Does your writing folder have a name?

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v7i76swzJust like I’m sure there are a few dull and uninspired men out there who call their penis “my penis” instead of “Big Bob” or “The Terminator”, perhaps a very few of you call the writing folder on your computer “writing” or “fiction” or something sadly serviceable and boring like that. But my guess is that you all have named your writing folders with much cooler, more evocative names. As far as me goes, my writing folder has been called “House of the Rising Sun” for well over a decade … because, well, it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy, and God, I know I’m one.

So … give! Does your writing folder have a name? And if so, what? And if not, what do you call your penis?

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  • Livia Llewellyn

    Holy crap – I didn’t realize we were supposed to give our writing folders cool names! I’ve been calling it “Writing” for about seven years now. Although, I’m now rather tempted to change it to “My Penis”…

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      If you write about lengthy, challenging novels about submarines, that might work! (Long and hard and … oh, forget it.)

      • Livia Llewellyn

        Well, my fiction does occasionally feature giant volcanoes erupting great fiery spouts of hot lava, and huge steam engine trains charging into dark tunnels. I also write pretty explicit erotica. So, yeah, it could work. :D

  • Livia Llewellyn

    Holy crap – I didn’t realize we were supposed to give our writing folders cool names! I’ve been calling it “Writing” for about seven years now. Although, I’m now rather tempted to change it to “My Penis”…

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      If you write about lengthy, challenging novels about submarines, that might work! (Long and hard and … oh, forget it.)

      • Livia Llewellyn

        Well, my fiction does occasionally feature giant volcanoes erupting great fiery spouts of hot lava, and huge steam engine trains charging into dark tunnels. I also write pretty explicit erotica. So, yeah, it could work. :D

  • http://www.bentopress.com/sf/ David D. Levine

    Well, my writing folder is called Writing. Sorry.

    As for the other thing… in my experience, a penis name is something that belongs to a couple rather than to an individual. I’ve never named my own penis, but it’s had a nickname with each of my partners, which varies from partner to partner and is generally based on some mutual (and generally hilarous) experience early in the relationship.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      You know, I probably shouldn’t blog this, but I’ve never named my husband’s penis. Thus, it is “The Nameless,” which actually sounds pretty crypto-cool if you ask me.

  • http://www.bentopress.com/sf/ David D. Levine

    Well, my writing folder is called Writing. Sorry.

    As for the other thing… in my experience, a penis name is something that belongs to a couple rather than to an individual. I’ve never named my own penis, but it’s had a nickname with each of my partners, which varies from partner to partner and is generally based on some mutual (and generally hilarous) experience early in the relationship.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      You know, I probably shouldn’t blog this, but I’ve never named my husband’s penis. Thus, it is “The Nameless,” which actually sounds pretty crypto-cool if you ask me.

  • http://criada.livejournal.com/ Elizabeth Coleman

    My writing folder doesn’t have a name, but it does have a cool icon that changes regularly. None of my penises have a name.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      It’s good to know that you have several. (Icons and penii, that is.) I’ve always found just one to be sadly insufficient.

  • http://criada.livejournal.com Elizabeth Coleman

    My writing folder doesn’t have a name, but it does have a cool icon that changes regularly. None of my penises have a name.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      It’s good to know that you have several. (Icons and penii, that is.) I’ve always found just one to be sadly insufficient.

  • http://www.jkathleencheney.com/ J. Kathleen Cheney

    You have 1 writing folder? 1?

    My desktop is littered with writing folders, some with very prosaic names: Working, On the Table, Published, AB, and….Trunk.

    Others are for specific settings or book-starts: Feri, Jenear, Larossa, EstherNEW, SOTF, DITD, along with individual files I’m currently working on.

    I count 22 different ‘writing’ icon, that encompass writing going back to 1981 when I got my first computer (and used PC Write). (I didn’t start subbing for publication until 2005, but I always wrote.)

