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  • agoofyidea Apr 3, 2012 @ 10:27 am | delete
    My friend and I co-authored a western (now hunting for an agent). Since we are both female we came up with a male pen name based on our last names. Our pen name is Richard Bonham Waters.
  • inkbydesign Apr 1, 2012 @ 1:12 pm | delete
    Robert Kherious
  • Halloweenkitchenwitch Mar 26, 2012 @ 12:45 am | delete
    Great Lens! I found it quite interesting. Thanks.
  • Michael J Littlewood Mar 17, 2012 @ 1:22 pm | delete
    What about "By a Lady" Have you heard of her?
  • brynimagire Mar 17, 2012 @ 11:50 am | delete
    Very very interesting lens! Thanks !
  • nola Mar 16, 2012 @ 11:26 pm | delete
    Real:Nolan Webster Fake: Rena Phillips
  • KatherineWakefield Mar 13, 2012 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    good information thanks
  • Chey1997 Jan 25, 2012 @ 3:46 am | delete
    Mine is Dell Anne Raye
  • duncan73 Jan 16, 2012 @ 8:09 pm | delete
    Very interesting site! I only knew a few of the pen names.
  • duncan73 Jan 16, 2012 @ 8:09 pm | delete
    Very interesting site! I only knew a few of the pen names.
  • Liora Abigail Thorne Jan 13, 2012 @ 5:36 pm | delete
    my pen name is Liora Abigail Thorne or L.A. Thorne. I want to write fiction. right now I'm working on a pirate novel with magic mixed in.
  • anonymous Jan 12, 2012 @ 11:21 pm | delete
    L. A. Thorne. I want to write fantasy fiction about magic.
  • Ericastanciu Jan 1, 2012 @ 10:55 pm | delete
    I'm getting married but keeping my pen name as Erica Stanciu. I feel like it's a unique name that will catch people's attention. The last name at least. I would really appreciate it if you could take a look at my lens. It's about a new, self-published novel. If not I completely understand. Have a great 2012.
  • oxfordian Nov 18, 2011 @ 11:24 pm | delete
    I don't really use one, but I would like to offer up one more: Edward De Vere writing under the nom de plume William Shakespeare! Terrific lens!
  • Mia-Mia Nov 16, 2011 @ 3:20 pm | delete
    I've only recently begun researching the legal process of adopting a pen name. I have chosen one, but have not yet begun using it. Thank you very much for the info.
  • ThisAndMoreofThat Nov 7, 2011 @ 2:41 pm | delete
    I don't know yet. I just can't decide what it should be. Decisions, decisions...
  • MarcelWhite Oct 13, 2011 @ 12:44 pm | delete
    When choosing a pen name search thoroughly to see if that name doesn't already belong to someone else. At least, not to someone that already gets a lot of exposure in Google.
  • ProductOfAWanderingMind Oct 2, 2011 @ 6:32 pm | delete
    I have several, but for the purpose of erotic fiction, which I have started writing fairly recently, I write simply as 'T.F.'. Something I find interesting about using a pen name is that it can feel like assuming an alter ego at times, you can step into this 'character' that you're creating and write (or do whatever other activity it might be) with a different kind of attitude and confidence. In this way it can be strangely empowering, both because of the sense of 'safety' it affords, but also because of that strange, child like joy of becoming someone else for a while, playing another role.
    Sorry I ramble somewhat, so I shall finish here. But I will say, what a great lens, very interesting; informative; and even inspiring.
    Regards,
    -TF
  • Attackdog Dec 13, 2011 @ 10:48 pm | delete
    yes true
  • R.W.T. Sep 1, 2011 @ 11:11 am | delete
    I really love all you've said about pen names because I've been worried about using one. I'm a fourteen-year-old author wanna-be. I come from a small town in Mississippi of all places... I'm not going to post my chosen pen name because I don't trust those who are still trying to find their own, but thank you just the same. I wish you luck with your writing!
  • deathnote fan Aug 22, 2011 @ 8:40 pm | delete
    Selena Daintree the first name is what i want to name my child when i grow up and the second reminds me of a fantasy type of three the holds a majestic fruit...
  • LissaKlar Aug 14, 2011 @ 9:47 pm | delete
    I don't really have one I guess. Very interesting lens. Blessed
  • wayhere Aug 12, 2011 @ 5:46 pm | delete
    my pen name is wayhere :)
  • adrenalin1 Aug 6, 2011 @ 10:43 pm | delete
    I thought Lee Child was the real name for the Jack Reacher author. Just found out it's a pen name.
  • VHFolland Jul 9, 2011 @ 2:32 pm | delete
    Great lens! I use a penname to keep my fiction writing seperate from non-fiction written for work. With SEO as a concern I think more authors are doing this now, particularly when they write in very diferent genres.
  • Mjp Jul 4, 2011 @ 7:06 am | delete
    Tell me what you think!!!! I will change my first name to a gender neutral name or use my initials (MJ Preciado) because I don't want the fact that I'm a woman to hinder this whole shabang. Also, Preciado can be hard to remember/spell. Plus I do not want to be passed over for being of Mexican decent no matter how much I love my name.
  • Somebody you don't know Jun 30, 2011 @ 12:32 am | delete
    I've used Katia loads of times, still thinking about an easy last name, but I haven't pulished anything yet... It's all plans for the future.
