Choosing a name was [Steppes] Warning:Stupid Newbie QuestionAhead!

[lizdenpeters at juno.com]

Stephanie,

For almost two years, my husband was known as "Dennis the Mundane"
because he couldn't really make up his mind about his SCA name.  When it
was getting to the point where that name was a definite possibility of
being the only one anyone would remember, he finally chose a name.  He is
now (Lord) Vincenzo Cellini.

Lady Fionnuala the Fey "Nuala"

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:05:42 -0700 (PDT) Stephanie Elliott
<selliott75161 at yahoo.com> writes:
> Thank you for the excellent advice and I agree
> completely, so I am in no hurry to find a name, but am
> trying to find sources and such to point me in the
> right direction. 
> for the very few events i have attended, I introduce
> myself as "She that has no name" or just Stephanie,
> with a grinning newbie look to follow.
> 
> Stephanie
> 
> 
> --- Kevin Black <kblack4 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > The most important advice I could give you, is don't
> >  circumstances rush 
> > your persona or name.   You don't need one
> > immediately, and while getting 
> > your feet wet it's quite possible you may find your
> > period of interest may 
> > change, sometimes radically.  And it can be a real
> > pain in the butt six 
> > months down the line to find that you can no longer
> > stand the persona you 
> > chose in a rush, especially if your place and/or
> > timeline changes 
> > drastically.  On this, at least, I can speak from
> > personal experience.
> > 
> > Your best option is to remain as you are until you
> > are quite certain as to 
> > what you'd like to pursue, once that happens
> > everything else becomes quite 
> > clear and you'll know exactly where you want to go. 
> > It can be a pain in the 
> > butt to introduce yourself to someone as Hi, I'm
> > Stephanie (still working on 
> > a persona), but everyone understands that and will
> > easily forget Stephanie 
> > when you become, er whomsoever you'll become.  It's
> > far simpler and less 
> > confusing than the alternative =).
> > 
> > 
> > Hubert d'Aiguës-Mortes
> > Qui fait plus, mieux vaux
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > >well, at the moment i'm not sure...
> > >I am very interest in a Scottish persona but as for
> > >the time frame I don't know...
> > >
> > >but, i want to learn how to do pretty much
> > everything,
> > >right know i am researching chain maille,
> > cardweaving,
> > >archery, and medieval cooking. I have decide that
> > >these will be my first enjoyments(hopefully) in the
> > >SCA so I want to build a persona (thus a name) on
> > >these, even if I have to change countries to be
> > >historically accurate. (Don't how many
> > >archer/cook/chain maille-ing/card weaving women
> > there
> > >were in Scotland, haven't gotten that far yet)
> > >
> > >That is where i am at the moment...  :)
> > >
> > >Stephanie
> > >
> > >p.s. any help would be much appreciated
> > >
> > 
> >
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