.2o4 x pen names and stuff
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karriezaiSooo I'm doing the golf promo for Hooters tonight. I have to be there in an hour. The girls say it's really fun. You make about thirty bucks for hanging out on a golf course for three hours, and when you get back you get free food. It sounds awesome, really. Plus I bet those guys from last Monday will be there, I can say hi to them. They were very nice.
I got a call about a week ago from Writers of the Future saying I made Honorable Mention and asking if I want a certificate and my name featured in the book. They didn't do that last year even though I made honorable mention; they just sent me the certificate automatically, and I doubt my name was in the book. Maybe it was a higher level honorable mention this time? I don't know. Anyway, she called last night (and Danny ignored it because it was an unknown number) and left a voicemail asking how I want my name listed since I put my pen name as Kherezae. I left a voicemail this morning saying I'd love it as Jessica 'Kherezae' Wilson, but just Jessica Wilson is fine if that's not workable. So we'll see. I don't know if she needed an answer last night... thanks a lot Danny.
But anyway, it got me thinking. I need a pen name; the common reasons for having one are having a name too hard to pronounce/spell or having a name to close to another author's name, among others. Well, my name is really common. If I can go to highschool with a girl with my exact name - first middle and last - then my name is too common to go on a book cover. That's why I made the name Kherezae.
But then there's the pronunciation thing. No one knows how to pronounce Kherezae until I tell them, so obviously it's a bad choice for a pen name, too.
So I thought about it... and decided that maybe Jessica Kher would work. Those who do know me as Kherezae or Kher would see the logical step. I could still use Kherezae as my online sort of pen name and just use Jessica Kher for official publishing type stuff.
I mean, I do plan on taking Danny's last name, but there's no telling how long from now that will be. If I don't get published until then, that's a possibility, but I'm not sure how the last name Titman would look on a book. One reason listed for a pen name was if your real name is 'obscene' or 'absurd'. They won't even let him get his last name on a license plate :D So yes, in the long run... Maybe Jessica Kher would be my ideal pen name.
I'll definitely give it some thought.
ETA I just searched Jessica Wilson on facebook and the second result (after mine) was a fanlisting for writer Jessica Wilson, some little 14-year-old teeny bopper with a fanfic.net account. Case in point. Third result was a Maryland alum. Lol. Mission pen name is a go.
I got a call about a week ago from Writers of the Future saying I made Honorable Mention and asking if I want a certificate and my name featured in the book. They didn't do that last year even though I made honorable mention; they just sent me the certificate automatically, and I doubt my name was in the book. Maybe it was a higher level honorable mention this time? I don't know. Anyway, she called last night (and Danny ignored it because it was an unknown number) and left a voicemail asking how I want my name listed since I put my pen name as Kherezae. I left a voicemail this morning saying I'd love it as Jessica 'Kherezae' Wilson, but just Jessica Wilson is fine if that's not workable. So we'll see. I don't know if she needed an answer last night... thanks a lot Danny.
But anyway, it got me thinking. I need a pen name; the common reasons for having one are having a name too hard to pronounce/spell or having a name to close to another author's name, among others. Well, my name is really common. If I can go to highschool with a girl with my exact name - first middle and last - then my name is too common to go on a book cover. That's why I made the name Kherezae.
But then there's the pronunciation thing. No one knows how to pronounce Kherezae until I tell them, so obviously it's a bad choice for a pen name, too.
So I thought about it... and decided that maybe Jessica Kher would work. Those who do know me as Kherezae or Kher would see the logical step. I could still use Kherezae as my online sort of pen name and just use Jessica Kher for official publishing type stuff.
I mean, I do plan on taking Danny's last name, but there's no telling how long from now that will be. If I don't get published until then, that's a possibility, but I'm not sure how the last name Titman would look on a book. One reason listed for a pen name was if your real name is 'obscene' or 'absurd'. They won't even let him get his last name on a license plate :D So yes, in the long run... Maybe Jessica Kher would be my ideal pen name.
I'll definitely give it some thought.
ETA I just searched Jessica Wilson on facebook and the second result (after mine) was a fanlisting for writer Jessica Wilson, some little 14-year-old teeny bopper with a fanfic.net account. Case in point. Third result was a Maryland alum. Lol. Mission pen name is a go.
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28/7/08 23:30 (UTC)i remember in high school you two jessica's with the full name - didn't they have to say "the one that lives in caryville" when differentiating over the intercom?
my middle name is lynn too - waaaaay too common
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29/7/08 05:24 (UTC)But yes, he has the bestest last name ever :)
And hey, your full name still has to be a little less common than mine.