  • tvyps Jun 26, 2011 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    Walter Mellon. I am green with envy of all of your lenses and soft & sweet on the inside. Ha!
  • Doug May 25, 2011 @ 9:39 am | delete
    My pen name is Kris Tech
  • kimmanleyort May 25, 2011 @ 7:54 am | delete
    No, I don't have a pen name. I would be happy if people knew my real name. Although I see many good reasons for creating one here. ** Blessed **
  • Jess Bennett May 13, 2011 @ 8:47 pm | delete
    i've used Annabelle Snow, the name of one of my first horses I trained and full name of characters, but because it was a character name, i had to nix it once I started writing outside of friends online and stuff. So, then I thought maybe i should try gender neutral, but I couldn't remember what my name was and that was bad. So, I came up with Jess Bennett. I used it for a creative writing assignment in school (as a character name) since the character had to male, but had to be "us". It's really quite dumb, but I got Bennett from this old show Charmed- the main character's change their name at one point to it. ANYWAY, it's also at the beginning of the alphabet, gender neutral and I recognize my name if people refrence or talk to me online. Bennett could be trouble as far as spelling, but, i'll deal with it when I get there. I like it, and I love that it uses my nickname while being masculine at the same time :) Personally, I think it's a bad idea to use anything someone may have trouble remembering how to spell or sounds too much like it could be a Marvel character...
  • Ariella "Sharon" Levy Mar 20, 2011 @ 11:44 am | delete
    Hi! I'm still working on my novels, but I don't really like my first name (Sharon). Instead I switched my middle and first name around, so it's Ariella S. Levy.
  • Marie Feb 24, 2011 @ 5:29 pm | delete
    i have one and it would seem very one is using my name now I had this name since 1990 i have used this name to write short stories, poems so much stuff yet it has fell on many lips just be flip to fit there needs i am so mad and I don't know what i can do about it..SMH anyway my pen name is Poetrist
  • Kalen Bloodstone/Aiden Fletcher . . . Feb 8, 2011 @ 8:50 pm | delete
    Currently, I'm at the crossroads of Kalen Bloodstone or Aiden Fletcher, both have an Irish accent and roll of the tongue. Bloodstone was a hard one to pair, as it is more late 18th century new 19th century, or at least as I've been told. It couldn't be mixed with something such as Cameron or any newer sounding name such as Jaydan or- say Leo, which wouldn't correspond with an English sounding surname. It took forever to find the right combination for Aiden, but it seems to me that it will work, either way, I took a shot at it. Hope you guys find one, and please don't steal mine! (said with an authoritative, or at least tried to, voice)
  • scar4 Dec 16, 2010 @ 8:33 pm | delete
    I have a pen name, Smart White(Bai Hui) in Chinese.
  • Lironah Sep 7, 2010 @ 11:14 pm | delete
    Still researching for mine. My favorite right now is Joan Reuchlin, but nobody will ever be able to spell that, so it's a no go.
  • John H. Tidyman johntidyman.wordpress.com Aug 16, 2010 @ 5:01 pm | delete
    Harry Besharet. The last name is the Hebrew word for 'fate,' or 'Kismet.' The first name is the name of my most wonderful dog, whose ashes are on the window sill. I've used it often, even creating some problems when I published a couple of newspapers. Another one is Alysa Craig, which is actually a stony outcropping in the Firth of Forth.
  • Mia Fable Aug 2, 2010 @ 8:42 pm | delete
    Mia Fable.
  • Kira Grace Jul 8, 2010 @ 8:43 pm | delete
    My pen name is Kira Grace. it was a name i found while looking for a name for a character (i suck at last names, first names i'm fine with) and I started to like it. It's the name i chose for the main character but oh well. I like it because i love the name Kira and Kira and Grace sound good together (minus the meaning of Kira) and because It's short and easy to remember, and english(ish) un like my last Pen name Aisu Houou.
  • Myrna Li May 27, 2010 @ 7:27 am | delete
    My pen name is Myrna Li.
  • Mike May 11, 2010 @ 9:12 am | delete
    I was thinking of using the pen name Michael P Roman, or simply MP Roman. My initials are MRP, and I wanted to use the same letters, my last name is italian and just sounds silly as an author's name. Also, a lot of people can't spell it correctly. My first name is Michael so I wanted to keep that as its easy to remember. Also I am really into Classical Rome and the history of the Roman Empire, so I am very much leaning towards using the name Roman, either as a first or last name. So I think it works well.
  • Elle Flynn Apr 11, 2010 @ 2:31 pm | delete
    My pen name is Elle Flynn. Elle has the same amount of letters as my real first name, and Flynn has the same amount of letters as my real last name. I write alot on the internet, and I'm best known by my readers as this name. I chose it because I feel like I'm two different people, sort of. There's the me that dreams and writes fantasy, romance, and other fictional works. And then there's the other me that lives outside of her computer.(;
  • Meghna Jun 1, 2010 @ 5:26 am | delete
    hi pen name is not your real name
  • D.B. Dean Feb 19, 2010 @ 1:12 pm | delete
    I just choose mine.

