Brynn, it's eleven contributors. The anthology is called "Forty Four Clowns of the Apocalypse", eleven writers, four clowns each, equals 44.
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Deb, congrats! Sounds like you got a lot of really good writing news.
Deb, what about using the names of people you care about, or forms of them, i.e. Joanna Nichols? I always thought the eye-level thing was risky -- my B&N's shelves shift from time to time, so that no one is ever in the same place forever.
Deb, maybe you could use the last name of one of your fictional characters. That would be a fun way of tying the pseudonym back to your other works.
Joanna Nichols is a nice one.
Joanna Nichols is a good pen name because it looks like a real name. I have a pet peeve about pen names that just scream their fakeness.
If I ever have to use a pen name, I think I'm going to pick one of my ancestral surnames, Fraser, for being attractive and toward the middle of the alphabet. Not sure whether I'd be Susan or Susanna, though.
All good ideas, and to be pondered. But it's all what-ifs, because the Really Big Cheese Editor hasn't said yea or nay yet.
One of the single most galling things about publishing is the waiting.
Susan is me in regards to the funky name thing. All my net names are names, except for on LJ. I used "Angela Frandina" for a while and got two main responses. 1. Nice Italian girl. 2. You don't really do that, do you?
I think the "Letitia" suggestion was good.
How about: "Letitia T. Hornblower"
I'm actually thinking something unbelievably prosaic might work. Something so prosaic, it doesn't sound like an alias. "Elaine Goldberg" or something.
OK, maybe not.