Should you write under a pseudonym? Pros, cons and practicalities in a digital world

This re-blog, with Roz Morris, delves into more about Pen Names than you might have ever thought to ask :-)

Nail Your Novel

Should you use a pen name? Why might you? What problems might it cause? I rounded up a quiver of authors with noms-de-plume and asked them to answer some practical questions.

First of all, why?

An author name is a brand, of course, and traditional publishing has a long history of strategic pseudonymery. Names or initials might make a writer sound more exciting, more seri...