Current pen name or use new name?

[Blaque]

Hey guys. I am a contemporary fiction writer and I write under my pen name Blaque Diamond. My contemporary works are all adult-aged books. I am also into writing children stories. I want to publish my children's short stories, but I was wondering if I should publish them under my same pen name or a different one. I don't want there to be any confusion between my adult content and my content for children. Do you think I need to use another name or keep it the same?

[Ken]

The more pen names you have, the more work you have, because you have to start all over again with building a social media presence, etc.

However, if by adult content you mean erotica or steamy romance, then a pen name would be essential for children's books.

[Blaque]

No not erotica but my adult books use adult language and have sex scenes..

[Christina]

That's a personal choice. A lot of authors, going back decades, have written both under the same name. In all honesty, it's usually pretty easy to tell the difference between a children's book and one for adults even without paying attention to the categories or description. But if you would rather keep these ideas separate, that's as easy as putting a different name in the author field.

[Jane]

I'm less sure on this than I usually am about the multiple pen names thing, because normally the very idea has me running away and screaming noooooooo.

However. If you want to be a successful children's writer you need to appeal to the mummies and daddies, who may be deeply uncertain about the work of a writer of overtly adult fiction. So maybe you do need another nom de plume.

Besides which IMHO Blacque Diamond does sound rather adult and exotic for a children's author

[Blaque]

Blaque diamond is actually a acronym. There's nothing sexual about it at all. It has significant meaning for me. I am a poet and contemporary african american fiction writer, so no erotica or steamy romance here. I was just curious to know what others thoughts would be.

[Nat]

Nat Kennedy is my pen name for my gay (at times) erotic fantasy. My other stuff (all of it, no matter what type of fiction, adult or YA) is under another pen name. If it's not erotica, then I would maybe keep the same name because maintaining two separate identities takes up a lot of time.

[Blaque]

Cool nat. I totally see your point. I will keep my name the same then. I did ask some people who were not authors what they thought of the idea, and they basically kind of told me the same thing.