How to pick a proper pen-name for online writing?
I have an ambitious idea of writing fantasy/erotica and turning it into a web comic (and get crazily rich, of course), for that I need a username/pen-name.
I need it to be catchy and memorable first and foremost, but my problem is that it can be anything and everything and so I'm stuck.. I want it to be simple, but it also has to be unique enough to be able to use it on multiple sites without having to add numbers or other additions when it's already taken.
Both suggestions, questions, ideas and 'this is how I got mine' methods are welcome!
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As I mentioned in a comment, the chances that your name will be taken on future platforms, on which you have not yet registered, increase with your notoriety.
As you mention, this often leads to the necessity of adding numbers after the cool username of yours. A simple workaround would be to have a user-name that is already predisposed for that.
This website lists several known sequences of integers. Some famous ones are listed here (https://oeis.org/wiki/Welcome#Some_Famous_Sequences). The idea is to use
NameOfSequence + [numbers from the sequence]
For instance
Fibonacci_1123
or
BusyBeaver_1621
If someone happens to have the guts to take such a username, then you can just add the next number and keep your gig going.
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