After my April Fool's Joke caused some extreme reactions, the name challenge @josediccus nominated me for might just be what's needed, even though I won't be able to reveal everything.
Here we go with the rules:
Tell us in a post how you chose the current Steemit username you have. The story behind it.
Tell us your real name!
If you could change your current username, which name would you choose and why? If you have a possible usernames list, mention it!
Use the tag #steemitnamechallenge so that the creator of the challenge can track all the posts and check them out
Nominate 5 people for this challenge
So, let's do this!
My current Steemit username has quite a story, but a boring one behind it. I'm a huge fan of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels, and one of the characters I absolutely adore is named "Susan Sto Helit". This, of course, is way too long as a username, so I shortened it to "Sue" for a while. but "Sue" tends to be taken. As someone who has been playing a lot of MMORPGs (who am I fooling. I played WoW.) growing up, I had some "naming rules" when a name wasn't available. Just add "-sa", "-se", "-ia" "-ana" until the name is available.
So, for a while, I've been using "Suesa", and that was exactly the time during which I joined Steemit. Despite its origin, I don't pronounce it "Sue-sa" but more like "Suh-eh-sah".
Nope, not telling you my real name, sorry. My first name - last name combination is so unique, that I'm the only result for the first 5 pages of google.
Change my current username? But I've build a brand, I can't change it!
Seriously, I'm horrible with names. You might not expect this from a writer, but coming up with names is one of the things I hate most. Suesa is short, easy to remember and looks nice. I like it.
Adds the tag
I nominate @reggaemuffin , @lemony-cricket , @bachuslib , @apsu and @kex !
My deed here is done.