forgive me but i'm confused. when you say people i work with are you referring to co workers or the criminals? because the criminals don't know my whole name, just my last name.
pseudonyms and privacy
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forgive me but i'm confused. when you say people i work with are you referring to co workers or the criminals? because the criminals don't know my whole name, just my last name.
The criminals.
And if you think that they won't know your first name, you're almost certainly wrong.
And how writing under a pseudonym is going to stop any of them from finding where you live if they're determined to do so, I don't know. They know you, and your name, already. That's all they need. Your potential publications have nothing to do with this.
And if you think that they won't know your first name, you're almost certainly wrong.
And how writing under a pseudonym is going to stop any of them from finding where you live if they're determined to do so, I don't know. They know you, and your name, already. That's all they need. Your potential publications have nothing to do with this.
I should only get famous/infamous enough for people from my past to notice I've written books.
And if I'm that famous/infamous, I can hire a very big bodyguard.
But if you want to write under a pseudonym, go for it. As others have said, this should filter out the casual observers.
And if I'm that famous/infamous, I can hire a very big bodyguard.
But if you want to write under a pseudonym, go for it. As others have said, this should filter out the casual observers.
First, the criminals would have to be aware of his writing. If they don't know there's anything to find, why will they look for it?
Secondly, they'd have to connect his real last name with his pseudonym. A little caution can minimize this, eg, don't put real and fake names in the same document, and don't advertise the fact that you're using a pseudonym at all.
Thirdly, having obtained the information, they'd have to be able to do something with it, blackmail, whatever.
Surely, a determined enough person, criminal or no, could penetrate the pseudonym barrier. But they'd have to know the pseudonym exists and be sufficiently motivated to track it down.
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I should only get famous/infamous enough for people from my past to notice I've written books.
And if I'm that famous/infamous, I can hire a very big bodyguard.
But if you want to write under a pseudonym, go for it. As others have said, this should filter out the casual observers.
You don't have to be famous. Just super lucky.
Or have a partner with an overly attached ex.
Or a thousand other reasons, most of which have more to do with the stalker than the stalkee. (Stalkee, is that right?)
I think pseudonyms are useful though if you want to write in different genres or if you want to be a little separated from your writing.
If you got caught as the person behind a pen name, couldn't you just say "It wasn't me, I'm the publisher"...?
I'm planning to switch to a pseudonym to avoid attracting the attention of people I don't want any more contact with, in case I end up getting any publicity someday.
Some collected experiences:
http://www.erotica-readers.com/ERA/Archive12/WG-The_Art_and_Science_of_Pseudonyms.htm
That's how I understood it.I was wondering TJ Deen was your concern also to do with using details from your work in your fiction?
Not if you use them right. I've written under several pseudonyms, and only a couple of people in the world know them, unless you count the IRS, and they're as trustworthy as people can be. Even my wife doesn't know two of them. The books are even registered under the pseudonyms, so they can't be traced that way, which is how many pseudonyms are uncovered.
There's never a guarantee, but pseudonyms can be pretty solid, if you really want them to be.
Hi. Are you replying to me? if so then yes, a self-publisher.
I'd be all like..."Wasn't me! It was an author under a publishing imprint of mine. Yes all payments go to me as the publisher but then I pay the authors, including Heidi Hanrickson for sales of her book about Lesbian zombie oil wrestling vampires."
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