What's in a name? Everything. As we end the first year of What Pluckery is This, I feel like I'm not conveying what I worry about very well. It doesn't help that I am not just one thing. You've got The Pine Barrens, the voyages of the Taint Hammer, books, music and movies, visiting odd places, lesser known history, road trips, and my thoughts on being a person in America at this most interesting of times.
The current name -- and the current format -- are the perfect mix of intriguing, amusing, inspiring, and thought-provoking. And I enjoy the wide variety of topics, themes, and thoughts. I never know what I am going to learn or what new images will fill my head and add new colors to my own thoughts going forward. In short, everything is perfect, just as you have it. I understand the drives to rebrand, reinvent, and create spinoffs -- but my vote is that you’re already doing something wonderful. And brilliant. And authentic. And valuable.
I like your current one best. But “The Flights of Pluckery” that WanderFinder suggested is good. Also WanderFinder is an great name, so trust their vote!
I constantly wonder also if I should change my publication name. This is probably a side effect of being “multitudes” or multipotentialites. So you don’t actually need to change it.
On a related note, I'm sure if I just wrote about *one* theme I would get more readers, but that's so unappealing for me. One theme would also make it easier to choose a name of course, but again, unappealing...
Good luck choosing and I'll keep reading regardless
OK this is asking a lot but would you ever think about splitting up your publications and giving them different identities? Like, I like all these names but I also like your current one ... I wonder if different people would subscribe to different ones?
America/American Politics -- What Pluckery is This
Just some thoughts, you really do contain multitudes, which is incredible. Oh, yeah, reading/movie/music recommendations. I almost forgot about those. Under What Pluckery is This or its own category? Whew, it's like opening the mind of Zeus and having a lot of Muses pop out.
The current name -- and the current format -- are the perfect mix of intriguing, amusing, inspiring, and thought-provoking. And I enjoy the wide variety of topics, themes, and thoughts. I never know what I am going to learn or what new images will fill my head and add new colors to my own thoughts going forward. In short, everything is perfect, just as you have it. I understand the drives to rebrand, reinvent, and create spinoffs -- but my vote is that you’re already doing something wonderful. And brilliant. And authentic. And valuable.
I like your current one best. But “The Flights of Pluckery” that WanderFinder suggested is good. Also WanderFinder is an great name, so trust their vote!
I constantly wonder also if I should change my publication name. This is probably a side effect of being “multitudes” or multipotentialites. So you don’t actually need to change it.
I like the current name...
I got very tangled thinking about what to name my blog. I changed it just a few weeks after starting. (https://kaspa.substack.com/p/whats-in-a-name)
On a related note, I'm sure if I just wrote about *one* theme I would get more readers, but that's so unappealing for me. One theme would also make it easier to choose a name of course, but again, unappealing...
Good luck choosing and I'll keep reading regardless
OK this is asking a lot but would you ever think about splitting up your publications and giving them different identities? Like, I like all these names but I also like your current one ... I wonder if different people would subscribe to different ones?
Fiction -- something like Flights of Pluckery
History/Road trips/New Jersey/Pine Barrens -- Containing Multitudes
America/American Politics -- What Pluckery is This
Just some thoughts, you really do contain multitudes, which is incredible. Oh, yeah, reading/movie/music recommendations. I almost forgot about those. Under What Pluckery is This or its own category? Whew, it's like opening the mind of Zeus and having a lot of Muses pop out.
I vote for keeping the one you have, personally.
"Multitudes" is good.