that you'll lose part of the process too. If just on virtual paper.
I, too, have come close to changing my username, but veered away at the last moment.
Also, why exactly do you need a firstname-lastname combination? You wrote a book about people who exist, in part, online. I haven't read the MS. Do your main characters have firstname-lastname screennames? Wouldn't the fact that you don't have one add verity to your experience as a blogger and connect you with your characters and readers?
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Date: 2008-01-06 09:57 am (UTC)I also think you maybe selling slammerkinbabe, and yourself, short. You've pointed out things that slammerkinbabe used to be, things she used to say and do that she, and you, wouldn't today, but what I see more than that is what she's picked up along the way, from, oh, '04, when I met her (and later you) and '08.
a slammerkinbabe is a process of constant maturation, and maybe I'm superstitious but I feel if you lose that you'll lose part of the process too. If just on virtual paper.
I, too, have come close to changing my username, but veered away at the last moment.
Also, why exactly do you need a firstname-lastname combination? You wrote a book about people who exist, in part, online. I haven't read the MS. Do your main characters have firstname-lastname screennames? Wouldn't the fact that you don't have one add verity to your experience as a blogger and connect you with your characters and readers?