1. Michelle Goldingay. (Nom de Maree. It would come off the top of my mind quickly, seem slightly like the truth, and still slow paperwork down long enough for me to move to another country.)
2. Juniper de Vie. (Pseudonym)
3. Rhapsody de Fruit. (Pronounced: Fwee) (Nom de Drag)
4. CE Colin. (Nom de Plume) (Stands for Colin Eustice Colin: attempts to be illustrious, attempts to be male. Really, how many Noble Peace Prize winning authors are female?)
5. September Allen. (Nom de Plume: Mills and Boon)
6. Error. (Nom de Hip Hop et Crumping)
7. Stella Disario. (Courtesy of S) (Nom de Plume: Crime Fiction)
8. Taile Aftonwold. (Nom de Plume: Erotica) (Pinched the old first-pet, first-street trick for establishing porn names and made it a little new age with the 'e' on my cat Tail's name.)
9. Fi-fi le Monde. (Nom de Plume: Advice Columnist) (Thanks Isabella--it's perfect. Fi-fi engenders just the level of seriousness an advice columnist should have, le Monde shows her worldliness. I love it. Do I owe you royalties?)
10. Siempre Caracola (Nom de Lucha Libre) (Again Isabella, thanks. Isabella suggested Sometimes Shellii. This name also has a ring of truth. That made me recall that siempre (always) is one of my favorite spanish words. Shellii or shell doesn't translate (on my dictionary.com translator) but caracola is a conch. It rolls fabolously off the tongue: 'And in the right hand corner, weighing in at %^$£s, Sssssssiieeeempreee Caracoooolaaaaaa!" Waaaa, hooooo! The crowd goes wild.) (oh, dear)
Wear 383: To Have, and To Hold - A Dilemma
3 years ago
May I suggest for 9 & 10:
ReplyDelete9. Fifi Le Monde - because Fifi sounds like a Miss Universe Hopeful name and Le Monde sounds like a plausible surname, unless you speak french, in which case you would know it means "the world" so it is in fact a bit over the top. (I'm tipping most cops don't speak french.)
10. Shellii Sometimes, which I know bears too close a resemblance to another writer but I do call you Shellii sometimes, as I'm sure others do too.