Please. shrift's name IS shrift.

DX whispered to me what her birth name was, and I was like, "What? No." He said, "Exactly!" Like we were passing notes in the seventh grade.

I've been mildly flummoxed by the fact that lots of folks have found my fic through my LJ (riani1) who have no idea that Two Ladies of Quality even exists. I'm not quite sure what to do about it, because I didn't intend for the LJ identity to become very well known, but--1st World Woes--I've picked up a fairly broad LJ readership. I don't know how to handle two identities.

A lot of people think that there are more than one of you, too.

Nutty's real name seems very unNutty to me. I can't wrap my head around it the way I can some others.

Then we have shrift.

Who is not her birthname.

Nope.

Do, umm, any of you think of yourself in third person with your writing name? Because I keep doing that.

A lot of people think that there are more than one of you, too

Once upon a time there were more than one of "me", ie, the Two Ladies. That time is apparently over, unfortunately, but I still like the name.

See, Betsy, I will answer to my LJ name immediately. Whereas if someone calls me Consuela or Suela in public I have to stop and think about it. But I've been called my fic pseud since I was 8.

Well, who among us calls shrift by her birth name?

...Shrift isn't Shrift?

See, I can just about wrap my head around Meara not being Meara, but I think this is a step too far.

...'course, my given name isn't Fay, so there may be a pot kettle black thing going on here.

Names are weird things, aren't they?

meara and Trudy I tend to kind of think their board and real names in tandem, and have to pause and pick one when I actually am addressing them in person.

Madrigal's another one where I just could never wrap my head around her real name. But she hates it anyway, so I guess that's okay.

You're still 'Suela to me, but I guess I can adjust.

Anne's lj pseud always throws me off because it's so close to someome else's board pseud and I have to remind myself who's who.

You know, only in SGA fandom would this author's note:

Notes: In case you're wondering: I don't drink. Neither am I on medication.

be a good sign.

I think I've even forgotten Madrigal's real world name, though I'm sure I knew it at one point.

So very glad that I used my actual name when first establishing my online identity at the Bronze, as that turned out to be the keystone most of my other internet pursuits have been built on since. I've used some variation of it essentially everywhere else I've created a subsequent online identity.

I ran across a 'bruinsfan' on -- IIRC, the TiVo board -- and had to check his profile to make sure it wasn't you, Matt.

It makes me grin a lot that 'jcjoeyfreak' has now discovered Hugh Dillon and the HDRC in a big way. It's sort of like popslash for grownups.