tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post9092748667393204551..comments2023-10-02T02:52:59.461-07:00Comments on Twigs and Brambles: Daniel Ausemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-11714964261253655042010-01-03T19:51:17.833-08:002010-01-03T19:51:17.833-08:00I would love to use and abuse a pseudonym. When I...I would love to use and abuse a pseudonym. When I made my first submission at the beginning of December, I wrestled with it right up to hitting "send"--made an email address and submission account for my fake name and everything. Ultimately I decided against it because it was the same story I'd been putting in my fellowship applications, which of course use my legal name... and on the off chance I actually land the publication and one of the admissions people sees it, that would just be awkward. Besides, all my academic credentials and such are going to be in my name, and what little networking I do is associated with that. So I guess I'd better get used to it.<br /><br />The hang-up for me is that my current web presence is not very "adult." I picked up Facebook and livejournal in college, and use those accounts to keep up with my friends and vent my silly day-to-day anguishes. They're not designed for networking or maintaining a professional presence, the way they would be for people who sign up for that reason. And I don't want to have to give up those personal life indulgences just so I can have something all polished and writerly to point people to. It seems silly.Lauren Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517994602774355541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-36696416993284251732010-01-03T14:55:01.812-08:002010-01-03T14:55:01.812-08:00Yeah, it's probably pretty tough to achieve su...Yeah, it's probably pretty tough to achieve success as a hermit. I can think of a couple of writers who make a virtue of the fact that they write under a pseudonym, making that mystery a selling point. I imagine there are others who are quietly pseudonymous as well, but within the role of their pen names maintain a web presence and the like. So...those could be some options for you, until I blow your cover :pDaniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-73181996666918448542010-01-02T08:47:10.621-08:002010-01-02T08:47:10.621-08:00Good to see you here again. I always enjoy your p...Good to see you here again. I always enjoy your posts.<br /><br />"I just became so overwhelmed with all the ways it seemed I should be marketing myself, between Twitter and Facebook and blogging and LJ and various forums and... It just became too much, so I shut down even what I had been doing."<br /><br />My hope is that the ideal of the hermit writer, slaving over a typewriter and scotch and only making contact with the world through his editor and his mail slot, can still survive in this world. It seems increasingly unlikely. What if I don't want editors or readers to find me and know me and be exposed to the totality of my web presence? What then? Am I going to have to grow up and start using my real name? Horrors.Lauren Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517994602774355541noreply@blogger.com