mine is: beatrice hazelton
although,
i did choose another pen name years ago, rebecca hunter
in case i ever wrote romance novels
even used it on a cross-country writing adventure trip
but kept forgetting my pen name
when my friend
accompanying me as my photographer
called out ‘rebecca…’
sometimes awkward.
rule #1: if you’re going to use a pen name, you have to remember it.
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‘i love it when people ask if jennifer weiner is a pen name. um…
if i wanted a pen name i could have done a lot better than this.’
-jennifer weiner, american author
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What is a great author pen name?
I like Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) because the whimsy of the name reflects the whimsy of his style.
Lemony Snicket isn’t just a pseudonym. It’s also a character. It’s quirky and wonderful that a writer would not just invent a name, but then write himself into his own fictional world. What better way to break the 4th wall than to have the book published under the name of the narrator?
“The name Lemony Snicket originally came from research for Handler’s first book, The Basic Eight. Handler wanted to receive material from organizations that he found “offensive or funny”, but did not want to use his real name, and invented “Lemony Snicket” as a pseudonym.”
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credits: greater dayton public televsion, medieval writings, wiki
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