I'd like to find out how many writers here write under a nom de plume, and what their reasons are.
I am not published, and frankly not prolific either but I was thinking that If I can eventually write in more than one genre, I might switch names. For example, I could write my "mainstream" novels under my real name, and "romance" novels under an assumed name.
I always thought this was considered an "old fashioned" idea, but now I attach a kind of "safety" idea with not going by your real name. With security issues, I really would not want to have people coming to knock on my door to beat me up because they are outraged at some slight I did them in a novel. (Do you know Stephan King was once punched because a fan didn't like some story?). I also wouldn't want someone to think I was rich and try to "Kidnap" me because they thought that all novelists were mega-millionaires like JK Rowling. I also don't think I would like to get a free stalker when I put my work out there for the world to judge. Or, since I must still work for someone, I would not want to be fired because I wrote a great Erotic masterpiece that does not fit the companies image.
I am not published, and frankly not prolific either but I was thinking that If I can eventually write in more than one genre, I might switch names. For example, I could write my "mainstream" novels under my real name, and "romance" novels under an assumed name.
I always thought this was considered an "old fashioned" idea, but now I attach a kind of "safety" idea with not going by your real name. With security issues, I really would not want to have people coming to knock on my door to beat me up because they are outraged at some slight I did them in a novel. (Do you know Stephan King was once punched because a fan didn't like some story?). I also wouldn't want someone to think I was rich and try to "Kidnap" me because they thought that all novelists were mega-millionaires like JK Rowling. I also don't think I would like to get a free stalker when I put my work out there for the world to judge. Or, since I must still work for someone, I would not want to be fired because I wrote a great Erotic masterpiece that does not fit the companies image.
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