Perplexed Purveyor of Words Puzzles Person on Possible Position Pertaining to a Pseudonym

That title took me all day to think up. I like alliteration, sometimes, not all the time.

Anyway, that was my lingering thought for the last week or so. Should I try to publish under a pen name?

I struggled to really think of the pros and cons of the situation for days last week. When I asked my fiance, she said I should so I could write homo-erotica. Uh? Yeah?

Anyway, it made me think of other authors who used pen names, and those that don't use them. Like, for example, JK Rowling used hers to set apart her new stuff from Harry Potter. On the contrary, Patrick Rothfuss doesn't use a pen name AND teaches (or taught) at a college. George RR Martin doesn't. Terry Pratchet didn't. Ted Dekker doesn't.

So I'm in a bind. I do have an theoretical name picked out, but I also have to consider then I submit Dragonsbane that I WILL be publishing under a sort of pen name too. (Whether or not I mentioned it before, I plan to take my fiance's name in marriage. Which I'd feel obliged to publish under anyway). And with the omnipotent power of the internet, I feel like some one would find out anyway. Seriously, I'd have to edit or delete several blog posts already to conceal the name of the book I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT I PLAN TO PUBLISH. Basic Google searches using my name and Dragonsbane already yield, well, this blog.

I'm also considering that I want to be a high school/college professor. THAT would be interesting, even thought a lot of authors who were famous did teach during their fame. Assuming I'd be successful, students would flock to my classes and... Well, I suppose that MIGHT be a good thing then? The schools would be afraid to get rid of me out of a fear of a Norman Reedus-Daryl from TWD death riot. I suppose to that I could use that fame to make them do their work... Something to consider.

Like I said, it seems somewhat pointless in the age of the internet and cyber sleuths and reckless badger hunting and all that freeform jazz.

On a side note, I actually finished doing my chapter sketches and previews for Dragonsbane. That leaves me roughly ten chapters to type and twelve and a half to retype so they match the rest. I'm getting there, slowly but surely.