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What would your author name be?



What would your author name be?

My own birth name
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37%
My initials (like J. K. Rowling)
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13%
A made-up name (pseudonym)
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39%
Other (please specify)
27
10%
 
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:55 am
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icannothearthings wrote:Just my birth name possibly with the last name of my spouse . . . whenever they come along :P

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Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:08 pm
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I know I want initials C.J.
I mean, J.K.Rowling, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien... you get the point.
But I have a constant debate going on over my last name. I mean, I would never be able to decide on a pseudonym but I don't want to use my last name because, you know, what if I got married and had to keep publishing books under my maiden name because I was already famous and I couldn't fully take my poor husband's last name?!
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:31 pm
Auxiira says...



I'm not sure. I'd like to use my name, but I find it kinda... lame-ish, for an author name. However, I can't think up any pennames >.>
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:56 pm
SkyeWalker says...



KatyaElefant wrote:I would have to say I would use my initials because my name is too complex. XD (32 letters long...)


Your first name or your first and last name @KatyaElefant?
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:13 pm
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@Zhia My whole REAL name (shocker right? 0-0)
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:46 pm
SkyeWalker says...



Oh. Then my whole real name is 30 letters...
My pronouns are they/them.

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Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:46 am
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I would use my birth name. Not to brag but my full name sounds good together.
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Fri Jul 25, 2014 3:11 pm
ongoeslife says...



Like other females have said, I likely wouldn't use my last name, since it *could* change, if I ever got married. (And I just don't really like it.) I have two middle names, though, and I'm kinda proud of that. I might use my first and two middle names, and leave off the last; Sarah Marie Rose. What d'ya think?

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Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:29 pm
Swiftfurthewarrior says...



I honestly don't know.
I like my name-even though it is kind of ironic-but my initials spell keg.
If I had to use a made up name, I would go with the Aragorn inspired username, Shadowstrider.
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Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:26 am
Skydreamer says...



I've kind of decided for a long time to just go with initials, especially because my name gives way of my heritage and I didn't want people to judge me because of it. That and I think it has an interesting ring to it,

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that's what I was thinking. But I'm considering changing my first name into my middle name so my initials format may change, but definitely initials. I just like the simplicity and ring to it.
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Sun Jul 27, 2014 4:52 am
MooCowPoop says...



For school stuff (essays) I go by my initials: E. D. W. I have to put my middle initial, otherwise it'd spell out E.W. (Who would read a book by an author with those initials?) :shock: Making up names for me is too hard because I like so many of them, hence the triple-worded username I have now!
  





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Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:08 am
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I can't decide! I've always thought it would be cool to see my own name in print, but then again there are a few reasons that a psuedonym could be good.

For one thing my first and last name rhyme, and it inspires people to use a nickname that I really don't like.
But then again I would love to show all the people that know me that I am and awesome smartypants who is smart enough to write a book, and only one person uses that nickname I don't like anyway.

And for another thing, there is this problem http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/0 ... 31935.html but seeing as I am an artist, I'd probably get to make my own cover.
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Sun Jul 27, 2014 3:02 pm
porcupinestrongwill says...



whoa! more people would use pseudonyms than their real names! awesome! haha.
  





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Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:00 pm
fictonalwriter2344 says...



I would probably do my initials because my last name sounds pretty cool , it would be J.L.Hyde yup my last name is Hyde pretty cool right lol anyway i think i would have it like that or make up a name i don't know because i don't know what name i would create . :D :D :) :o
  





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Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:28 pm
Dreamer84 says...



My name would be Morgan Eliot because it is close to my real name and because on my favorite crime shows my favorite characters are all named Eliot :D
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