> I know there was a thread titled "Handles" about a year ago that concerned this topic; I just read that thread and found it very interesting. However, there were only a few folks who posted to that thread who are still current regulars today (Issachar, Howard, Darien among them). I am curious about where people's nicknames come from.
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> I'll tell about mine, and maybe some other folks wouldn't mind telling about theirs (thanks to Kiki, extirpator, and others who already answered this question in RinkChat.)

For those of you who don't know me, I am Ticia's lovely sister. My name actually comes from a book we have been writing (along with our other sister Staci). Mia is the character I have been developing, and she is the main focus of the first book (she is the main focus of the story, according to her). I won't go into detail about the book, but it is fantasy story, and Mia controls fire...or at least TRIES to control it...she is not very good.

Ticia actually came up with the idea and the characters, but as I reminded her of Mia so much ( I can't imagine why) she gave her to me, and she is my creation, my child, and I love her. Anyway, that is where my name comes from.

Mi"the firey redhead"a