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      I was unclear. I have one *master* writing folder, called House of the Rising Sun. It houses (appropriately enough) about ten bazillion individual folders of varying levels of disrepute and depravity.

      • http://www.jkathleencheney.com/ J. Kathleen Cheney

        Ah, like shoving everything in a drawer when people come over…that’s much more reasonable ;o)

  • http://www.jkathleencheney.com J. Kathleen Cheney

    You have 1 writing folder? 1?

    My desktop is littered with writing folders, some with very prosaic names: Working, On the Table, Published, AB, and….Trunk.

    Others are for specific settings or book-starts: Feri, Jenear, Larossa, EstherNEW, SOTF, DITD, along with individual files I’m currently working on.

    I count 22 different ‘writing’ icon, that encompass writing going back to 1981 when I got my first computer (and used PC Write). (I didn’t start subbing for publication until 2005, but I always wrote.)

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      I was unclear. I have one *master* writing folder, called House of the Rising Sun. It houses (appropriately enough) about ten bazillion individual folders of varying levels of disrepute and depravity.

      • http://www.jkathleencheney.com J. Kathleen Cheney

        Ah, like shoving everything in a drawer when people come over…that’s much more reasonable ;o)

  • http://serge-lj.livejournal.com/ Serge

    I don’t have a writing folder, but my wife does, and it’s called the Sue Box.

    As for my penis, I never call it because it’s always there.
    Bong!!!
    Ow.
    “In today’s weather report on flying pans…”

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      I never call it because it’s always there.

      Would you believe I’ve never heard that one before? Made me LOL you did.

  • http://serge-lj.livejournal.com Serge

    I don’t have a writing folder, but my wife does, and it’s called the Sue Box.

    As for my penis, I never call it because it’s always there.
    Bong!!!
    Ow.
    “In today’s weather report on flying pans…”

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      I never call it because it’s always there.

      Would you believe I’ve never heard that one before? Made me LOL you did.

  • http://timesygn.livejournal.com/ Jamie

    My writing is grouped under various rubrics in my “My Documents” folder, the most entertaining of which is: “First Attempts, Partial Births and All-Out Abortions.”

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      And I do hope you also have some Live Births and Successful Adoptions in there as well, yes?

  • http://timesygn.livejournal.com/ Jamie

    My writing is grouped under various rubrics in my “My Documents” folder, the most entertaining of which is: “First Attempts, Partial Births and All-Out Abortions.”

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      And I do hope you also have some Live Births and Successful Adoptions in there as well, yes?

  • http://www.storyrain.com/ Jessica Reisman

    I’m with Kathleen; one writing folder? I have several, though there is one large catchall one called, simply, “Rain.”

    I call my penis Fred.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Yeah, I clarified for Kathleen, mine’s a catchall too, with many subfolders. I like “Rain.” It can be refreshing, or it can be deadly. Or it can be a hilariously funny guy on “The Office.”

  • http://www.storyrain.com Jessica Reisman

    I’m with Kathleen; one writing folder? I have several, though there is one large catchall one called, simply, “Rain.”

    I call my penis Fred.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Yeah, I clarified for Kathleen, mine’s a catchall too, with many subfolders. I like “Rain.” It can be refreshing, or it can be deadly. Or it can be a hilariously funny guy on “The Office.”

  • http://www.clockworkcuriosity.com/ Sara

    Well, since the computer came with a folder called ‘My Documents’, my writing is multiple folders inside that, each called for the name of the book and all it’s related information (character info work, links page, images, maps, proposal letter, ‘who I submitted/will submit this to’ list, flotsam, jetsam, etc.). My tiny collection of short fiction is in a folder called just ‘Shorts’.

  • http://www.clockworkcuriosity.com Sara

    Well, since the computer came with a folder called ‘My Documents’, my writing is multiple folders inside that, each called for the name of the book and all it’s related information (character info work, links page, images, maps, proposal letter, ‘who I submitted/will submit this to’ list, flotsam, jetsam, etc.). My tiny collection of short fiction is in a folder called just ‘Shorts’.