    D.B. Dean (its actually my first two initals and my last name)...chosen cause my first name while weird and easy to remember is...to me to personal to put out there.

    Also chosen because when doing a google search on it I got a lot of Dean Kuntz returns which is great because if I get published people looking for his books will find mine (which are in a similar genre)...and it puts it in the middle level on a book shelf, easily scene by browsing buyers.
  • MochaLada Jan 1, 2010 @ 9:04 pm | delete
    I want my pen name to use my name Elle but I don't want my hard to write last name. I like my middle name Anne and i like my screen name Mocha Lada.

    Does Elle A. Lada sound okay?

    or...

    E.M Lada?
  • marta/Viola Dec 1, 2009 @ 5:05 pm | delete
    My pen name is Viola, but my real name is marta.
    The history of my pen name is that i once created a character in an online role playing game, her name was Violet, but by others the character was called Viola. I started to really like this name and now i am publiching my poems in internet under name of Viola. And also, i didn't want others to know what kind of poems i wrote, becuse most of them are very depressing, but thats just how i put my feelings out.. But i wounder if that is ok to not have a last name for a pen name. Cuz mine is just "Viola"..?
  • LeoN WiNgsteiN Nov 2, 2009 @ 5:39 pm | delete
    My pen name is LeoN WiNgsteiN, and I live in the fictional town of Raymond, VT.
  • The Cackling Queen Oct 13, 2009 @ 8:31 am | delete
    Humor Columnist
  • Tom Aug 29, 2009 @ 6:34 am | delete
    Hi Jo120

    You could use "Joan E Rogers. Then to you they're pronouncing it correctly and to the reader, you are "Joanie".
  • Tara Aug 10, 2009 @ 11:25 am | delete
    this was helpful. thankyou for it
  • Thomas L. NaViceluc Jul 19, 2009 @ 11:37 pm | delete
    My pen name is Thomas L. NaViceluc and its pronounced just like it looks its Na-Vice-Luck
  • Jo120 Jun 26, 2009 @ 12:59 pm | delete
    I am writing a book and I don't won't to use my real name, Joanie. People pronounce it wrong. I would like to rearrange my name to create a new one but I don't know how to do it. Any suggestions?

