Writer's Block: AKA
Feb. 28th, 2009 09:16 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
Mine's just spelling. Yeeeeeeeears ago one of my son's mates was quite dyslexic but had an interest in fantasy RP on an old ezboard site. He asked me if I'd write there with him but said I'd need to make a screen name. He also pointed out that the one I was using already made it far too easy to find out who I was IRL. 'What shall I use?' I asked. "Something elvish?' he suggested then it occurred to me that spelling my name - ess ay el - sounded suitable. Since I'm lazy I use it for just about everything including LJ.
Oddly enough, over the years only one person has immediately guessed what it means, and that was
metallumai who asked if essayel=Sal in her first review to one of my stories on Fiction Alley. I guess you need that kind of mind.
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Mine's just spelling. Yeeeeeeeears ago one of my son's mates was quite dyslexic but had an interest in fantasy RP on an old ezboard site. He asked me if I'd write there with him but said I'd need to make a screen name. He also pointed out that the one I was using already made it far too easy to find out who I was IRL. 'What shall I use?' I asked. "Something elvish?' he suggested then it occurred to me that spelling my name - ess ay el - sounded suitable. Since I'm lazy I use it for just about everything including LJ.
Oddly enough, over the years only one person has immediately guessed what it means, and that was
Sad picture under the cut. ( Read more... )