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08-13-2005, 08:15 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Perth, Australia
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Do u write under a pen name or your name?
Just out of curiosity do u write using a pen name or do u use your real name?
And if u use a pen name what it is and how did u come up with it?
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08-13-2005, 08:20 AM
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Writer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sydney, Australia
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I write under my pen name Orchestra.Simply because one day in music we learnt about Beethoven's 9th (or whatever it is) and i thought to myself, 'Orchestrating a Masterpiece'. SO i use this name and phrase to the current day.
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08-13-2005, 08:50 AM
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Scribe
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: New Jersey.
Posts: 73
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Yes, I use a pen name.
I write under the name "Mustafa Goodprose."
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08-13-2005, 09:17 AM
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Profound Writer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,004
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Yeah, I write under the name Tom Clancy.
True story.
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08-13-2005, 09:29 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 3,180
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In my stories I would use my initials, but my full last name; and in this forum I use "Galt" because it is from my favorite book, Atlas Shrugged. ("Who is John Galt?" is the catchphrase in the book.)
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08-13-2005, 09:30 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne Australia
Gender: Female
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I string my first and middle names together, then followed by my last name. All real names, just a slight variation. So while I'm known in real life generally as 'Lisa', I change it to 'Lisa Jane *insert my last name*.
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08-13-2005, 10:08 AM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Back 'home' on Tinian!
Gender: Female
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i've done both... and you should have that option available in your poll, btw...
the noms de plume i used in my old life were based on my real name, but made androgenous, so it wasn't apparent that i was female... yes, it still makes a difference to some degree, when seeking an agent/publisher... at least it did back then [80s/90s]...
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08-13-2005, 04:02 PM
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Writer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 27
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I use a variation of my real name (first two initials and surname). Have never used a nom de plume.
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08-13-2005, 04:39 PM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Michigan
Gender: Female
Posts: 424
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I use my real full name, Stephanie Marie *****.
-Stephanie
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08-13-2005, 05:49 PM
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Addict
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 132
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I use both ...
I'd like to say it was to save myself from unwanted media attention and the glare of the public eye  ...but really it started out of embarrassment when I had a piece of erotica accepted  |
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08-13-2005, 06:01 PM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 473
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Yes, my pen name is Stephen King. You may have heard of me.
muahahaha
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him from the city,
so him gotta be witty
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08-13-2005, 06:21 PM
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Profound Writer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,004
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Oi, nizzle, I made that bad joke first. Be original!
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08-13-2005, 08:40 PM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 473
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Anarkos - Shiiiiiiiiiiiit, I didn't see that. I got all excited about being so clever too...
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him from the city,
so him gotta be witty
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08-13-2005, 08:41 PM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 5,932
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