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Jul 15, 2011 09:55AM
Is it very important to have a name that can be either gender?
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M. wrote: "Is it very important to have a name that can be either gender?"I hope not or I'm screwed!
My name would be..um...Aoi Luan!
I went on some websites and searched! :D
@Sarah R
Right now I'm going under "Renee Davis" but I'm thinking of changing it...
Right now I'm going under "Renee Davis" but I'm thinking of changing it...
I once wanted to use my original birth name, which is Ganesh, so I would have been Ganesh Daswani
M. wrote: "@Sarah RRight now I'm going under "Renee Davis" but I'm thinking of changing it..."
Did you go and look at the numerolgy site www.numerology.com and get your free mini reading?
That's how I came up with the name Sarah R Weldon, it's an anagram of my maiden name. By doing that I haven't messed with my destiny, which told me I was destined to entertain, as a writer, or performer of the arts!
That trick with the street name is kinda funny, because I always wanted to name my daughter after the street in the house where I was born. (:Anyway, I've had my pen name for awhile now; it's Thalia Anderson, which is the name I use online.
When my best friend signed up for the Three Delivery messageboard (it's a cartoon), she chose a cool username that was just a made up first and last name. When I joined the messageboard, I wanted the same thing so 1) I didn't have a lame username and 2) people would connect we were friends IRL. I'd always loved the name "Thalia" (read it in a Goosebumpbs book once), and "Anderson" is the last name of my character's foster parents in the fanfic I was writing for Three Delivery.
So, for the last three years or so, I've already gotten used to people calling me Thalia and thinking it's my real name; so if I get published someday, the people I know on all these sites will be able to recognize my fake name more easily than my real name!
Thalie wrote: "That trick with the street name is kinda funny, because I always wanted to name my daughter after the street in the house where I was born. (: Anyway, I've had my pen name for awhile now; it's Thalia Anderson, which is the name I use online.
When my best friend signed up for the Three Delivery messageboard (it's a cartoon), she chose a cool username that was just a made up first and last name...."
May I just say that you are a genius? I suppose it could be because I always think of being recognized for my writing as a pipe dream, but I never considered using my pen name as my profile name. It really is brilliant and I juast had to commend you :D
Ingrid wrote: "anyone thought of using pen names for novels and stories??"Yes I use a pen name, nom de plume in French Sarah R Weldon and I am about to publish under this name!
Sarah R wrote: "Ingrid wrote: "anyone thought of using pen names for novels and stories??"Yes I use a pen name, nom de plume in French Sarah R Weldon and I am about to publish under this name!"
congrats :D
Kishore wrote: "Sarah R wrote: "Ingrid wrote: "anyone thought of using pen names for novels and stories??"Yes I use a pen name, nom de plume in French Sarah R Weldon and I am about to publish under this name!"
..." Thanks, I am signing the book off tomorrow! I have spent the last two weeks fine tuning it with the help of Sharon. Take a bow girl, and thank you for your help!
Woot! Has to feel good :)Splitter
C.S. Splitter wrote: "Woot! Has to feel good :)Splitter"
It does, I feel liberated, I who never ever reads a book more than once, have read this 4 times in 2 weeks.
I think cartwheels are out though my back is only just recovering from slipping in the bath two weeks ago. Hey I think they are missing us in the other group, even Rambling rose!
Ingrid wrote: "Sarah R wrote: "Ingrid wrote: "anyone thought of using pen names for novels and stories??"Yes I use a pen name, nom de plume in French Sarah R Weldon and I am about to publish under this name!"..."
Use an anagram of your own name all the letters and see what you come up with. Cinderella comes out as Carine Dell!
Ingrid wrote: "woah cool! i'll check on that. but here are some of the anagrams i gotriding
dingri
idingr
diingr
griind
dgriin
ndgrii
indgri
iindgr
riindg"
Your full name should give you a few more letters
Ingrid wrote: "are there any anagram sites for your full name? i want to try that:)"Sorry I don't know the answer to that I just play with the letters on a piece of paper!
Ingrid wrote: "oh ok. i am not that brainy to create an anagram name for myself on paper"Add me as a friend and give me your full name and I'll see what I can come up with. My email address is open to my friends!
Sam wrote: "May I just say that you are a genius? I suppose it could be because I always think of being recognized for my writing as a pipe dream, but I never considered using my pen name as my profile name. It really is brilliant and I juast had to commend you :D"Oh? Thanks! (: It started as my username, so I guess it's sort backwards, but I like it!
I don't know why but i like Erik Strauss.
hehehehe man i haven't ommented on this forever XD Taismo Avalon is still mine :P
Me? I'd take my middle name and my nickname ans smash them together boom.. I get Susan Rikki. Ingrid, I have a great idea for your name. Take your 'I' in Ingrid and then take the first letter in your last name and add your 'riding' so you have I. first letter of last name. Riding.
