tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325357662717813778.post112694929987412871..comments2023-10-24T04:22:31.953-06:00Comments on Naughty Literati: What's in a Pen Name?Nicole Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125715296952131285noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325357662717813778.post-21205320895266574282015-04-17T15:47:22.895-06:002015-04-17T15:47:22.895-06:00I chose Suz deMello--as in "sue the mellow&qu...I chose Suz deMello--as in "sue the mellow". It's an aspirational name LOL.Suz dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236960359162948178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325357662717813778.post-78396975377517127202015-04-16T09:07:16.520-06:002015-04-16T09:07:16.520-06:00Exactly! When I sold my first story, I used my fir...Exactly! When I sold my first story, I used my first, birth and married names. Then, as time went on, I found my writing (not erotic at that time) was becoming a distraction at the day job. I now enjoy the privacy. Everyone's needs are different. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043443683974042498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325357662717813778.post-75749080800797566102015-04-16T08:36:51.845-06:002015-04-16T08:36:51.845-06:00When I was in high school I used to tell my peers ...When I was in high school I used to tell my peers that I wanted to be a published author. I can still hear the derisive laughter from many of them. "Ain't gonna happen" was the primary comment to my admission.<br /><br />Years down the road after I got married and started working on my first novel, I'd tell people I wanted to get it published one day. I got the same kind of disbelieving and condescending looks from my grown up friends as I did from my high school acquaintances. "Nice to have a goal/dream" was what I usually got back then. <br /><br />So when I found a publisher for my first novel Keeper of the Wind and was asked how I wanted my name put on the cover, it didn't take me long to decide I wanted those kids in high school and those adults from later on to know I'd achieved what I wanted. Maiden name and married name went on that book.<br /><br />When I was first published at Ellora's Cave I was working as the church secretary and personal assistant to our priest. No one batted an eye that I write erotica but then this is the Midwest and not the rural South.<br /><br />I do, however, write under a pen name as well. I REALLY wanted to use Sioux D'Nym but my late husband gave me his Italian roll-the-eyes look and gave me an alternative. No one knows I write under that name and they ain't going to.<br /><br />Whichever you chose, it is YOUR choice. Do what makes you feel comfortable. Charlee Compohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11313728801844090299noreply@blogger.com