Thoughts on identity

[grimorie]

Experimenting with markdown.

I think I'm really loving this way of writing, it feels more intuitive, I'm a bit of a late adapter, I've known about it for some time but only started to really get into it when I found Editorially.

I've also been recently immersing myself in reading things by Amy Hoy and learning about bootstrapping, self-publishing and earning an income online. I've actually been trying to start something like that in my real life blog.

One thing I've been thinking about since reading things about running a business online is about identities, or online identities.

I have a different fannish online identity than my real life identity, and I've always been leery of those two meeting. Except, I kind of want to experiment on self-publishing both in the fiction and non-fiction front, so I don't how to handle that. Do I use another name for my possible self-published fiction book, or do I continue to use my RL one?

How do you guys handle your fannish identity with your real life identity?

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[grimorie]

Thanks for the input!

I think its harder for everyone who came online pre-Facebook/MySpace/Blogging explosion and where everyone was clear on the lines about their fannish identities.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who has issues about this, I remember a time when fannish identities were something that's held secret. I'm thinking about seriously separating my original fiction work from the online work persona I've created but still letting a select few know who I am.

Its a strange thing, having different identities in a world that's slowly trying to converge both.

Google isn't helping on that front though.