    Full name: Joanie E. Rogers
  • marke3 May 7, 2009 @ 2:26 am | delete
    why do writers use pen name
  • SamE1 Apr 28, 2009 @ 2:02 pm | delete
    So, I love my name Samantha, but it's too common. Nearly everyone calls me Sam anyway, I like it and it'd be a lot easier to write out if I ever get anything published.
    Any comments would be great.
  • Sam E. Apr 28, 2009 @ 1:06 pm | delete
    Hi,
    I was just thinking, I love my name Samantha but it's just so common, and nearly everyone I know calls me Sam. I like it and it'd be shorter to write out if I ever publish anything. Any comments would be appreiciated
  • KimberlyDawnWells Apr 2, 2009 @ 8:40 pm | in reply to C. Beers | delete
    Hehe! True, but you could always use Bees, or Bears, or something else cute.
  • C. Beers Apr 2, 2009 @ 4:31 pm | delete
    As you can see, my last name is Beers (not a lie). I don't know if that will work for the type of books I write (Fantasy and Children's'). I mean seriously, would a parent buy a book for their child if the author's name is Beers?
  • T. Dobrygowska Feb 2, 2009 @ 10:13 pm | delete
    What do you think? Nicole is my middle name and Brighton is the street that I grew up on. I write regency romance. I could also use Nicole Roberts.

    Which do you prefer?
    Nicole Brighton
    Nicole Roberts
  • amandascloset0 Jan 30, 2009 @ 12:14 pm | delete
    I'm actually trying to decide on a pen name. I write a lot of local news articles for a website in the town where I grew up. I want to use a pen for two reasons. Knowing the history and majority of people in this town I think my articles would recieve more traffic if the author name was male. In addition to that I do spend a lot of time in this town. I don't want to be taking my mother or grandma-in-law to the grocery and have to stop 30 times to answer questions about my articles. I'd much rather filter those questions through an email or blog only response.
    Nice Lens! 5 stars
  • Sagisag Panulat Jan 30, 2009 @ 6:06 am | delete
    I use Lumuel Locomienzo. It has also part of my surname and middle name. I think it is a fine name?
  • MIKE Jan 29, 2009 @ 1:30 am | delete
    Try JULIANNE JASKI. Three beats in the first name, two in the second. the double J has a good sound. Plus, it keeps a part of your surname, so your family won't object.
  • shy about my work Jan 16, 2009 @ 8:45 pm | delete
    I started using a pen name because I'm shy about my work. My initials are AC so I decided to work with those and I caame up with Aycii (pernounced A.C.).
  • Unknown Dec 20, 2008 @ 11:48 am | delete
    My name was going to be Bex L. Foxx but I've decided since then that they're way to many x's in that, I needed something else.
  • Jewelsofawe Oct 9, 2008 @ 12:56 am | delete
    Interesting thought. I used my real name for my poetry books
  • Jessica Harshman Oct 2, 2008 @ 1:07 pm | delete
    HARSH-MAN.
    It's ridiculous. I'm looking for a penname :)
  • sirkeystone Aug 2, 2008 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    Stephan Sabre, though I use about all versions of my real name, Aric James, James Enrique, Rik Keys, Rick Keith (I don't use that one much because then I would be Rickey Keith the second and my son would be Rickey Keith the third) and I have even used my initials Jak Keith. Or I have used several of my characters names for some of my past accounts, Reighliegh Anders, Monica Chandler, Forrest Chandler, Gregori Exandrov...
    And then I have "thought" of using my Scottish heritage and pulling in the names of serfs that my family protected....
  • i have no idea yet i want suggestions Aug 1, 2008 @ 6:33 pm | delete
    i was going to use my first and middle name but some chick that takes nudes is usuing it o_O i dont want that tied to my name. i would like to use my first name and something that sounds nice with it. ideas?
  • K. Spencer Wolf Jun 30, 2008 @ 12:16 am | delete
    I roleplayed alot and eventually decided to take one of the character's I rped and turn them into a character for one of my novels I am writing on. The best thing, its neutral so no one can tell if I am male or female, so no one can judge my writing by my name and gender.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen May 3, 2008 @ 8:30 pm | delete
    Elizabeth Jean Allen is a pen name, yet it is my name. I was baptized Betty Jeanne Allen. My pen name is an open secret, but it draws a line between my job as a teacher and my writing career.
    Liz
  • Lára Rose Apr 21, 2008 @ 4:30 pm | delete
    It's a simple name, but I like it :]
  • XP Apr 16, 2008 @ 3:09 pm | delete
    My question is, how does one go about getting a bank account and credit card in one's pen name? :)

    Some of my past writings have gotten me death threats, and others embarrass my mother terribly, so when I begin publishing under my new name, I want to totally distance myself from the real "me" ... KWIM?
  • Chamberdawn Jan 21, 2008 @ 2:36 pm | delete
    Julie-
    How about Julie Jasper?

