Zoiebe
02-26-2008, 07:42 AM
I'm writing a collection of short essays/anecdotes in the almost same form as How to Travel with a Salmon by Umberto Eco or any of David Sedaris's works. The only differences are: 1. I did not use the names of real people, 2. I fictionalized a some of my anecdotes to make them more interesting. Nonetheless, most of them are based from real life expriences.
Now, what I want to do is to create a pen name for my book of anecdotes and essays. The result would be a fictional essayist in the like manner that "Lemony Snicket" is a fictional autobiographer. Is this possible?
Another choice I am opting for is to create an essayist character which I will introduce at the beginning of the book. So instead of having a character who tells a long story (first-person novel), I have a character who tells short essays. I will still use a pen name for the book. So it's like having two layers of anonymity.
What would be a better choice? Or perhaps are they even good choices? As much as possible, I really cannot use my real name because it has little appeal and I want to keep my anonymity and anecdotes. I don't people to know that I wrote that book.
Thank you very much! :)
Now, what I want to do is to create a pen name for my book of anecdotes and essays. The result would be a fictional essayist in the like manner that "Lemony Snicket" is a fictional autobiographer. Is this possible?
Another choice I am opting for is to create an essayist character which I will introduce at the beginning of the book. So instead of having a character who tells a long story (first-person novel), I have a character who tells short essays. I will still use a pen name for the book. So it's like having two layers of anonymity.
What would be a better choice? Or perhaps are they even good choices? As much as possible, I really cannot use my real name because it has little appeal and I want to keep my anonymity and anecdotes. I don't people to know that I wrote that book.
Thank you very much! :)