Thought of the day
Jul. 4th, 2008 01:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pennfanaInspired by Eleanor Hibbert/Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Philippa Carr, Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb/Sarah Hardesty/Jill March, Jayne Castle/Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick and many others...
Why publish books using multiple pseudonyms when you're just going to let everyone know that it's still you? You might as well just pick your favourite and use it for everything, since your publisher—whether or not it's your choice to do so—will probably put something like "Gertrude Puntkammer writing as Lavinia Fairfax" or "Lavinia Fairfax, who is also Gertrude Puntkammer" or "Gertrude Puntkammer, also known as Lavinia Fairfax" on the cover of your books anyway. There's no shame in branching out under your own name, you know.
And yes, I realize that this is somewhat hypocritical coming from someone who's been using the pseudonym "Pennfana" for years and has two people on her friends list on LJ who know her real name. =)
Why publish books using multiple pseudonyms when you're just going to let everyone know that it's still you? You might as well just pick your favourite and use it for everything, since your publisher—whether or not it's your choice to do so—will probably put something like "Gertrude Puntkammer writing as Lavinia Fairfax" or "Lavinia Fairfax, who is also Gertrude Puntkammer" or "Gertrude Puntkammer, also known as Lavinia Fairfax" on the cover of your books anyway. There's no shame in branching out under your own name, you know.
And yes, I realize that this is somewhat hypocritical coming from someone who's been using the pseudonym "Pennfana" for years and has two people on her friends list on LJ who know her real name. =)