Rikki wrote: "Me? I'd take my middle name and my nickname ans smash them together boom.. I get Susan Rikki. Ingrid, I have a great idea for your name. Take your 'I' in Ingrid and then take the first letter in ..."
I am searching for a new pen name for the serial killer book I think it should appear to have been written by a man. I use my maiden name and use an anagram!
Avila Houndini or Mia Carter. I am not sure which is cooler.
Anna C. wrote: "Avila Houndini or Mia Carter. I am not sure which is cooler."Mia Carter definitely, why not run it through a numerology chart and see if she is meant to be a writer!
Anna C. wrote: "I just made it up, do you like it?"Yes, I do well done you.
Leah wrote: "I'm either going to use A. D. Johnson, or maybe mix up my full name."Hi Leah
The mixing up of your name is a good idea, ever heard of numerology? Your name reveals your personal traits I was shocked when I had my reading done how accurate it was, and I am destined to be a writer or entertainer so it foretold. How cool is that, my debut novel is due to escape soon, my profile photo is my cover, though they got my name wrong (they put my maiden name on and not my pen name) luckily it hadn't gone to print. It is being rectified and prepared for release, and I can't wait!
To hold my book in my hand I know it will make me cry, purely because my Dad isn't here to see it. For a quick reading for free go to www.numerology.com
What's with the big white space in the middle of the page, or is it just my computer?
Also, I think my pen name would be S.J. Dare. I'm not sure what the S or J would stand for, but I wanted something that could be either a boy or a girl.
Brooklyn wrote: "What's with the big white space in the middle of the page, or is it just my computer?"I think it may be your computer Brooklyn, I don't have a space!
Brooklyn wrote: "Also, I think my pen name would be S.J. Dare. I'm not sure what the S or J would stand for, but I wanted something that could be either a boy or a girl."My pen name is Sarah R Weldon, its an anagram of my maiden name, changing your name changes your destiny. My destiny said I am destined for fame and fortune as a writer, I don't want to mess with that.
The big white space is gone now, dumb computer. I wouldn't want to mess with that either, but I don't like people to know that I wrote something. I'd rather they think it was some great (hopefully) author that they've never heard of before. :)
Brooklyn wrote: "The big white space is gone now, dumb computer. I wouldn't want to mess with that either, but I don't like people to know that I wrote something. I'd rather they think it was some great (hopefully)..."Most of us feel this way, that's why we use 'nom de plumes' (pen names). It is scary to think that millions of people could read your book and judge you the person on it. Hey, even Stephen King used a nom de plume. He wrote as Richard Bachman, four books in total they didn't do so well but that's because at his request they didn't publicise them.
:P mine's Taismo Avalon!!!!!! XD XD XD XD XD XD XD
Anastacia wrote: ":P mine's Taismo Avalon!!!!!! XD XD XD XD XD XD XD"Your name should flow of the tongue, people will struggle with Taismo because they won't know how to pronounce it! It could cost you precious sales. I was told to give them at least one initial JK Rowling used this tactic, it gives you an air of mystery. People are curious, they want to know what the initial stands for!
You could have a competition to promote the release of a book, guess what my middle initial stands for?
My pen names are Trinity (T is in my first name & my friend recommended it) Rose (translation of my vietnamese name) or T.Q Rose. :D
тɛяɛƨα ℓσʌɛƨ ℓαмв cнσρƨ wrote: "My pen names are Trinity (T is in my first name & my friend recommended it) Rose (translation of my vietnamese name) or T.Q Rose. :D"The translation of my real christian name means Rose of the Plain - it's Hebrew! T. Q Rose has the air of mystery and it rolls off the tongue.
I could go T. C. Avalon ^^
Anastacia wrote: "I could go T. C. Avalon ^^"That's better that works now, you have a mysterious air to your name and it rolls of the tongue.
I might have my pen name be Bell and them I don't know what the last name would be. Or I would just simply but my real name.
Omg!Kubra Sahiner sounds soooo BLAH! *gaaaag*
I have no idea what I would call myself if I ever publish. Haha
Flame wrote: "I have no idea if i want to use my real name as an author or not...."I decided to use a pseudonym for my first book, it sounds classier than my married name and much better than my maiden name. I used an anagram of my maiden name so as not to mess up my karma, and you would never guess my real name in a million years!
That is allot of names for one person!! Haha
~ K. Shizz Babiee ~ {Sexxay Beast} ℂ⋆ wrote: "That is allot of names for one person!! Haha"Its life you get to change your surname every time you marry, me I like wedding cake according to my daughter and I did it three times! So take your pick!
But seriously why not try an anagram of your name now? Its great fun!
It would either be my real name or 'That One Author Guy'.Imagine it:
{Insert Title Here}
By That One Author Guy
Lol!
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i'd want mine to be an anagram of my name because my real one sounds boring
INGRID N_______
SO I STICK TO(if good enough)
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