Waus
05-08-2013, 10:28 PM
So, this summer I'm making my first real effort at getting some different articles published in various academic journals.
Here's the problem - my IRL name isn't unique enough. At the risk of blowing my cover (which is dumb because 80% of BBMB is besties for the resties on Facebook anyways) I was trying to decide how to sign my name on these articles.
My straight up name (Matt Wallace) is pretty much taken by a record producer who's worked with Faith No More and Maroon 5 (1 for 2 ain't bad). David Foster Wallace has the market cornered on full-name usage. Daniel Wallace and Daniel B. Wallace are both relatively popular writers. I know this all sounds pretty self-centered, but the way Google is shaping up it can actually be pretty hard to find exactly what you're looking for with the amount of noise to signal.
So I was thinking things sounded badass like:
M. S. Wallace
M. Scott Wallace
Basically anything except using my first name. Or full name. Dang.
I'm so shit at keeping up with a name I decide on too - I was Beck, then waus, then I quit bothering with waus anywhere in the real world because professionals (as it turns out) don't have stupid cutesy nicknames. Except a guy I know named Cobra.
Here's the problem - my IRL name isn't unique enough. At the risk of blowing my cover (which is dumb because 80% of BBMB is besties for the resties on Facebook anyways) I was trying to decide how to sign my name on these articles.
My straight up name (Matt Wallace) is pretty much taken by a record producer who's worked with Faith No More and Maroon 5 (1 for 2 ain't bad). David Foster Wallace has the market cornered on full-name usage. Daniel Wallace and Daniel B. Wallace are both relatively popular writers. I know this all sounds pretty self-centered, but the way Google is shaping up it can actually be pretty hard to find exactly what you're looking for with the amount of noise to signal.
So I was thinking things sounded badass like:
M. S. Wallace
M. Scott Wallace
Basically anything except using my first name. Or full name. Dang.
I'm so shit at keeping up with a name I decide on too - I was Beck, then waus, then I quit bothering with waus anywhere in the real world because professionals (as it turns out) don't have stupid cutesy nicknames. Except a guy I know named Cobra.