Thursday, January 1, 2009

Pen name

BoRock -I thought you might enjoy reading our conversation about our author's pseudonym.
Ebenezer - It would be great if you could help. All suggestions are welcome.
Unnamed Author - Of course, it is going to be my name, so I get the final word.
BoRock and Ebenezer - nod yes
Unnamed Author - For a while I decided on the name Tulgy Woods, but looking online I find that it is already taken.
BoRock - How about Frog Spy? I mean it is like you have put cameras and wiretaps all over our environment.
Ebenezer - BoRock, that was rude. She is trying to help us tell our story. Since we told the story to her she is not a spy, she is a poet. How about Frog Poet?
BoRock - What does Tulgy mean anyhow?
Unnamed Author - Lewis Carrol liked to combine words to make new ones. So it is probably a combination of a word that begins with tul and boggy. I never could figure out the tul word.
BoRock - OK, so we combine Frog Spy...Frospy! How about that? Or Spies on Frogs...Sponfr...no...Frogspon
Unnamed author - I am not frogspon!
BoRock - In a way you are since we are your creators. You wouldn't have a story without us. Admit it...you lack the creativity to write anything that we haven't told you.
Ebenezer - Just ignore him. He is being insulting because you didn't like his idea. BoRock, say you're sorry.
BoRock - OK...sorrrry!
Unnamed author - It's OK. I guess it wouldn't hurt except I'm afraid it might be true.
Ebenezer - Don't be absurd. You tell our story in a most creative way. I love how you make everything rhyme. We could call you Rhymie!
Unnamed author - I kind of like that! That way I could write poetry about other things besides frogs when I am finished with your story. But it does limit me to rhyming poetry. What if I wanted to write prose someday?
BoRock - So what would you write about if you live long enough to finish our story and still have some years left.
Unnamed author - I don't know...chipmunks, ladybugs, thyme, squash, asparagus, God, politics, education. I like to think I could be versatile.
Ebenezer - So you see yourself as a versatile verse writer.
Unnamed author - Please don't limit me to verse!
BoRock - How about Justa Reed N. A. Bog
Unnamed author - Haven't you been listening to anything we have been talking about? I might want to write about something outside your environment someday.
BoRock - That is really hard for me to imagine
Unnamed author - Try to move beyond your environment.
Ebenezer - No way! We visited the city once, and we visited the beach. Both were awful.
Unnamed author - OK, I guess I will have to do this on my own.
Ebenezer - No way, we're in this together. Give us some time to think. We'll talk about it tomorrow.
BoRock - What happened to the picture?
Unnamed author - Sorry, I need to do it at work where I have highspeed internet. Just wait for a few days.

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