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Writer's Block: The name game
2011-02-01 09:19 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
Nyara is the name of a character in the "Mage Winds" trilogy by Mercedes Lackey. I have surprisingly little in common with the character (save her opinion on children), but a friend in middle school wrote a story with a character based on me, using that name, and it (for some reason) stuck. I like the way it sounds, and it was my circle of friends at the time would recognize, so I started using it as my online handle. (The "Dark Lady" part was added because just "Nyara" was taken as an e-mail address on Yahoo, and because I'd recently heard a song by that name.)
Honestly, I can't see me changing my username. I've used it as long as I've had any kind of real presence online. I actually identify with it a bit more strongly that I do with my real name.
Nyara is the name of a character in the "Mage Winds" trilogy by Mercedes Lackey. I have surprisingly little in common with the character (save her opinion on children), but a friend in middle school wrote a story with a character based on me, using that name, and it (for some reason) stuck. I like the way it sounds, and it was my circle of friends at the time would recognize, so I started using it as my online handle. (The "Dark Lady" part was added because just "Nyara" was taken as an e-mail address on Yahoo, and because I'd recently heard a song by that name.)
Honestly, I can't see me changing my username. I've used it as long as I've had any kind of real presence online. I actually identify with it a bit more strongly that I do with my real name.
