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.
Looks like civilization finally caught up with us.
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Anne W. - Dec 21, 2004 1:07:36 pm PST #8833 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
erikaj - Dec 21, 2004 1:08:22 pm PST #8834 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Joanna Nichols is a nice one.
Susan W. - Dec 21, 2004 1:08:49 pm PST #8835 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
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.
deborah grabien - Dec 21, 2004 1:09:18 pm PST #8836 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
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.
erikaj - Dec 21, 2004 1:12:43 pm PST #8837 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
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?
dcp - Dec 21, 2004 1:51:10 pm PST #8838 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I think the "Letitia" suggestion was good.
How about: "Letitia T. Hornblower"
deborah grabien - Dec 21, 2004 2:04:48 pm PST #8839 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
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.
Ginger - Dec 21, 2004 5:49:09 pm PST #8840 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Amanda Graves
Ruth Hargrove (an aunt's name)
Stella Halley
Amy - Dec 22, 2004 5:15:38 am PST #8841 of 10001
Because books.
I wrote one romance in 2001 that I published under a pseudonym -- I used my parents' first names, Sara Howard. I liked that. For the young adult series that was A Big Fat Nightmare (and which I'm no longer writing) I used J.B. Stephens, which stood for the boys' first initials and Stephen's name. The only thing is, I hate that other people are writing the series and using it now. Feh.
Elaine Goldberg. Heh.
Lyra Jane - Dec 22, 2004 5:23:58 am PST #8842 of 10001
Up with the sun
I like Amanda Graves for Deb. Or she could do the Lewis Carroll thing and reverse the initals for her names and come out with Grace Dawson, or Gloria Danzig, or something along those lines.
If Parick and I ever co-wrote something, the pen name would be Joan Furey, which is our middle names as well as family names. I also have a penname just for me picked out, Bieta Kendrick, which is a little fake-looking but authentically reflects my ancestry, so.