tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post7951751074317263572..comments2024-02-19T10:47:03.421-05:00Comments on Anny's Points of View: IncognitoAnny Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05305873753916213970noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-23101340549803789592008-06-25T23:11:00.000-04:002008-06-25T23:11:00.000-04:00Regina is my sisters name. I wanted to choose the ...Regina is my sisters name. I wanted to choose the name of someone I dearly love and I love her. She'd just gotten home from a business trip when we discussed this stuff on the phone. A last name stumped both of us so we started thinking about inanimate objects. She rummaged through her purse and pulled out a reciept for the Carlisle Hotel where she'd stayed. I changed up the spelling a big. Would prefer to have used my real name for my erotic work but my MOM has a gigantic stick up her butt.<BR/><BR/>The only thing I really knew was that I didn't want to be FIFI LARUE or any other stripper name.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-84528215292162004012008-06-25T20:46:00.000-04:002008-06-25T20:46:00.000-04:00I use my real name for some of my work and a pen n...I use my real name for some of my work and a pen name for other bits. I chose to have a pen name so that it wouldn't be quite as easy to connect my erotic romances with my real name. I no longer actually care about that and it is more about a difference in what the reader can expect. <BR/><BR/>Elyssa was a character in a story I once wrote that got me in trouble with the critique group because it was too racy. It wouldn't have even made the cut for Ellora's Cave, but they were outraged. Edwards came from my grandparents who did most of my rearing when I was young. <BR/><BR/>If I had it to do over again, I'd probably have used a pen name for both.Jacquéline Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763280397841660587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-1856527615599264132008-06-25T17:21:00.000-04:002008-06-25T17:21:00.000-04:00Like most, I chose a pen name for privacy reasons....Like most, I chose a pen name for privacy reasons.<BR/><BR/>NJ is actually my the initials of my first and middle name. Walters is my maiden name, not my married one. :-)N.J.Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18099894498766052188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-82474187897638761462008-06-25T16:00:00.000-04:002008-06-25T16:00:00.000-04:00I suspect laziness is part of the reason I use my ...I suspect laziness is part of the reason I use my own name. And vanity. When my first book came out, I wanted everyone to damn sure know who had written it. When the first erotica launched, I thought about a pen name. But one of the erotica's was a spin off of one of the earlier books...way too complicated. I left my real name on and to heck with it. My kids are boys and old enough not to care. My dad only sees the books I show him, and I don't have a day job to protect. My husband works for a university, and his office gets a huge kick out of what I do.Cindy Spencer Papehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583236494759465431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-11494454434831249632008-06-25T13:37:00.000-04:002008-06-25T13:37:00.000-04:00So Anny is not your real name???I use my name. Whe...So Anny is not your real name???<BR/><BR/>I use my name. When I came to choose a pen name my husband was disapointed I wouldn't use our name, so I dropped the idea. Besides, Mona is easy to remember and there aren't many around. Actually I discovered one very nice homonym recently. If I decide writing erotica I will go with a pen name. Something unusual but easy on the tongue.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-68877029388578748942008-06-25T11:09:00.000-04:002008-06-25T11:09:00.000-04:00Yep. I have one too.Brynn is what I intended to na...Yep. I have one too.<BR/><BR/>Brynn is what I intended to name my daughter. I ended up with only boys.<BR/><BR/>Paulin is actually one of my names.Brynn Paulinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12026381921363611389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-50241330994563859522008-06-25T11:01:00.000-04:002008-06-25T11:01:00.000-04:00Kelly Kirch is my pen name. Kelly is my real name....Kelly Kirch is my pen name. Kelly is my real name. Yes, inventive. And Kirch is a portion of my actual married last name. No one would remember the whole thing and I wouldn't blame them. Besides the double hard "kk" sound strikes at the memory.<BR/><BR/>My maiden name would have been just as good "Kelly Carver" but I wanted to provide a piece of anonymity to my family while honoring my relationship with my husband.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, if I had it to do over, I'd have picked a different last name all together. This one causes a personal pinch but I'm stuck with it.Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947952583116323744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-24622074910798440102008-06-25T09:38:00.000-04:002008-06-25T09:38:00.000-04:00My first one was MJ Stine. My agent told me to ch...My first one was MJ Stine. My agent told me to change it, as 'romance writers are more apt to buy a female author'. So I simply went with my hubby's first name. Kenzie came about because I morphed my maiden name and my dad's first one. Voila!<BR/><BR/>And yes, wanted something easy to remember and spell!Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-2035615010768027912008-06-25T07:43:00.000-04:002008-06-25T07:43:00.000-04:00I've been Dakota Rebel for almost twenty years now...I've been Dakota Rebel for almost twenty years now. The name started in middle school, when I was writing TERRIBLE poetry and it has followed me to my current genre as well.<BR/><BR/>Dakota - I don't remember where it came from. I had thought it was because I LOVE the Dodge Dakota truck, but to be honest I don't know if those were around when the name started.<BR/><BR/>Rebel - My favorite David Bowie song is Rebel Rebel. So I always knew that would be the last name of my "fake" life.<BR/><BR/>XoXoXo<BR/>DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352767450969548151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-52474727707840879522008-06-25T04:50:00.000-04:002008-06-25T04:50:00.000-04:00Amarinda Jones was supposed to be a character in o...Amarinda Jones was supposed to be a character in one of my books. When our editor said find another pen name to separate my two styles of writing (good idea by the way) -I just said how about Amarinda Jones? So absolutely no thought went into it at all...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012768592941285677noreply@blogger.com