tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post6065738116490273069..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: Why a Pseudonym?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-48100101836728511502012-03-12T06:38:58.888-04:002012-03-12T06:38:58.888-04:00I must register a strong protest to including Malc...I must register a strong protest to including Malcolm X under a heading "Your name evokes laughter." Malcolm X adopted the X as a political statement. In his own words: "For me, my 'X' replaced the white slavemaster name of 'Little' which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed upon my paternal forebears."Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-13488426561469992052012-03-06T20:50:58.325-05:002012-03-06T20:50:58.325-05:00I sort of did the opposite of the above--chose my ...I sort of did the opposite of the above--chose my maiden name because it's unusual, easy-to-mispronounce, and...I wanted to make up for a childhood of feeling ashamed when kids teased me about the name in one way or another. It's my not-pseudonym, my realest of names, taken back and proudly worn. Thanks, mom & dad :)jenny milchmanhttp://suspenseyourdisbelief.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-45194892216736807132012-03-06T09:00:08.252-05:002012-03-06T09:00:08.252-05:00I thought I'd be more commercially successful ...I thought I'd be more commercially successful as Irene Fleming, as well as branding my historical works differently, but it may have been a mistake. The only prize I ever won was as Irene Fleming (a pen name cobbled together from the names of two grandmothers.) Kate Gallison is a name very nearly unique, whereas almost daily I get Google notifications for the death notices of beloved old Irishwomen named Irene Fleming. They're dropping like flies. It's like this constant drumbeat... you're dead... you're dead...Kate Gallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107289413804236810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-23213836259756542362012-03-05T21:11:46.684-05:002012-03-05T21:11:46.684-05:00Robin, I have another reason: if your name is so c...Robin, I have another reason: if your name is so common that you will constantly be confused with other people. I wrote my nonfiction as the real me--Patricia King. There are three other nonfiction (sort of) writers by that name. The one I have been most often mistaken for is a new-age televangelist! When my first novel sold after a decade of rejection, I didn't want my work to be confused with anyone else's. (I have recently learned that, according the US census, there are more than 161,000 females named Patricia King in the United States.) As far as I know, there is only one other Annamaria Alfieri. She is a hairdresser in Udine in Italy.Annamaria Alfierihttp://www.annamariaalfieri.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-85837881082476050322012-03-05T19:35:38.113-05:002012-03-05T19:35:38.113-05:00Robin, is is worth all current novelists googling ...Robin, is is worth all current novelists googling the name Kate Alcott - this is a story we see being repeated many times in today's publishing climate, where numbers are the deciding factor by both agents and editors. I could tell some horror tales, but my lips are sealed!<br />Thelma J. StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com