FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Authors, if you use a pen name, how did you choose it? Readers, what are your favorite pen names? Writers: This is a reader/writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Many authors have more than one pen name. How about posting your questions and tips for how to juggle them – logistically, for marketing purposes, etc? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Yesterday, we looked at pen names from a reader perspective. Today, I thought we’d turn things around and do the same from the author side – specifically, how do you manage multiple names? If you have decided to have a different pen name then your legal name, for whatever reason, did you create a second Facebook profile, etc, for your wuthor name? If you have multiple pen names, for instance one for YA and one for erotica, do you maintain separate accounts for each? Are your personas different for … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Alexis Woods: Lately I’ve come across more and more authors writing under various pen names. I first ran into this with contemporary author Sierra Riley, who is also Aubrey Cullens and various others I think because there is a collective hive mind. Then there’s Noah Harris, who has several aliases, and a brother John, but is there really? I get it if you write in two opposing genres, like erotica and YA, but it can be difficult to search through a myriad of names to find books by the authors I like. … Read more
Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: If you are an author and write contemp MM romance and want to branch out into YA or NA should you have a new pen name or just tag it as adult, curious as to the authors thoughts. It’s a good question, especially for those of us who write toward the more erotic end of the LGBTIQA pool… I know we have a number of authors here who have done just that. Wanna talk about your thoughts and reasoning for it? Join the chat
Today’s writer discussion topic comes from QSFer Julia AT Weaver Flowers: Should an author limit him/herself to one genre? If not, should you use a different pen name for each genre? Why or why not? I think the long and short answer on this is going to be no, and it depends. LOL… but it’s a great question. Join the chat