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What would your author name be?



What would your author name be?

My own birth name
98
37%
My initials (like J. K. Rowling)
34
13%
A made-up name (pseudonym)
103
39%
Other (please specify)
27
10%
 
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Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:49 am
TaliaSankEden says...



My pseudonym is Eden Curtis. My real name is long and extremely prone to mispronunciation.
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Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:11 am
Zolen says...



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A psudonym, if I ever got published work, I would rather my face and name be reasonably unknown, I would rather create a cartoonish or 3d modeled face for people to imagine me under if I had to give anything at all.

Also my real name is just like normal English words put together, and a middle name taken from the name of a angel, blah to that. (Strange since I have no British blood, but oh well.)
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Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:15 am
Taxi says...



This is an interesting question. I imagine that I would be wise to go with a pseudonym simply because my name doesn't stand out that much. However I would prefer to use my real name if I ever got that far.
  





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Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:02 am
yubbies21 says...



Nicole Maleigh Gracems. It uses all the letters from my real name, they're just rearranged. :D
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Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:37 pm
Kelpies says...



I would have to make up my own name I'm pretty sure. Yes my own name's fine but it would be really cool if I could make up something really cool.
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Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:03 pm
Kelpies says...



Especially because my real name is in two movies and I do not fancy the nickname princess Fiona.
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Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:48 pm
dianneece says...



I wanted to do my initials like J.K. Rowling or J.D. Salinger, but I wanted to remove any perceptions on my last name, not my first. So I guess I'm doing other, but it's still my intials: Dianne E.C.E.
  





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Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:23 pm
Evander says...



My penname is actually my username on here. Catchy, ain't it? Raven is my first name. I love moons, they look so cool. When Ricky and I where really little, he gave me the moon as a birthday gift. <3 I also like how stones look, skipping stones is awesome as well.
Hence the name.
All though, I might have an alternate one for different writing.
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Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:42 pm
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Just my birth name possibly with the last name of my spouse . . . whenever they come along :P

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Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:52 pm
Alchemist says...



Pseudonim, I don't think a Serb guy would succeed in the wide wolrd if wiritng Fantasy stories, and I really, really don't write for Serbian people only. xD
  





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Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:32 am
kayfortnight says...



My birth name! I have a common name, first, last, and middle, but I'd still want my name to be on the book I worked so hard to create, y'know.

Plus, my first name may be common, but it has an uncommon spelling. Maybe if I was a popular author people would stop misspelling my name :)
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:43 am
Kendastic says...



I would go with a variation of pseudonym and initials. For example my name is Kendra Carole (last name) so I would do K. Carrie (last name)
  





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Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:06 am
NafaKitty says...



When (not if) I get published I'm using the pen name Tabitha Angel. :D
  





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Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:36 am
Vasticity says...



i'm going Samuel L. Jackson style
And the angel said unto him, “stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself.” But lo, he could not stop, for the angel was hitting him with his own hands.
  





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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:53 am
Dracula says...



My name is one of those normal names, if you know what I mean. If you want to get noticed, a good way to do so is by having a name that rolls of your tongue and can be easily remembered. Just like Cassandra Clare and Lemony Snicket, as some of your awesome people have said. :D
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