Why people use pseudonyms
These are just a couple of examples of famous authors using pen names. A pen name becomes a sort of shield, allowing the author to conceal his or her identity, shake off any pre-conceived notions, internal or external, and to write freely in the genre of his or her choice.
As a general rule, most authors should publish under their legal, given name. Otherwise critics tend to regard a pen name as an affectation and anachronistic.
It also makes promotion difficult. Today, we are going to delve into some of the various reasons an author might want to use this publishing tactic. Same name — An author may use a pen name when their real name is either confused with another author or notable individual.
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Williams 1 S. If you use a pen name, you can be any gender you like, and if you use a neutral pen name ie, E. Woodhouse instead of Eric or Erica Woodhouse you can keep readers guessing. Pen names can be very useful if you rely on your day job for elements that end up in your fiction. If you work in education or government, your writing could affect your career prospects.
And whatever your job, bear in mind that prospective employers are very likely to look at your social media presence and what it conveys about your writing career and come to their own conclusions about what you write and whether it makes you the employee they are looking for. Using a pseudonym means you can still have conversations with family members — and write them all up for future use without fear of being found out. So why not change it to a pen name?
Likewise, your new age self-help guide will probably chime more with its readers if you use the pseudonym Saffron Smiles rather than your given name of Sarah Grout. If you have a pen name you can keep that part of your writing life compartmentalised. Just be aware that if you are high profile and your real name gets found out, the media will have a whale of a time exposing your concealed identity. If your real name is Stephen King, it might be worth thinking of a pseudonym.
Just shortening it to Steve King would ensure you had a different author name from one of the most famous writers on the planet.
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