I’m already a successful author, and that’s why I need a pen name

I’ve hinted about this before, but over the coming weeks you might see a lot more of a new name around here: Lena George. Lena is my pen name for my fiction writing, and her first novel comes out this fall.

Fun fact: I’ll share my first social media post as Lena below, but this — if you’ll believe it — was the runner up.

I went back and forth a lot on this decision. Now, as I lay the groundwork for promotion and eventually book preorders, it feels like very much a done deal.

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