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Friday, October 15, 2010

What Would Your Pen Name Be?

I've been thinking some about pen names.  Lots of famous writers used pen names during their careers.  Some did it because they were female and times were different back then, so they used a male pen name.  Others use pen names because they don't want to associate their other writings with whatever it is their penning under a fake name.  Whatever the reason, pen names can have a lot of meaning and sometimes a lot of thought has went into choosing them.  If you had a pen name, what would it be?

4 comments:

  1. Kendall Jackson. :) Seriously I will think about that one. It is a very good question.

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  2. Nice. Kendall Jackson sounds like a great pen name.

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  3. Try a random name generator for ideas:
    http://generator.chucklehound.com/?g=F
    http://online-generator.com/name-generator/fake-name-generator.php
    http://bluecentauri.com/tools/writer/common.php

    My favorite results were:
    Kim Vito Contreras
    Our Lady Bonbons
    Felicity M. Kensington
    Kiki Carner

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  4. LOL, how ironic... You mentioned that in the past female authors have given themselves male pen names to be more acceptable. That struck me as funny, because I've considered using a female pen name for some of my romance work.

    http://banshee1980.blogspot.com/ Only if you're very board... and I think there is only 1 romance on there.

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