When your professional email idea is taken

Channy · Jul 12, 2014

So everybody comes to the point where they need to develope a professional email to be sending out all those queries. I had just planned on using my pen name maybe with a period or two but then all variations thereof were taken.

I guess the simple question from there is, is it still professional if you include a number or two? I'm a perfectionist in a "all or nothing" sort of way. It's either the name as is (with or without periods) or try a new route. No inclusion of finicking numbers. Seems flippant.

SWest · Jul 12, 2014

Have you tried "AuthorBlibbyBlah"?

noranne · Jul 12, 2014

I do not like numbers.

Have you tried flipping first and last? My current email is last.first.mi to make it work. (Also I know with gmail that the periods don't make a difference—if someone has firstlast, you can't get first.last and vice versa.)

Channy · Jul 12, 2014

I hadn't thought of the author thing, tbh. Or maybe even name.writes

Yeah I tried reversing the names and that didn't work either. It's made a bit worse with my name is just my first/middle initials and then the last name which is somewhat short. Le sigh.

Hanson · Jul 12, 2014

lol.

oh the trail and tribulations of writing.

anyway, your name comes up to the receiver as your name.

ie, John Smith

despite your email name ie, [email protected]

thedark · Jul 12, 2014

Have you tried buying a domain name and getting your email @ that address? My pen name is the full name, at a domain name suitable for the long-term web presence for my series.

Happiness.

Cost - $9.95 a year.

Channy · Jul 12, 2014

That's probably not a half bad idea. Especially if you get a blog in a package deal, eh?

robjvargas · Jul 12, 2014

Some hosts out there, if you're not yet ready for a blog, offer an email-only service as well. You get a domain name, and you get some number of email addresses under that domain name.

You can always upgrade it when you're ready.

When your professional email idea is taken

Channy

Me Gusta

SWest

In the garden...

noranne

the possibilities are endless

Channy

Me Gusta

Hanson

thedark

Weaving through the night.

Channy

Me Gusta

robjvargas