  • Aimee

    Well, my top level folder is just called “Writing” but it has cool sub folders like “Assorted Smut” and “Endless Torment”.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Endless Torment for you or your characters? And it’s good that you keep your Smut sorted. That bespeaks a level of organization that is usually lacking in today’s young people.

  • Aimee

    Well, my top level folder is just called “Writing” but it has cool sub folders like “Assorted Smut” and “Endless Torment”.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Endless Torment for you or your characters? And it’s good that you keep your Smut sorted. That bespeaks a level of organization that is usually lacking in today’s young people.

  • shsilver

    At the top level is “My Writing,” subdivided into a folder for each project, which will also have a subfolder for the final version of the work, thus:

    My Writing
    |-Project 1
    | |-Final
    |-Project 2
    | |-Final
    |-Etc.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Well, that’s all very logical! Do you call your penis Spock? ;-)

  • shsilver

    At the top level is “My Writing,” subdivided into a folder for each project, which will also have a subfolder for the final version of the work, thus:

    My Writing
    |-Project 1
    | |-Final
    |-Project 2
    | |-Final
    |-Etc.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Well, that’s all very logical! Do you call your penis Spock? ;-)

  • http://jlake.com/ Jay Lake

    Little Elvis

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      I’m not even going to ask for clarification on that one, because I like the idea that your penis and your writing folder have the same name. ;-)

  • http://jlake.com Jay Lake

    Little Elvis

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      I’m not even going to ask for clarification on that one, because I like the idea that your penis and your writing folder have the same name. ;-)

  • Mark Jones

    Alas, my writing folder is called “Business Documents”. It contains all my unfinished stories. Completed stories go into the “Completed Stories” subfolder. Cover letters have their own sub-folder as well. There’s also a subfolder for stories I’ve sold.

    All very prosaically named, I’m afraid.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      The most wonderful folder title in the whole world is “Sold” …

  • Kelly Robson

    We call our penis The Semi. As in eighteen wheels.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      O my! I am clutching my pearls!

      • Anonymous

        Oh, K beat me to it; I was gonna tell you about the Semi.

        Some of my writing folders–ever since my teens–have been named: AFNA, JAFNA, YAFNA and variations thereon. The acronym in play is Just (or Yet) Another Fucking Novel Attempt.

  • Mark Jones

    Alas, my writing folder is called “Business Documents”. It contains all my unfinished stories. Completed stories go into the “Completed Stories” subfolder. Cover letters have their own sub-folder as well. There’s also a subfolder for stories I’ve sold.

    All very prosaically named, I’m afraid.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      The most wonderful folder title in the whole world is “Sold” …

  • Kelly Robson

    We call our penis The Semi. As in eighteen wheels.

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      O my! I am clutching my pearls!

      • http://www.alyxdellamonica.com Alyx Dellamonica

        Oh, K beat me to it; I was gonna tell you about the Semi.

        Some of my writing folders–ever since my teens–have been named: AFNA, JAFNA, YAFNA and variations thereon. The acronym in play is Just (or Yet) Another Fucking Novel Attempt.

  • http://astromachy.livejounal.com Rio Le Moignan

    My master writing folder gets renamed every so often; currently it’s called Thistledown.

  • http://astromachy.livejounal.com/ Rio Le Moignan

    My master writing folder gets renamed every so often; currently it’s called Thistledown.

  • http://www.AlmaAlexander.com/ Alma Alexander

    Yes. It’s called “Work”. Within that huge heading there are subfolders for every project, named after the project. If I gotta be creative, I’ll save it for the stuff that goes INTO those folders, the stories themselves. Naming the individual folders seems to be… gilding the lily.

  • http://www.AlmaAlexander.com Alma Alexander

    Yes. It’s called “Work”. Within that huge heading there are subfolders for every project, named after the project. If I gotta be creative, I’ll save it for the stuff that goes INTO those folders, the stories themselves. Naming the individual folders seems to be… gilding the lily.