    >Julie Jaskierski
    >Someone gimme an idea for a pen name. I need one soon. I have articles to post and i need to give them an author.

    Posted November 22, 2007
  • Gabriel Ion Jan 11, 2008 @ 1:54 am | delete
    Well my real name is THAT OF ANOTHER AUTHORS!!! O.O lol So I chose "Ion" as my second name (I always wanted a second name.) It's easy to remember and weird... But I wonder, does it sound a bit pretentious?
  • Kyra Thomas Jan 2, 2008 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    this one was picked out for me a while ago a like it a lot
  • Jaque Squat Dec 17, 2007 @ 8:39 pm | delete
    its a simple name that will get peoples attention and wonder why i picked it. It literally means check squat.
  • Feral Flood Dec 12, 2007 @ 1:44 pm | delete
    A pure pseudoynm as distant from my acctual name as possible. Feral i got from school, and Flood I got from going to a rennaissaince fair when it flooded.
  • Alec Feral Dec 12, 2007 @ 1:20 pm | delete
    My real name is far too common, and macho, sounding. Also i chose this name because a certain creative writing professor once called me his most "Feral" student.
  • Joseph Lee Dec 3, 2007 @ 6:25 pm | delete
    I've chosen this name. It is my Father's First and Middle names. I think it is short and easy to remember. I like it better than my own.
  • Julie Jaskierski Nov 22, 2007 @ 10:16 pm | delete
    Someone gimme an idea for a pen name. I need one soon. I have articles to post and i need to give them an author.
  • Fey Sisal Nov 15, 2007 @ 2:47 pm | delete
    Nope--Fay Sisal
    Faye Sisal?
    Fey Sissal--Fee--Feye--F...
    oh hell! :D mayhaps should get away from the F's and S's.
  • Concetta Coucinatta Nov 15, 2007 @ 11:47 am | delete
    It's my alter ego and the name just flows from your mouth
  • James Devour Sep 26, 2007 @ 11:16 pm | delete
    I have chosen this name for many reasons. 1. My name will never give me respect and 2. I don't want my family and friends to know it is me. I am writing a novel and have written screenplays and treatments. Thank you for allowing me to talk. I am at lykinbite@yahoo.com if anyone is interested.
  • Famous Milwaukee Author, Teresa Rae Butler Aug 25, 2007 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    My pen name is Teela Winters- Evers, and her debut novel is, "Ho-9." Teela is actually a character from one of my biggest novels, "God, I Respect Ya Gangsta."
  • Tony Tokyo Aug 10, 2007 @ 7:31 pm | delete
    I like it, and it fits with the short and simple style I write.
  • Julie Jaskierski Jun 27, 2007 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    I need a pen name
  • Davilla Moore Jun 27, 2007 @ 10:07 am | delete
    Davilla Moore was born in a time when life was simple, imagination ran wild and time seemed to stand still. Enthralled with words, Davilla creates a journey in the mind of how she grew up, lessons she learned and the triumphs and struggles in her life.
  • Dean P. Paradis Jun 15, 2007 @ 9:43 am | delete
    Dean P. Paradis was born in Shrewsbury, Vermont, lives in Rutland City and attending Community College of Vermont where he is in the liberal Arts Program. When he enters a room, he makes his presence known, as his height of 6'9?, and his tough exterior hides a soul yearning to breathe free. His hobbies are drawing, watercolors, writing and listen to Punk rock music. He enjoys hiking and world travel. His most recent travel was to experience to England and Scotland. His trip to England and Scotland sparked his creative writing talents; his future plans are to travel to Greece.
  • quippingqueen Mar 29, 2007 @ 12:30 pm | delete
    In answer to your question, "do you have a pen name?"...yes, "The Quipping Queen" (see www.squidoo.com/quippingqueen). After all, what does one do with a majestic moniker like "Victoria Elizabeth" if not find something utterly outrageous to do with it!
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