Blogger Confidential: What's in a Name?

Have you ever been faced with an issue while reading or blogging and thought: I wonder what other bloggers think about this?  No matter what genre or audience you blog for, we all face the same problems.  Are you a publisher or author wondering what goes on in a blogger's (and by extension a reader's) head?

Blogger confidential is a series of 9 questions asked to 10 bloggers about the nitty gritty details of blogging. Everything from what prompts a blogger to pick up a book, to what happens when a book doesn't live up to its hype.  This series was inspired by Wastepaper Prose's Author Insight series.

Does the name of your blog hold any meaning or is it just a name? Would you change it if you could?

"When I first signed up for Wordpress, I chose “chachic” as my username so I knew I had to include that in my blog’s name. A friend came up with “Chachic’s Book Nook” because it has a nice ring to it. Looking back, I kind of feel like I should have been more creative in naming my blog. If I could, I’d probably change it to Throwing Inkpots (name of my Tumblr and a reference to the Queen’s Thief series)." Chachic from Chachic's Book Nook

"I've always been fond of alliteration, and when the title Mindful Musings came to mind, it just felt right. I also like that it's a title that allows me to branch out and cover my thoughts on other subjects besides books, though books are by far the most prevalent topic I blog about. For now, I think my name suits my blog and I plan on keeping it!" Natalie from Mindful Musings

"I thought long and hard about the name of the site before I launched it. I wanted it to represent myself and the other writers, and what better way to do that than to call ourselves Forever Young Adult? Because even though we are technically adults, we'll always be teenagers at heart." Sarah from Forever Young Adult

"Yes, it holds a lot of meaning. When we first met we instantly bonded over our love of books and deemed ourselves book soulmates. When we decided to start a book blog, it was just the logical choice for our name :)" Vanessa and Isalys from Book Soulmates

"Ha, it's what I feel about good YA books. They are bliss indeed." Sabrina at YA Bliss

"It does. Being that I'm both a YA review blog and a fan site of Cassandra Clare, I wanted to have something that reflected Cassie's books. I took Mundie from City of Bones, and since I'm a mom I put the two together. Though it wasn't with out talking to some friends about different names, but nothing stuck other than Mundie Moms. There was a few times in the beginning I wondered if I should just got with Mundies, but I liked how Mundie Moms sounded." Katie from Mundie Moms

"I love my blog name, and would never change it. The Reading Fever is my made up medical term for all the symptoms one gets from reading a great book: loss of sleep, increased heart rate, inability to function, delirious fantasizing, talking to fictional characters, loosened grip of reality, sudden urge to cry in frustration, crying of any sort, etc..." Penelope from The Reading Fever

"Absolutely and never in a million years. The name "Bites" is the evolutionary brain child of my own review style that I started developing on a different blog at least a couple years before starting Bites. My tagline, "Chomping on books and spitting out reviews," is pretty self-explanatory. I'm pretty sure there was an analogy to a rabid Doberman Pinscher in there at some point and I'm almost positive it's still nominally accurate." Donna from Bites

"Well, it's our names so it does have some special meaning. We wouldn't change it for the world! :)" Sash and Em from Sash and Em a Tale of Two Bookies

"It was such a random choice, I guess I lucked out on it. I was always fascinated with paranormal type fiction, hence the para - and the junkee. Double ee to make it different, even though there really isn't a parajunkie. I wouldn't change it for the world." Rachel from Parajunkee