tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post5443489043173686059..comments2024-03-12T15:59:16.193-05:00Comments on Full Moon Dreaming: When is a Pen Name a Cop Out?Julie Lynn Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574029767523627749noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-43355530557153790762011-04-11T06:21:09.707-05:002011-04-11T06:21:09.707-05:00Hi Julie Lynn,
I won the Overlord Award and am pas...Hi Julie Lynn,<br />I won the Overlord Award and am passing it on to you. I thought world domination would be something you'd handle well.<br />Berengaria<br />http://berengariasblog.blogspot.com/Berengaria Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09601518455869885518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-43603548616220897542011-04-10T22:35:46.241-05:002011-04-10T22:35:46.241-05:00But you aren't pretending to be a man, you'...But you aren't pretending to be a man, you're just using another name, for understandable reasons.<br /><br />You're right - there are so many preconceived ideas of what a "real" man is that they've forgotten what real men are! Like women, they come in all sizes and shapes and characters. Some men are more feminine than some women, and vice versa. That's the beauty of diversity!<br /><br />I love what you said about at the end of the day you write people! That's exactly right! Thanks for stopping by!Julie Lynn Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574029767523627749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-25539580265195762722011-04-10T22:27:54.559-05:002011-04-10T22:27:54.559-05:00I write under a pen name - my real one is Kathryn ...I write under a pen name - my real one is Kathryn Smith. I'd be perfectly happy to use it, except that there's already a Kathryn Smith who is a successful romance novelist. I don't want to either confuse the readers, or have it look like I'm trying to take advantage of our shared name. So I have a pen name, Kathryn Scannell. It has the benefit that it's a whole lot easier to find with google than the right Kathryn Smith. <br /><br />I love your thought about not having to be everything we write. I'm so sick of reading blogs and being offered classes on how to write male characters who sound like "real men". They don't teach you that - they teach you to write male stereotypes. I have plenty of male friends I can look at and use as models, and men in my crit group who are comfortable enough to tell me if I got something wrong on the physical side.<br /><br />At the end of the day, I don't write men or women. I write people. There's a lot more too them than their genitalia.Kathryn Scannellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00717480772265142293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-14055304074622414942011-04-10T19:13:14.739-05:002011-04-10T19:13:14.739-05:00I don't mind it if the pen name is all out in ...I don't mind it if the pen name is all out in the open. Sometimes it can get a little weird when I go to the store and can't remember what name something was written under. It does irk me when an author uses a fake persona to go with the pen name. If you are that shy/embarassed/unwilling to admit it's your work then don't publish it. The whole pen name thing is so out of control I now have a spread sheet by author last name using the main last name to sort all of their work together. Best example, all of Jayne Ann Krentz is sorted as Krentz even though she has so many pen names! Geez!Jen B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04737375224830943067noreply@blogger.com