XUP had a blog on ideas for blogging. A wee bit of cheating there, but something I have needed as my brain has just been too tired to think of something lately.
But, it was her blog link list that reminded me of an idea I had, and had not worked on, and that is: my blogger name.
Xup has a long list of bloggers, from Canada and from the US and some of the names are so cool.
A sibilant intake of breath – Okay, where is my dictionary
Diary of a Turtlehead – You want to click on this to see just what a turtlehead is.
Fabric of her reality – I could always use a day in someone else’s reality.
Knitting is my boyfriend – I certainly understand that.
Mean old mommy – and what mother has not heard that
Minty fresh – I expect to see pictures of green hills. Unfortunately, it is a black background with grey print and too hard to read for my eyes.
Tales from a grouch – Gosh, my father incarnate
Trashy’s world reminds me of the time my neice was complaining because she was getting sexual email. I asked her what her screen name was and she said, “Big Jugs.” I rest my case
Deep Friar – somehow a painful thought
And at the bottom of her list is probably my favorite, “Uncouth Heathen.”
And, somewhere in the middle of this all is me: SaVanVleck. Now, could you get any more creative? I mean, I am an artist, so I should have thought up some cool name, myself. Here’s a few I thought of today:
Daughter of a grouch – too close to Tales from a grouch
You laugh too much – a statement grouch made to his wife and granddaughter once. That is my father, grouch and not Tales from a grouch.
A painter of people
Unable to format my blogs (it is double spacing here for no reason at all)
Okay, see therein is my problem, I am horrible at naming things.
P.S. I am not linking each of these blogs, so anyone who wishes to find a new and exciting blog to read, go to XUP, she has the links.
I think your blog name is really interesting. I couldn’t figure out for the longest time what a savanvleck was. Eventually I figured out it was your name. I wouldn’t worry about it at all if I were you. I once did a whole post on people’s blog names and they wrote in explaining how they chose them. Most are pretty ordinary when you get the rationale behind them
Usually people just have trouble pronouncing my name. I actually left it my name as all the writer’s information said to use your name as that is what people will look for.
And, I am finishing up my book. Have a little editing on the last chapter to do and it is going out soon. I’m so excited.
Cool! What title is it being published under? Will it be available on Amazon? And, what’s so difficult about pronouncing VanVleck?
I think people try to make VanVleck sound harder than it is. But, then, I had a friend who could not say Sheryl. It always came out shear-llll. Some regional dialect, I’m sure.
The book is written, after four years, but now needs to find an agent and an editor. The working title has settled down to be, Three Brothers in the Moon Trees.
I will say though that everyone I have had read it, or parts of it, has been very positive and, my Master’s Daughter, who teaches sixth graders is excited enough that she is working on a Teacher’s guide. She has given me a lot of good ideas to add to it, to make it teacher friendly too and more interesting. Eleven years old, is long ago for me.
When it finds an agent and editor, believe me, I will be writing that, on my blog, in very large letters.