| "There once was a man with a wooden leg | | | | real name at the door in order to pick up a more |
| named Smith." | | | | meaningful and recognizable moniker for the |
| "What was the name of his other leg?" | | | | author of his fantasy fiction adventure books |
| Innocense and jest... Two spritely | | | | being released later this year. Bryce Kent |
| acknowledgements of our time give once cool | | | | acknowledges that simplicity of the name change |
| monikers, such as Ima and Herbie bad vibes when | | | | was a priority, and stated, "My own name would |
| combined with the last name of "Pigg". But, then, | | | | be an awesome choice, because it's substantial |
| the creme de pooh of literary author's pen names | | | | and relevant to the kind of books I write, but |
| comes into sheer force of mystery and out of | | | | later in life, I may not be writing fiction. My own |
| the deep comes Lemony Snicket, who sounds as | | | | name would be more required if I start writing |
| if he ought to be topped off with whipped cream, | | | | real documents of some sort, so, using a |
| until you read his dark words and suffer the | | | | pseudonym now, just makes sense." |
| consequences of dire humor only to realize the | | | | Yet another writer, uses her real name for writing |
| lemon is sour and the snicket has developed an | | | | children's books, young "middle-grade" teen books, |
| evil twist. | | | | and how to write books for other writes, but |
| Whether your selected pnome de plomb is your | | | | uses a pseudonym for the risque adult only |
| real name or a pragmatic replica of your | | | | romance novels she writes to maintain her |
| personality in disguise, the end result should be | | | | income. "The risque novels sell better, and I make |
| determined by how well your name will be | | | | the majority of my actual income from those. |
| recognized by the multitudes who read your | | | | But I'd never use my real name to write them, |
| writing. | | | | and honestly, my children's books would probably |
| Brand Recognition holds a significant impact on | | | | stop selling if anyone found out I wrote risque |
| name selection. | | | | romances." |
| A dear friend whose tantilizing tales of adventure | | | | There are many reasons why an author would |
| along the back roads of yesterday studied hard | | | | choose a pseudonym over their real name. In |
| to find an appropriate psuedonym for his stories | | | | article marketing, the pseudonym may be chosen |
| of childhood, until he fell captive to the moniker | | | | for branding purposes rather than privacy issues. |
| "Oris George." My granddaughter still refers to him | | | | Realtor whose name is John Smith may want to |
| as Monkey George, after her favorite childhood | | | | be more recognized, and choose to use J. |
| character, "Curious George" --- and the title fits. | | | | Robinson Smith to make his name more |
| Monkey George sets his pen into action scaring up | | | | memorable. J. Robinson Smith, may be John's real |
| one adventure after another of himself as a | | | | name, but by using his middle name as a pivot, he |
| youngster, his good buddy Henry, an often | | | | gains recognition, brands his company, and |
| nameless little brother and the mules they loved. | | | | identifies with his client base in an upscale |
| Another writer, young and unbranded, checked his | | | | neighborhood. |